In 2007, the Coen Brothers made a defining Neo-Western film by adapting Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." The Western bug must've bit them because soon after, they made a film taking place in the old Wild West itself: 2010's "True Grit," currently streaming for free on Tubi and Pluto TV.

Set in 1878, "True Grit" follows 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) seeking justice on her father's killer, Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin). She hires over the hill, one-eyed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help. Rooster is bemused by the determined Miss Ross but comes to care for her.

The Coens adapted "True Grit" from Charles Portis's 1968 novel, which had previously been made into a John Wayne picture in 1969 . While the comparisons between the movies are unavoidable, Ethan

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