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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Chicago Passes
CHICAGO– In our latest crime/mystery edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-one passes up for grabs for the new film “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”! The film, which is based...
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‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Entertains Rather Than Exhilarates
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Literary mysteries are harder to adapt for the big screen than one might assume. The trick is to make audiences feel like they’re discovering secrets right alongside the...
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Film Review: ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ Snuffs Out Potential
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Movie trilogies often are judged on the strength of their middle chapters. The “Star Wars” franchise wouldn’t have been continually embraced by new generations if “The Empire...
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Blu-Ray Review: Thrilling ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
CHICAGO– With “The Girl Who Played With Fire” currently selling tickets in theaters (check out our review here) and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” selling millions of copies all season long,...
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Film Review: ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ Underlines Franchise...
CHICAGO– Now that the third and final installment of Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published, phenomenally popular book series has been turned into a feature film, the questions emerges: ‘Was it worth...
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DVD Review: Hit Trilogy Continues With ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’
CHICAGO– One of the biggest pop culture stories of 2010 has to be the various incarnations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. As millions read the books on their way back and forth to work and...
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DVD Review: Stieg Larsson’s ‘Dragon Tattoo Trilogy’ Released in Single Set
CHICAGO– Shouldn’t it be called the “Millennium Trilogy”? Or the “Girl Trilogy”? Only the first movie has the words “Dragon Tattoo” in it. Anyway, I’m being picky. Whatever you call it, the three...
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Film News: New ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Trailer Shows Rachel McAdams
CHICAGO– A new trailer for the upcoming film “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” has hit the internet today. The new film, which will once again star Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Chicago Passes to Robert Downey...
CHICAGO– In our latest blockbuster edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated sequel “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”...
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Blu-ray Review: Fans Should Flip For ‘Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition’
CHICAGO– With David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” hitting theaters today, there seems to be no better time to revisit the Swedish trilogy that set arthouses on fire last year and...
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Film News: First Trailer Released For Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’
CHICAGO– In a week that packed trailers for some of next year’s biggest films, 20th Century Fox made sure to get in on the game. The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” has released giving...
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Film News: New Full-Length ‘Prometheus’ Trailer Released
CHICAGO– A few months ago, the first teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s new film “Prometheus” was released. The short trailer was met with excitement and buzz for the new film, which many consider to be...
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Film Review: Fascinating Journey to ‘Prometheus’ Makes For Bumpy Ride
CHICAGO– Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” rides a wave of expectation, anticipation, hype, and an already-building backlash into theaters this weekend and all I have to say is something that most critics...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Offers Nothing New
CHICAGO– Now that BBC’s acclaimed “Sherlock” has offered the definitive version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective, Guy Ritchie’s routine “Holmes” franchise looks all the more elementary in...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Dead Man Down’ With Colin...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “Dead Man Down” starring...
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Film Review: Colin Farrell Can’t Let Go in ‘Dead Man Down’
CHICAGO– Nothing like a high concept crime story to compliment “spring forward.” Colin Farrell plays the revenge card to the nth degree in the unusual and slowly paced “Dead Man Down,” and takes Noomi...
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Blu-ray Review: Talented Cast Elevates Leaden Direction of ‘Dead Man Down’
CHICAGO– “Dead Man Down,” recently released on Blu-ray and DVD, isn’t the awful movie that you may have heard but it is a misfire from a pretty talented cast and the director of the original “The Girl...
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Film Review: Brian De Palma Returns with Revenge Thriller ‘Passion’
CHICAGO– Brian De Palma returns to what he does best after a few notable failures in the last decade, producing his best work since 2002’s “Femme Fatale” and arguably returning to form in the...
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Film Review: Animal Psychology Charges Rugged Thug Tale ‘The Drop’
CHICAGO– For a film adapted from “Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone” author Dennis Lehane, there are no children in danger in “The Drop,” but there is a pit bull puppy named Rocco. The dog’s...
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