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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 ‘Contraband’ Blu-rays With Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale

19 April 2012 8:12 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In our latest action/crime edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Blu-ray, we have 5 Blu-rays up for grabs for the highly anticipated home entertainment release of “Contraband” starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale! Universal Pictures is bringing “Contraband” to Blu-ray and DVD on April 24, 2012.

“Contraband” also stars Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, J.K. Simmons, Diego Luna, Robert Wahlberg, Lukas Haas, Jaqueline Fleming, Caleb Landry Jones, William Lucking, Monica Acosta, Michael Beasley, James Rawlings and Connor Hill from director Baltasar Kormákur and writers Aaron Guzikowski and Arnaldur Indriðason.

To win your free “Contraband” Blu-ray courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this Hookup and win are below.

“Contraband” with Mark Wahlberg comes to Blu-ray and DVD on April 24, 2012.

Image credit: Universal Pictures

Here is the synopsis for “Contraband”:

Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of “Contraband”: a white-knuckled action »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Film Review: Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Contraband’ Steals Half Justice From Icelandic Conquest

14 January 2012 12:46 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – One way to craft an unforgettable, undeniably adept film is to make a new one. Hollywood views that as financially risky, though, and it often doesn’t happen without being based on a book with a built-in audience or a film that’s already an international box-office success.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Just like the Swedish smash hit “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” was recently remade for U.S. audiences by David Fincher of “The Social Network” fame, producer and star Mark Wahlberg found financial worth – and he’d sell you on artistic, too – in the international remake route. He’s hoping he’d earn U.S. assurance from what recently worked in Iceland.

While U.S. audiences were well aware of Fincher’s hijacking from Sweden, “Contraband” being a U.S. remake of Iceland’s “Reykjavík-Rotterdam” is lesser known. That film most Americans can’t pronounce is one of the »

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‘Contraband’: Review Revue

13 January 2012 11:00 AM, PST | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »

Universal Studios Giovanni Ribisi and Mark Wahlberg in ‘Contraband’

In “Contraband,” Mark Wahlberg plays Chris, a reformed contraband runner who is unwittingly drawn back into the life when his brother-in-law bungles a drug deal and becomes the target of crime boss Tim (played by Giovanni Ribisi). Chris’s plan to protect his brother-in-law goes awry when Tim targets Chris’s wife, Kate (played by Kate Beckinsale).

The suspense thriller — a remake of “Reykjavik-Rotterdam” — is directed by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur and is 110 minutes long. »

- WSJ Staff

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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Contraband’ With Mark Wahlberg

8 January 2012 1:00 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In our latest action/crime edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “Contraband” starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale!

“Contraband” also stars Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster, J.K. Simmons, Diego Luna, Robert Wahlberg, Lukas Haas, Jaqueline Fleming, Caleb Landry Jones, William Lucking, Monica Acosta, Michael Beasley, James Rawlings and Connor Hill from director Baltasar Kormákur and writers Aaron Guzikowski and Arnaldur Indriðason.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Contraband” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for “Contraband” with Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale.

Image credit: Universal Pictures

Here is the synopsis for “Contraband”: »

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