The Hollywood treatment on some literary classics

The Hollywood treatment on some literary classics
Mia Wasikowska in 'Jane Eyre'. Photo by Laurie Sparham/Focus Feature Website
The Hollywood treatment on some literary classics
Mia Wasikowska in 'Jane Eyre'. Photo by Laurie Sparham/Focus Feature Website

The Hollywood treatment on some literary classics

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This weather might have you itching to get out for a nice long walk, but beware if you’re headed into one of our local forest preserves. You might run into a snarling beast, like the one in the new movie adaption of Little Red Riding Hood. The film’s directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who helmed the first Twilight film.

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alpha film critic Hank Sartin shares whether he thinks her latest film barks or just plain howls at the moon. Sartin is Senior Editor at TimeOut Chicago.

Red Riding Hood is now playing at theaters throughout Chicagoland. Jane Eyre is at Landmark Theatres and at AMC River East in Streeterville in Chicago.