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  The Forgiven 2021

  ★★★ Watched by Troy L 01 Jul 2022

  "A beautiful woman without discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout."

  The Forgiven is an average movie at best, but if I can point out the moment that I found most incredible... is seeing two goats in a tree saying, "Maaaah.

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  Yojimbo 1961

  ★★★★½ Watched by Troy L 30 Jun 2022

  "There's no cure for fools."

  When Sanjuro told that kid to go home to his mother – all I could think about was Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill, telling a kid the exact same thing while whipping him with her Hattori Hanzo sword. Amazing shit!

  Yojimbo is magnificent... and so is Kurosawa.

Popular reviews

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  Stand by Me 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched by Troy L 06 Sep 2017 5

  "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

  Ain't that the damn truth

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  Shot Caller 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched by Troy L 19 Aug 2017 10

  OUTSTANDING!!

  This film is so under the radar. I didnt even know about it until I heard someone talk praises of the film. To me, I'm thinking this will be just another lame ass prison movie that I will watch and forget about the next day. Ohhh boy, I was in for a special surprise. Nothing about this film was lame. It was excellently written and directed as you will see if you choose to watch this type of movie.…