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        <p>I managed to sneak in a few movies recently in between episodes of _Jekyll_ and _Torchwood_. In no particular order:<div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>Absolutely hilarious. Just a great crime / detective film with a much &quot;lighter&quot; feel than you normally get from movies of this genre. Highly recommended.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>A spoof on Michael Bay action thrillers, but not in a _Scary Movie_ &quot;stupid spoof&quot; kind of way. It&#39;s well done and has really funny moments, especially if you&#39;re well versed in movies like _Bad Boys 2_</div><div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>Visually stunning. I was expected a little more from the Neil Gaiman screen play, but a beautiful film nonetheless. The only real problem I had was I felt like I was watching the &quot;people&quot; in Shrek films get torn apart instead of actual people I could relate to. The action is quite good though, and the camera angles you can get because it&#39;s an animated film make for some really interesting perspectives on the action.</div><div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>A much more traditional crime / detective story, with some really solid performances. It&#39;s a little depressing, but does tell a strong story. If you&#39;re someone who has spent any amount of time in Boston, then you&#39;ll probably really appreciate some of the local touches (Lunch at &quot;The Chart House&quot; for example). Language is kind of rough, so I don&#39;t know if I could recommend it to everyone, but I can see why it got such critical acclaim.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>Excellent Western film, with Russell Crowe as the&#160;charismatic&#160;criminal. Though you can sort of anticipate how the film is going to end, it&#39;s the journey to that point that is really strong. Crowe is magnificent. I don&#39;t think Western&#39;s appeal to everyone, but if you&#39;re even a slight fan of the Genre and you should pick this up.</div><div>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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</div><div>An adaptation of Darwyn Cooke&#39;s comic book of the same name, this film stays pretty true to the source material. If you&#39;ve read the book (and I&#39;m guessing almost all comic fans have) then the movie is worth seeing. I don&#39;t think DC has quite reached the level of quality that Marvel has with their direct-to-DVD movie releases, but this is a solid effort. Unfortunately, it still falls sort of their work on _Batman: The Animated Series_ which is probably the finest example of comic-related animation to this day.</div></p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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