Western

BUSAN, South Korea -- With a title like ‘Cowboys & Aliens’, it would be easy to mistake director Jon Favreau’s (Iron Man 1 & 2) Sci-Fi/Western genre mash-up for B-movie schlock.  It’s such a strongly obtuse title; one that almost drove away its leading stars, Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.  What ultimately captured their interest (and mine) in the project was Favreau’s promise to “play it straight”.  The result is a...