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With spring around the corner it’s time to get in those last few cold weather, snow falling, dark at 5 pm films. Here’s a list with some crowd favorites, and a few you might not have seen yet. About A Boy: Adapted from Nick Hornby’s funny and aching novel of the same title, About A Boy is a British gem about an awkward 12 year old and a perpetual man child who become unlikely friends. Hugh Grant is in regular aloof form, and you get a chance to check out the immensely uncomfortable tween Nicholas Hoult before he became J. Law worthy leading man material. (Available on Amazon Instant Video) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Released in 1987 it features both Steve Martin and John Candy’s favorite performances of their own as two men having the worst luck in transportation history as they struggle to get home for Thanksgiving. Steve Martin seethingly …