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  China Moon 1994

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  "So, what do you do for boredom?"
  "I never had the problem."
  "Bullshit. You've got the most boring life a man ever lived."
  "You'll grow into it. Trust me."

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  The Tall T 1957

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  "A man should have somethin' of his own. Somethin' to belong to. To be proud of."
  "And you think you'll get it this way."
  "Sometimes you don't have a choice."
  "Don't you?"

  "Some things a man can't ride around."

Popular reviews

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  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Oct 2024

  Maggie Smith (RIP) and Pamela Franklin's last scene together is one of the great final duels without a sword or a gun. This movie hits a lot harder than it did last time I saw it about ten years ago.

  "You have murdered Mary!"
  "You have assassinated me!"

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  Comanche Station 1960

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 12 Oct 2024

  Budd Boetticher packed in a lot in 75 minutes about life, love, grief, starting over, being the best person you can possibly be. It's a toss-up between this or Seven Men From Now as the best of the Boetticher-Scott westerns.

  "If I loved her, it wouldn't matter."
  "Wouldn't it?"
  "No ma'am. It wouldn't matter at all."

  "A man does one thing, one thing in his life he could look back on... go proud. That's enough. Anyway, that's what my pa used to say."

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