Meek's Cutoff, Grade: B

03/17/11 This is not your granddaddy's Western. Hopalong Cassidy, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes would not recognize the actions that take place in "Meek's Cutoff." They would not feel at home here, but Gus Van Sant would. Consider Van Sant's 2002 film "Gerry," in which two twenty-something men go off into the desert and forget to bring any food with them. "Gerry" has an opening that ...

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Meek's Cutoff

04/07/11 Kelly Reichardt's eloquent "Meek's Cutoff" is a West ern, but any similarities be tween it and, say, a Gene Autry or Hopalong Cassidy shoot-em-up are nonexistent. Think of Reichardt's flick as more like Gus Van Sant's "Gerry" (2002), in which two young men find themselves on...

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Van Zant looks back on 500-win milestone

04/26/11 With a 6-3 win over Seton Hall this past Friday, Gus Van Zant became the fourth coach in Mountaineers history to win 500 career games.

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