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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie US DVD release date is here!
Apr 22nd
Niels Arden Oplev’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel, is set for a July 6, 2010 release date! This dark Swedish crime drama has critics buzzing and is quickly becoming a success on its limited release here in the US. Pre-orders for the DVD and Blu-ray are available below. If you’ve missed the film in your town, or if it never came, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. With an American remake in the works, you’ll want to check this one out before any Hollywood thoughts jump into your More >
Let the Right One In (2008)
Mar 3rd
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Rated: R | Review date: 20-Feb-2010
aka Låt den rätte komma inVampires are all the rage lately, so much so that one would think there’s very little room for creativity in the genre. Well Let the Right One In proves that to be quite the contrary. The author of the book of which this film is based, John Ajvide Lindqvist, has also wrote the screenplay for this dark Swedish gem directed by Tomas Alfredson.
The story follows 12 year old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a bullied loner living in an apartment complex with his mother. Oskar would like More >
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2009)
Sep 8th
aka Män som hatar kvinnor
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Review date: 7-Sept-2009 (updated 18-Feb-2010/20-Mar-2010)
Translated as “Men Who Hate Women” and known as the English title “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Män som hatar kvinnor is a dark and atmospheric Swedish thriller based on the novel by Stieg Larsson about a journalist and his unlikely encounter with a young female hacker. Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is the journalist who is found guilty of a crime that he did not commit. He’s soon sought by a wealthy elderly man for his expertise in investigating in hopes to find answers to an More >