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'The Town' Part of The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Thrillers

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There are 20 films included in this collection.

1.    The Public Enemy (1931)

2.    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

3.    The Big Sleep (1946)

4.    Strangers on a Train (1951)

5.    North by Northwest (1959)

6.    Dirty Harry (1971)

7.    Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

8.    Lethal Weapon: Director’s Cut (1987)

9.    Batman (1989)

10.  Goodfellas (1990)

11.  The Fugitive (1993)

12.  Natural Born Killers: The Director’s Cut (1994)

13.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

14.  Seven (1995)

15.  Heat (1995)

16.  L.A. Confidential (1997)

17.  American History X (1998)

18.  The Dark Knight (2008)

19.  Inception (2010)

20.  The Town (2010)

The Town

Directed by: Ben Affleck Cast: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Rating: R

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Admit it. You’ve forgotten about Ben Affleck a little bit. Sure, he’s still on your mind, but it’s more about his real-life celebrity lifestyle then his talents on the big screen. Somewhere along the line it became the concept of Matt Damon heading down one path, and Ben Affleck the other. Not even his brilliant directorial debut Gone Baby Gone starring his brother Casey Affleck did it for you. Well, hopefully now you can come around and realize Ben Affleck is a Hollywood force. He’s a fantastic director (two for two) and now he’s once again given us a memorable leading-man performance. This cops and robbers (caups and raubbers) movie is a subject we’ve seen before. But the care and effort put into it makes movies like Takers seem worthless. The Town feels like a classic and fresh at the same time. It shouldn’t be missed.