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OK, so it’s not that new in respect to entertainment news. It was released several days ago, but since I have other things on my mind than posting movie trailers, I’m just getting to it now.

The first full-length trailer – and at nearly four minutes, it’s a long one – for the David Fincher version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – is now online. It shows quite a lot of the movie, but is edited in a way that doesn’t entirely ruin the plot for people who haven’t read the books – or who haven’t seen the original movies.

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A videotaped version of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo red band trailer has finally found its way online. The movie trailer is apparently playing in European theaters (though that’s to be disputed, given that it has a red MPAA label), and it’s rumored that the American green band trailer will debut next week with X-Men: First Class.

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David Fincher’s The Social Network cleaned up at the Golden Globes this weekend and now we’re giving away a prize pack containing the DVD of the award-winning film, a T-shirt and a copy of the soundtrack.

The Social Network – now on DVD and Blu-Ray – is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever. Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humor, this superbly crafted film chronicles the formation of Facebook and the battles over ownership that followed upon the website’s unfathomable success.

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Facebook. Love it or hate it, people are using it. The social networking website has 500 million users and counting, and for many it has become a way of life, a way to stay connected to friends and family across the country and around the world, especially the ones you don’t like enough to actually talk with on the phone. Facebook has redefined the way people interact, share and talk, and it’s the brainchild of one Mark Zuckerberg, who is now the youngest billionaire on the planet.

Read the full The Social Network movie review.

First rule about Fight Club: Talk about Fight Club.

Brad Pitt and Ed Norton return to the small screen in a 10th Anniversary Edition of the cult classic Fight Club, which is directed by David Fincher. This is the first time the infamous film has been released on Blu-Ray. While I’m not as huge of an advocate of the movie or its ending as many fans, Fight Club is still a movie that should be in a guy’s collection – and what better time to add it than the holidays?

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Zodiac, one of the best movies of 2007, is the latest David Fincher masterpiece, a serial killer film completely unlike Se7en it’s completely inappropriate to compare the two. Zodiac is over two and a half hours long, and yet it is suspenseful and intriguing from beginning to end. Wonderfully directed and edited, the movie flows with a casual intenseness that never eases, even after the killer stops killing.

You can read my full Zodiac movie review here.

However, Paramount has now released (as of January 8, 2008) a two-disc Director’s Cut version of the film. The good thing is that Paramount didn’t mark up the DVD cover with stupid marketing tricks like “The version you couldn’t see in theaters!” or “Unrated” (it has, in fact, the exact same R-rating that the theatrical release had); the bad thing is that if this is David Fincher’s actual director cut, he must have been pretty happy with the theatrical release. This new DVD version adds a thrilling four minutes into the film; where those four minutes are placed I have no clue. I hadn’t watched the movie since its release in March 2007, and if there was a defined scene that was inserted in, I didn’t notice it.

Basically, if you already own the theatrical version on DVD, there is absolutely no reason to buy this one for the film… However, the DVD does offer a fair amount of special features that I am pretty sure are new to this edition (though don’t take my word for it). I spent most of my time on the Director’s Cut (no, there’s no alternate ending), but the special features include two separate audio commentaries, a long behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Zodiac, a split-screen comparison that takes a look at the difference between the animatics and finished film for the murder sequences, a feature-length documentary that examines the actual investigation and includes interviews with the original investigators and victims, and another featurette about the prime suspect, Arthur Leigh Allen.

So, I recant my previous statement. If you’re not into special features, don’t bother, but this Zodiac package is pretty packed with material; I’ll definitely be exploring the rest of these DVD features over the next few days.