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On the PR trail with 'Broken City' star Mark Wahlberg
Say hello to ya mutha for me, OK? Mark Wahlberg gets that a lot. Five years after Andy Samberg's "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals" skit on "Saturday Night Live" (if you've never seen it, the title says it all), five years after Wahlberg went on Jimmy...
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'Contraband': Intriguing personalities animate a so-so remake — 2 1/2 stars
![Playing a reformed cargo smuggler sucked back into the game, Mark Wahlberg is the star of "Contraband," a fairly entertaining remake of the 2008 Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam." And a reliable star he is. Audiences develop relationships with actors over time, through good scripts and bad; this one's neither good nor bad, exactly. But Wahlberg has the presence, the glower and the laconic line readings to guide us through a mess of pain, painlessly.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67309093-11140936.jpg "Playing a reformed cargo smuggler sucked back into the game, Mark Wahlberg is the star of "Contraband,\" a fairly entertaining remake of the 2008 Icelandic thriller \"Reykjavik-Rotterdam.\" And a reliable star he is. Audiences develop relationships with actors over time, through good scripts and bad; this one's neither good nor bad, exactly. But Wahlberg has the presence, the glower and the laconic line readings to guide us through a mess of pain, painlessly.")
Playing a reformed cargo smuggler sucked back into the game, Mark Wahlberg is the star of "Contraband," a fairly entertaining remake of the 2008 Icelandic thriller "Reykjavik-Rotterdam." And a reliable star he is. Audiences develop relationships with...Tags: Giovanni Ribisi, Entertainment, Movies, Kate Beckinsale, Panama
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Movie Projector: 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Contraband' fight for No. 1
Company TownA 3-D re-release of "Beauty and the Beast" will likely be in a tight race for the No. 1 spot at the box office with the Mark Wahlberg action flick "Contraband." Pre-release audience surveys indicate each movie is expected to debut with between $17 million... -
Box Office: 'Contraband' pays off for Mark Wahlberg
Pop2itThe action flick pulled in $24 million in ticket sales, trouncing Disney's "Beauty and the Beast 3D" re-release -- which did good business itself at $18.5 million for the weekend.... -
'Contraband' deals in illicit fun, not substance, critics say
24 Frames"Contraband:" After the end-of-the-year wave of award-seasons hopefuls, the popcorn-flick machine is ramping back up. Case in point: "Contraband," the new heist movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a reformed smuggler pulled back into the underworld. The film,... -
Box Office: 'Contraband' steals No. 1 spot from 'Beauty and the Beast' [Updated]
Company TownThe ugly world of drug smuggling beat out a fairy tale "Beauty" at the box office this weekend, as Mark Wahlberg's "Contraband" was the No. 1 pick at the multiplex. The action thriller was the most popular film over the...... -
The Morning Fix: 'Contraband' on top. Sykes to Clear Channel.
Company TownA legal fight over Golden Globes. A big hire for Clear Channel. Box office wrap.... -
Box office: 'Contraband' tops 'Beauty and the Beast 3-D' [Video]
24 Frames"Contraband" ran off with the lion's share of the profits at the box office this weekend, as the action thriller beat out a 3-D re-release of "Beauty and the Beast" to claim the No. 1 spot. The film starring Mark Wahlberg grossed a studio-estimated $28.... -
Film review: 'Contraband' hits the mark as a shoot-'em-up
Every three or four films, Mark Wahlberg does a straight-out action potboiler (“Max Payne,” “Shooter”); the latest is “Contraband.” This time around, Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday, a reformed New Orleans smuggler, who,...
Tags: Movies, Giovanni Ribisi, Entertainment, Max Payne (movie), Kate Beckinsale
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'Contraband'
Zap2ItMark Wahlberg is back in action mode, doing what he does well, in this melodrama about an ex-smuggler drawn back into that field when his brother-in-law (Caleb Landry Jones) runs into trouble with a drug kingpin (Giovanni Ribisi). If he can't set...Tags: Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Blu-ray Discs, J.K. Simmons, Mark Wahlberg
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Out on Home Video: 'Contraband' released
limiro@juno.comCONTRABAND (2012) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Baltasar Kormakur Starring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, J. K. Simmons, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones Universal//Rated R//Action//109 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray There's...Tags: Ralph Brown, Giovanni Ribisi, Heroin, Peter Graves, Bob Johnson
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