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Cowboys & Aliens

Science FictionWestern

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival. From TMDB

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  • Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2024

    7-11 Alienade Slurpee (2011-2011): A promotional item for the film, "Cowboys & Aliens," this bright blue Slurpee was a blend of strawberry, blue raspberry and lemonade Fanta flavors. It could be purchased in a series of collectible character cups, or a special-edition blue- backlit cup

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Directed by Jon Favreau

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  • Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vetBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Watching COWBOYS & ALIENS and holy moley everybody’s in this movie. Even putting Craig and Ford aside—Paul Dano? Clancy Brown?? Walton Goggins???

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  • Greg @gregularjoe.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2026

    I like how the guy who directed a movie called "Cowboys & Aliens" also created "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett" and he could've been lazy and reused that title for either one of them but he didn't.

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  • Axe Bloody Spray @axebloodyspray.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    To be fair, there aren't a lot of ancient honkaloid civilizations to point to. I seem to recall watching an episode where they tried to make the case that aliens visited the old west in the US (spurred on by the movie Cowboys&Aliens), so I think basically anything is fair game for these nuts.

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  • The B-Side @tfsbside.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2025

    Benoit Blanc is back, and so is @shhhitsgavin.bsky.social! We discuss the B-Sides of Daniel Craig! From smaller fare (THE MOTHER) to movie star swings (COWBOYS & ALIENS), there's plenty to chew on over the long weekend! bit.ly/48ijLLd

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  • Colin Girth @bonuseruptus.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    2025 watch #211: Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Dumb, but fun. Incredibly stacked cast for an objectively bad movie, including a post-There-Will-Be-Blood Paul Dano, Sam Rockwell, and Walton Goggins. I hope they all bought boats with the money.

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  • 𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: I think I’ll go with something fun tonight. Jon Favreau’s “Cowboys & Aliens”. A great combination of my two favorite genres as a kid: Westerns & Sci-Fi! #TonightsFilmSelection

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  • 𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2025

    Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: Don’t know why, but I just got it in my head to rewatch Jon Favreau’s really fun genre-blending action flick from 2011, “Cowboys & Aliens” starring Benoit Blanc & Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. #TonightsFilmSelection

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  • Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    Big Hero 6: The Magnificent Seven Who Framed Roger Rabbit: The Muppet Movie Poltergeist: It Follows I, Robot: The Terminator Cowboys & Aliens: Blood on the Moon The Abyss: Dark Waters A Quiet Place: Silent Hill Arrival: A Beautiful Mind Cube: Sphere The Time Machine: I Am Legend The Witch: Dredd

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  • TC Coyote / Not What I Was webcomic @tccoyote.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2024

    Cowboys & Aliens was a movie that succeeded in being "It is what it says on the label". It has cowboys, it has aliens, that's pretty much all one needs to expect from it.

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  • TC Coyote / Not What I Was webcomic @tccoyote.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Cowboys & Aliens is a movie that gives you exactly what it says on the label

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  • Erik_Nilsson 🦇🐈‍⬛🍂 @x1237valr.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    📽️ : 'Cowboys & Aliens' (2011) #nw #filmsky

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  • scribbleghoul @scribblegurl.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    No Christmas movie tonight. Cowboys & Aliens, because I've never seen it, and it's leaving Netflix.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2026

    With its high production costs, Cowboys & Aliens was a financial disappointment. The Los Angeles Times listed the film in 2014 as one of the most expensive box office flops of all time.

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  • Sleepless @paulsdmcr.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    The first new Star Wars film since the terrible last one, you say? A spin-off from a mostly-shit TV series? By the director of Cowboys & Aliens? How can anyone resist?

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  • coward @coward.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    When this movie came out 7-11 had a limited edition Cowboys & Aliens flavored Slurpee and it was my favorite flavor but they never had it again. Haven’t seen the movie

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  • George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    Aliens in the past are a bridge too far for viewers (for whatever reason). “Cowboys & Aliens” should have ruled! I think it’s very hard to write a good movie that combines those two genres. The exceptions (that I can think of) are “The Fifth Element” and “Stargate,” which were sci-fi primarily.

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  • Mozelle Batiste Delacroix’s only son. @roamingdruid.bsky.socialBluesky · May 6, 2026

    Cowboys & Aliens didn’t get the best reviews from rotten tomatoes, but this movie is a sleeper hit in my opinion. It’s campy, and the level of brutality is WILD for a PG-13 movie.

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  • Captain Potion🏴‍☠️🧃 @potionrebel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    Tip for anyone thinking of doing this: Comics are their own artistic medium with a long history and not just a dumping ground for pilot scripts for "real stories" in TV/film. You can have the next Nimona or the next Cowboys&Aliens and that's up to you

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  • Hippie Scuba Steve @hippiescubasteve.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    Cowboys & Aliens was released in movie theaters 14 years ago yesterday. Definitely a unique story. youtu.be/l1X4RDCFmsE?... #Movies #Filmsky

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  • Soon To Be A Major Motion Podcast @soonmajorpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    Another Thursday, another new episode! This week, we’re talking about 2011’s Cowboys & Aliens. Remember that movie? Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6nhe...

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  • Tracy @tracylacy84.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2025

    Watching my favorite Paul Dano film; Cowboys & Aliens.

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  • Ghouls & Lizzie the Tortie @julesingreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2025

    There was a cover story in Entertainment Weekly, when it was an actual magazine, with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig for their movie Cowboys & Aliens, and it was basically this. Two curmudgeons making it clear they were forced to do this interview and weren't happy about it.

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  • Adriaan 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @adriaan.braevitae.comBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    Rise of the Guardians: A fantastic kids movie. Should be a classic. Hudson Hawk: A brilliantly quirky romp that mercilessly mocks tech billionaires 😁 Cowboys&Aliens: Just a lot of fun. It should get more appreciation.

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  • Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2024

    Wrong or inaccurate depictions of geology in a movie irk me. On the flip side, bad movies are enhanced by outstanding outcrop scenery, e.g., 'Cowboys & Aliens' (2011).

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  • Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2023

    Have a new flash in Maudlin House about the hit Daniel Craig movie Cowboys & Aliens, summer vacation, and nostalgia. Check it out. Link to the story: maudlinhouse.net/cowboys-alie...

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  • Buffy the Vagina Displayer @tibbittz.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    Cowboys & Aliens: A bland Western joins forces with a terrible alien invasion movie to prove two lames don't make a cool. I was hoping this would be awesome and redeem Jon Favreau for the terminal yawn which was Mandalorian & Grogu... it just proved his 3 good films were flukes. #FilmSky Verdict: ⭐️

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  • Gillian (she/her) @glkrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    I'm still kind of sad about that one. And it's weird that every movie we're listing has great soundtracks (minus Cowboys & Aliens which I cannot remember)

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    Film-wise: at 7.05pm, Spider-Man 3 on BBC3. At 9pm, Cocaine Bear on Film4, Death Race on Legend or Dreamgirls on Sky One. At 10.50, Cowboys & Aliens on BBC3. At 10.55, Misericordia on Film4. At 11.10, Rush on BBC1. At 11.50pm, On The Basis Of Sex on BBC2. At 1am, The French Dispatch on Film4 #telly

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  • Tasha's Diary @kindestnatlala.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026

    Far Far West Log 1: Got my wife and my good buddy on and had a blast (HA!)! Didn't expect it to play similar to Helldivers, but a faster pace and some mobility options. Traversal is fun with horses! Yeehaw! Reminds me of that Cowboys & Aliens movie in a good way.

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  • J.Glover. @backagainthird.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    Compare this with the equally exciting sounding 'Cowboys & Aliens from a decade or so ago. Big me went to the cinema with hope in his heart to see a movie that would perhaps evoke that youthful sense of nostalgia and charm. Should have stayed at home and had fish fingers & chips.😃

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  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2025

    6:45pm TODAY on @Film4 The 2011 #SciFi #Western film🎥 “Cowboys & Aliens” directed by Jon Favreau & written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus + Hawk Ostby Based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s 2006 graphic novel📖 🌟Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.45pm, Cowboys & Aliens on Film4. At 9pm, Red Eye on BBC3, The Creator on 4Seven, Boiling Point on Legend Xtra or Good Luck To You, Leo Grande on Film4. At 10.15pm, Get Out on BBC3. At 10.55pm, Fresh on Film4 #telly

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  • K Lucian Jones (Kit) @spideyj.comBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    Under the movie Se7en, listed as "you may also like" is Cowboys & Aliens, and no, I did not also like

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  • vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Happy birthday to Scottish actor David O'Hara, born today in 1965. O'Hara has appeared in in the film adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens, Doomsday, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Gotham, and Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #DavidOHara

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  • VimesoftheWatch @vimesofthewatch.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2025

    He was a many of a variety of writing talents, apparently. One of my favorite riffs from the Rifftrax version of Oblivion Bill:"It's funny there is a terrible film called Cowboys & Aliens and it ISN'T this movie."

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  • e - Rilyan Morokin @ob1moroney.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2023

    91 - The Commitments 01 - Not Another Teen Movie 11 - Cowboys & Aliens 21 - Free Guy

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  • Dr. Phil Acula, Vampire. Not Changing It @msico.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2023

    Not too much turnover in the film novelization section but some notable new ones. They definitely did not have Suicide Squad, Gremlins 2, or Cowboys & Aliens last time I was here

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  • Movie Reviews by Siskoid @reviews-by-siskoid.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    My ★★★ review of Cowboys & Aliens (2011) boxd.it/nEQG1 #Letterboxd #FilmSky

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  • Alexander—Thinkin' Texan (I discuss ideas, not people) @alexander001a.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Like in the Cowboys & Aliens film scene with the molten gold? 🤭🤭🤭

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  • A Demon Named Sam Kurd @samkurd.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    Just watched Cowboys & Aliens (2011) and rated it 3.5 stars on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/splend/film/cowboys-aliens/ #FilmSky Post made with @letterboxdposter.finiteui.com

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  • vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Happy birthday to Scottish actor David O'Hara, born today in 1965. O'Hara has appeared in in the film adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens, Doomsday, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Gotham, and Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #DavidOHara

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  • Media News @media-news.at.thenote.appBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Walton Goggins Saved Olivia Wilde From Being Stampeded to Death by Horses on ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Set: ‘I Owe Him My Life. He’s a Real-Life Hero’ Olivia Wilde revealed on the “Armchair Expert” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that she was nearly stampeded to death by horses on the… #ew #media #news

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  • Michael Mills @michaelmills.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Watched Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens over the weekend. Despite a cast to die for, it’s an incredibly empty film. Still, install the reskin mods and it’s most post-2015 Star Wars too.

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  • Sredni @sredni.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    Cowboys & Aliens 2011 Unassuming popcorn action flick that happens to be a decent western. I actually think this is an amazing premise with serious potential, so I’m a little disappointed this didn’t get more careful treatment. No fault with the casting though. #filmsky #movies #film #cinema

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    The (movie) Cowboys & Aliens is available today on (Google Play) for $7.99 Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano

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  • jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2025

    One of the worst examples of genre-blending is Cowboys & Aliens. An overly serious western w campy elements of trite sci-fi. Two fantasy worlds collide. Bzzzt! A far better film is the supernatural cowboy film Ravenous (1999) which subverts audiences expectations of the genre. 1/

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  • Kevin The Critic @kevinthecritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    I’m pretty sure the first western I saw was “Rango”, which I thought was okay at best. Several years later, I saw “Cowboys & Aliens”, which I liked, then “Blazing Saddles”, “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” and “Unforgiven”, which I loved. Which film(s) made you a Western fan?

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  • Scott Pfitzinger @pfitzinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Movies released on July 29: The Tingler (1959) National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) The Mask (1994) Must Love Dogs (2005) Cowboys & Aliens (2011) #movies 🎬 #anniversary

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  • KevinLeafed @nerdsandgravy.caBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    It does feel like the idea of going to the movies has slowly been returning to a good place but the theatre won't really be back until North America can get as hyped as they were for a movie like Cowboys & Aliens again.

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2025

    19 July 1969 – Matthew Libatique, 57, US music video and feature film cinematographer. Pi (1998) * Phone Booth * She Hate Me * Inside Man * Iron Man: 1/2 * Cowboys & Aliens * Black Swan (OscarNom) * Noah * Chi-Raq * Mother! * Venom * A Star Is Born (OscarNom) * The Whale * Maestro (2023 OscarNom)

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Jerry Maguire on Great Movies or Alien Nation on Legend. At 9.30pm, Saltburn on BBC3. At 10.45pm, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service on ITV1. At 11pm, The Game on Legend. At 11.05pm, Cowboys & Aliens on C4. At 11.25pm, Red Sparrow on Film4. At 12am, Gringo on BBC1 #telly

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  • Luke King 🦉 @owlgrub.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2025

    now I'm just thinking of that one Daniel Craig movie Cowboys & Aliens but its in the dark ages....

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  • Witchy Okaa-san @nyalruko.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2025

    Cowboys & Aliens is such a funny title of a movie because aside from the obvious pitch it's also like the perfect pitch for a you know... Aliens movie Like THE Aliens From Alien & Aliens Like, all the tropes of the genre, mysterious stranger, chekovs coffin, outlaws but then there are aliens

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  • Ann G @anniemg.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Watching Cowboys & Aliens on Film 4 +1 and enjoying it. Don't know why, on paper it's all the wrong but.... 🤷‍♀️

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.45pm, Cowboys & Aliens on Film4. At 8pm, The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies on Sky Showcase. At 9pm, Tombstone on Film4. At 10pm, The Spy Who Loved Me on ITV4. At 10.50pm, The Australian Dream on BBC4. At 11.40pm, Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom on Film4 #telly

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  • Dukenfield @dukenfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Bonkers but fun sci-fi adventure Cowboys & Aliens (2011 113 mins.) starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. [Film 4 18.45 & +1] www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...

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  • LiveInAmbeR @liveinamber.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    Kosmo looking good! Ever seen the movie Cowboys & Aliens?

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  • Ole Hermann Melby @ohmelby.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    Film 149, 2024. Cowboys & Aliens (Extended Director's Cut, 2011). Tullefilm. Men en ganske bra tullefilm. I alle fall i første akt, som er best. Stjernegalleri av folk. Daniel Craig i hovedrollen og Sam Rockwell i en mindre rolle er vel de som skinner mest.

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