pWith the new century, a certain strand of pulp films get taken along a similar development path as elements of super hero movies, another genre that got its start as cheap disposal nonsense. Just like with Nolan#39;s Batman and Snyder#39;s... Snyderverse, some noir started to lean in to the grim, the dark, and the gritty as a way to prove that they were serious movies and not just kids#39; stuff. We#39;ll be looking at two such examples - Ben Affleck#39;s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, and the Liam Neeson actioner Walk Among the Tombstones. Throw some commercials in and you#39;d have a pretty good Sunday afternoon double bill on TNT./ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - emJaane Bhi Do Yaaro/em/ppFred - emBefore Sunrise, Hit the Road, The Train/em/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p