Rated or Dated: Lone Star (1996)

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Long regarded as the peak of American indie filmmaking in the 1990s, John Sayles neo-western/murder mystery has a cracking cast and asks a huge moral question. Hannah thinks it's way ahead of its time but will Mickey and Jen agree? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.7	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:32.1	Hello and welcome to Rated or Dated.
0:38.3	I'm Mickey Noonan, joined as every week by the wonderful Jen offer. Jen, hello.
0:41.3	Wonderful, is it? Thanks very much. Hello.
0:46.4	Well, the day after International Women's Day, so make most of these adjectives. I can't promise they'll be the same in my next introduction. Neither can Marks and Spencer's baves,
0:50.6	anyway. And by Total Smasher, Hannah DeLevy. Hannah, hello. Total smasher, I was hoping for Busty Bade, but anyway. And by Total Smasher Hannah DeLeavy.
0:54.4	Hannah, hello.
0:55.3	Total smasher, I was hoping for Busty Bade, but anyway.
0:59.5	Hello, Mickey.
1:02.5	Oh, look at us on the border to cheat pussy.
1:06.0	Well done us.
1:09.0	So, Hannah, what film that we watched this week is one of the very rare occasions where I think you, me, potentially Jen and Peter Bradshaw are all going to be in agreement.
1:21.5	It does hurt to read Peter Bradshaw's review and feel kind of air punchy about it.
1:26.6	Like he fucking gets it for once.
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