Once upon a time, many decades a go the staple of the big screen was the western, but sadly tastes changed and westerns went out of fashion. Now days it’s a rare occurrence for a western to be made although in a way that’s not a bad thing as modern westerns tend to be big movies, built around a good storyline rather than some quickly thrown together nonsense. “Appaloosa” is one of these new westerns with a big almost epic feeling, a clever storyline and solid performances although unfortunately it does have some issues most notably that at times it’s laborious, hard going as it focuses on the characters rather than the traditional western gun fights….. Appaloosa movie review