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Black Dahlia/The Departed/Gangs Of New York

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The Black Dahlia (Dir. Brian De Palma) (2006): The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession love corruption greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirshner) a.k.a. The Black Dahlia - an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public. While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson) his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank) the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families - who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim... Gangs Of New York (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2002): The seeds for revenge take place in 1846 when a battle is fought against the Irish and the native Americans over the five points area of New York City. It is here where Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) slays Priest Vallon whose son Amsterdam Vallon (Dicaprio) is then taken to an orphanage. The plot unfolds when in 1863 Amsterdam returns to the five points to seek revenge against his fathers killer. The Departed (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2006): Two men operate on different sides of the law; one a mole with the Boston State Police department the other within the Irish mafia. When bloodshed breaks out on the streets each mole is despatched to discover the other's identity in a race against time...

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