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Marlon James, Watchmen, Getty

<p>Comic book superheroes and a gun-toting grandma. Find out why  audiences are going nuts for two very different new movies- "Watchmen"  and "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail."  In a new work of historical  fiction, female slaves lead a rebellion on a Jamaican sugar plantation;  Kurt talks with Marlon James, the author of <em>The Book of Night Women</em>.  And discover what it takes to rescue a 450-year-old painting.</p>