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I was delighted to stumble on this excellent TV movie late one night. Garner is great as the mega-rich company exec who comes unstuck when he tries to buy his own company. The financial shenanigans are well explained and there's genuine tension in the result. Based on a true story. It's like WALL STREET with laughs. [rating 9

A Unionist deserter (earnestly portrayed by Murphy) has to whip a group of women into shape to fight off an Indian attack. A lively idea leads to a (mostly) lively film. The trouble is we've got Indians, the Civil War, evil officers, religious nutters, Calamity Jane types... generally no stereotype is left unturned. (5

This low-budget, low-ambition western actually contains the line, "white man speak with forked tongue." Well, nearly. A doctor poses as a vet to track down two horse thieves and prevent the great Sioux uprising. Rather slow-moving and the liberal speeches at the end are the last straw.