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In celebration of the forthcoming release of L.A. Noire, Flixist has teamed up with its sister sites Japanator and Destructoid to give a bit of background on what noir (we're spelling it that way) is all about. Throughout the next week and leading up to L.A. Noire's release, we'll be reviewing/analyzing classic noirs set in L.A., explaining exactly what noir is and a few more awesome things.
Welcome to Noir Week! Stop what you're doing and try to be the first person to correctly identify the four movie frames attached to this article. This week they all share the theme of being from noir films, and are also previews of some of the movie reviews you'll see on the site this week! I hope you're as excited as I am, so get in the mood by doing some detective work on these four frames. Good luck!
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Universal and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me) have banded together to take another crack at Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, a holiday classic that's already seen a big screen adaption in the way of Ron H...
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