The Lone Ranger was named so because the character is the only survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers, rather than because he works alone (as he is usually accompanied by his Native American ...

This publicity image released by Disney shows Johnny Depp as Tonto, left, and Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger, in a scene from "The Lone Ranger," opening July 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, ...

The Lone Ranger was named so because the character is the only survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers, rather than because ...

Theories on kemosabe’s origin have ranged from the name of a summer camp attended by Fran Striker, the writer of the series, to an Indian-ish term for “faithful friend,” to a corruption of the Spanish ...

The Lone Ranger has long been a fictional hero, taming the Wild West with his trusty and often stereotyped Native American guide, Tonto. The new... Does Disney's Tonto Reinforce Stereotypes Or ...

Disney’s The Lone Ranger opens in theaters today, but debate over the big-budget western epic has been raging online for years, ever since Johnny Depp first said in 2011 that he wanted to make a movie ...

I recently saw the new Lone Ranger film, and I must say I did not hate it. (Believe me, that's the best comment I've heard so far about the movie.) In fact, I found it pretty entertaining, despite the ...

S.A.: So I’ve been trying to write the intro to the twentieth-anniversary edition, but it feels too self-congratulatory, so do you want to have an e-mail exchange about it and use that as the intro? J ...

Johnny Depp has tossed on a lot of outlandish costumes in his long career. In the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, he plays a buccaneer; in “Dark Shadows,” a vampire; in “Charlie and the ...

Except that Gore Verbinski's extravagant, lengthy and involved new adventure saga is really more of a Tonto movie. The Lone Ranger's trusty sidekick tells the story and leads us back to 1869 and the ...

In 1969, Jay Silverheels, the Mohawk Indian actor who played Tonto in the hit 1950s TV show “The Lone Ranger,” appeared in character on “The Tonight Show,” where Johnny Carson conducted a mock job ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...