Good movies about strong women still exist outside the spineless brain-suck of “The Twilight Saga.” While Bella takes three movies to decide between a wolfman and a dead guy, audiences itching for quality storytelling can look no further than the “Millennium Trilogy” from the late Swedish author Stieg Larrson.

All three books are available now, and the Swedish movie version of the first book, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is now available on DVD, as well as Instant Viewing for Netflix subscribers. It’s a taut procedural anchored by the standout performance of Noomi Rapace as thick-skinned computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Lisbeth waits around for no guy with chiseled abs.

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