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Brett Alan Dewing
Mar 30, 2010
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Closer – “The Blower’s Daughter”

The only good things about this movie are the opening and closing shots of Natalie Portman walking down the street to this haunting Damien Rice song.  Even the memory gives me shivers.

Watchmen – “First We Take Manhattan”

It may be the second song over the credits, but Leonard Cohen’s scathing war cry sounds tailor-made for

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