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    Rumor has it that Carla Gugino (who played...

    Rumor has it that Carla Gugino (who played Leonard's Karen Sisco on tv) will be in season 3 as a District US Marshal. It'll be nice to see her in some Leonard-inspired material again.
  2. I always get excited by these Criterion sales. I...

    I always get excited by these Criterion sales. I picked up The Spy Who Came in From the Cold yesterday. Not a noir, but a damn fine film.
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    I love this show also; great writing and acting. ...

    I love this show also; great writing and acting. I grew up and live in Missouri, so a lot of these characters seem more than a little familiar. I felt the same way when I saw Winter's Bone.
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    If you pre-order, there's bonus cases you get,...

    If you pre-order, there's bonus cases you get, based on where you pre-order from. I went ahead and preordered from Gamestop, which gets me a bonus crime case based on the movie The Naked City....
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    I saw Sucker Punch this past weekend. I thought...

    I saw Sucker Punch this past weekend. I thought it was pretty bad. Flat characters I didn't care about, barely-there plot with a "twist" that didn't surprise me and an orgy of eye candy and violence...
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    I just added The Big Book of Pulps and the Black...

    I just added The Big Book of Pulps and the Black Mask anthology to my Amazon wish list last night. If you're interested in America during Prohibitiion, over the summer I read Last Call: The Rise and...
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    I took a break from crime stories to try some...

    I took a break from crime stories to try some steampunk. I've resolved to read it, but it's a slow, painful read compared to all the crime and pulp I was reading before this. It's The Difference...
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    Fast-paced out of the gate. Once I started it...

    Fast-paced out of the gate. Once I started it was difficult to put down. A really fun read.
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    I've been on a crime book mad tear lately. The...

    I've been on a crime book mad tear lately. The Blonde by Duane Swierczynski, Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler, The Extraordiinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc, and...
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    Rubicon marathon

    AMC is running a mini-marathon of Rubicon if anyone is interested in catching up. Sunday September 5th, beginning 9am Eastern. All six episodes with the new seventh in the evening. DVR is set!
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    I saw this on Netflix streaming and promptly told...

    I saw this on Netflix streaming and promptly told my stepdad, who also is a noir fan, about it. He swears it is a remake and the original has the same name, but I've yet to find proof. Anyone else...
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    I've read the Martin Booth book (A Very Private...

    I've read the Martin Booth book (A Very Private Gentleman) and am rather excited for this movie.
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    I've watched it twice in the past month and I'm...

    I've watched it twice in the past month and I'm still not sure I understand it completely. But each viewing I find more things and gain more knowledge. I'll watch it one more time before sending it...
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