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'Dear John' deals romance a dose of reality
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/5/2010
Romance movies like Lasse Hallstrom's "Dear John" will either make you swoon with affection for its war-crossed lovers, or break out in hives as it knocks down testosterone cells to dangerously low levels. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/5/2010
Romance movies like Lasse Hallstrom's "Dear John" will either make you swoon with affection for its war-crossed lovers, or break out in hives as it knocks down testosterone cells to dangerously low levels. FULL STORY
Plummer, Mirren deserving of Oscar nods
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/4/2010
Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren both properly earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in Michael Hoffman's Oscar-baiting domestic drama "The Last Station." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/4/2010
Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren both properly earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in Michael Hoffman's Oscar-baiting domestic drama "The Last Station." FULL STORY
Dann pegs 'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' as best bets for the final Oscar cut
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/1/2010
If things go down as I suspect they will at the 82nd annual Oscar nominations announcement Tuesday morning, it'll be a battle of the ex-spouses as James Cameron's science-fiction thriller "Avatar" goes head-to-head for best picture with Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 2/1/2010
If things go down as I suspect they will at the 82nd annual Oscar nominations announcement Tuesday morning, it'll be a battle of the ex-spouses as James Cameron's science-fiction thriller "Avatar" goes head-to-head for best picture with Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker." FULL STORY
'Edge of Darkness' a brooding throwback to classic film noir
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/29/2010
"Edge of Darkness" is directed by Martin Campbell, who gave us the greatest James Bond movie of the past 30 years, "Casino Royale." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/29/2010
"Edge of Darkness" is directed by Martin Campbell, who gave us the greatest James Bond movie of the past 30 years, "Casino Royale." FULL STORY
Amateurish acting bogs down irritating 'Rome'
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/29/2010
Just when I thought romantic comedies couldn't possibly go lower on the quality barometer than last month's behemoth baddie, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?," along comes "When in Rome." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/29/2010
Just when I thought romantic comedies couldn't possibly go lower on the quality barometer than last month's behemoth baddie, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?," along comes "When in Rome." FULL STORY
Peter Fonda making appearances in Naperville, Woodridge
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/28/2010
Peter Fonda used to get really, really, really mad when someone asked him if he smoked real marijuana during his scenes in the 1969 counterculture classic "Easy Rider." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/28/2010
Peter Fonda used to get really, really, really mad when someone asked him if he smoked real marijuana during his scenes in the 1969 counterculture classic "Easy Rider." FULL STORY
Lack of passion makes medical drama less than 'Extraordinary'
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Tom Vaughn's passionless "Extraordinary Measures" comes extraordinarily close to becoming a smart expose on the roles that corporate politics and old-fashioned capitalism play in the creation and manufacturing of lifesaving drugs for children living under a death sentence called Pompe disease. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Tom Vaughn's passionless "Extraordinary Measures" comes extraordinarily close to becoming a smart expose on the roles that corporate politics and old-fashioned capitalism play in the creation and manufacturing of lifesaving drugs for children living under a death sentence called Pompe disease. FULL STORY
If only 'Tooth Fairy' hurt less than a root canal
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Look, I'd be willing to pull out all of my teeth and place them under my pillow if I could only, instead of a few measly dollars, retrieve the 101 minutes of my life I lost watching this inane, condescending kiddie comedy that doesn't know what it's doing from one scene to the next. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Look, I'd be willing to pull out all of my teeth and place them under my pillow if I could only, instead of a few measly dollars, retrieve the 101 minutes of my life I lost watching this inane, condescending kiddie comedy that doesn't know what it's doing from one scene to the next. FULL STORY
Confronting Ford: Will Dann go to 'Extraordinary Measures' to get truth?
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
In 1982, I vowed I would never interview Harrison Ford again. That vow stood for 28 years. Every time the Chicago-born actor returned to the Windy City to promote his latest movie, I made sure my schedule was too full to accommodate him. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
In 1982, I vowed I would never interview Harrison Ford again. That vow stood for 28 years. Every time the Chicago-born actor returned to the Windy City to promote his latest movie, I made sure my schedule was too full to accommodate him. FULL STORY
Shortcomings abound in apocalyptic horror tale 'Legion'
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Five things I learned about God and angels from watching Scott Stewart's apocalyptic horror tale "Legion:" FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/22/2010
Five things I learned about God and angels from watching Scott Stewart's apocalyptic horror tale "Legion:" FULL STORY
Maybe the review of 'Lovely Bones' was muddled
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/21/2010
Dann: Most times when home, after taking the risk of being disappointed by a movie based on a great novel, I say, "Dann's sharpshooting critique was right." NOT SO regarding "The Lovely Bones," based on your Jan. 15 review, "Lovely, but muddled." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/21/2010
Dann: Most times when home, after taking the risk of being disappointed by a movie based on a great novel, I say, "Dann's sharpshooting critique was right." NOT SO regarding "The Lovely Bones," based on your Jan. 15 review, "Lovely, but muddled." FULL STORY
Haunting, beautiful 'The Lovely Bones' needs more heart
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
Peter Jackson's beautiful and scary fantasy "The Lovely Bones" resonated with me on a personal level that most people won't quite understand. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
Peter Jackson's beautiful and scary fantasy "The Lovely Bones" resonated with me on a personal level that most people won't quite understand. FULL STORY
'Spy Next Door' another disappointing kiddie comedy
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
Brian Levant's "The Spy Next Door" is being marketed as a family comedy, but for action movie fans, it's truly a tragedy. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
Brian Levant's "The Spy Next Door" is being marketed as a family comedy, but for action movie fans, it's truly a tragedy. FULL STORY
'The Book of Eli' a little too arty, a little too trite
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
On paper, or on a computer screen, "The Book of Eli" must have looked like an irresistible synthesis of popular Hollywood genres. It's a science-fiction thriller, a samurai epic, a spaghetti western, an apocalyptic religious drama and an "Odyssey"-like quest all rolled up into one cinematic ball. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/15/2010
On paper, or on a computer screen, "The Book of Eli" must have looked like an irresistible synthesis of popular Hollywood genres. It's a science-fiction thriller, a samurai epic, a spaghetti western, an apocalyptic religious drama and an "Odyssey"-like quest all rolled up into one cinematic ball. FULL STORY
Dann opens the mail bag (e-mail inbox?) for reader reaction
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/14/2010
Hi, Dann: I found your piece on possible parallels between "A Christmas Carol" and "Up in the Air" quite interesting. One of the major differences between the two works, for me at least, is in the tone - I think this may be the reason some viewers find the Clooney film ultimately unsatisfying. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/14/2010
Hi, Dann: I found your piece on possible parallels between "A Christmas Carol" and "Up in the Air" quite interesting. One of the major differences between the two works, for me at least, is in the tone - I think this may be the reason some viewers find the Clooney film ultimately unsatisfying. FULL STORY
'Young Victoria' director on Chicago: 'It's lovely'
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/8/2010
Normally, an explanation of why people kill people and the secret to writing good historical dramas don't pop up in the same conversation. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/8/2010
Normally, an explanation of why people kill people and the secret to writing good historical dramas don't pop up in the same conversation. FULL STORY
Is Reitman's 'Up in the Air' a Scrooge clone?
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/8/2010
I have seen Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" five times now, and I've decided that the rom-com is an update of the Charles Dickens' holiday classic "Christmas Carol" with George Clooney cast as Scrooge. Let's consider the similarities: FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/8/2010
I have seen Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" five times now, and I've decided that the rom-com is an update of the Charles Dickens' holiday classic "Christmas Carol" with George Clooney cast as Scrooge. Let's consider the similarities: FULL STORY
Ledger's last film an imaginative journey
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
Only in a Terry Gilliam movie could a major actor die during production and be replaced by three other actors all playing the same role, and still have the story make sense. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
Only in a Terry Gilliam movie could a major actor die during production and be replaced by three other actors all playing the same role, and still have the story make sense. FULL STORY
'Daybreakers' a back-to-basics horror classic
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
Finally, someone has created a bloody, blackly comic horror film that deserves to be in the company of Stuart Gordon's Grand Guignol masterpiece "The Re-Animator" and Sam Raimi's goo-pumped demonic frightfest "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
Finally, someone has created a bloody, blackly comic horror film that deserves to be in the company of Stuart Gordon's Grand Guignol masterpiece "The Re-Animator" and Sam Raimi's goo-pumped demonic frightfest "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn." FULL STORY
Even Adams can't salvage Irish road romance
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
"Leap Year" is another one of those plot-by-number, formula romantic comedies that doesn't trust a woman to choose between two lovers, so the movie does it for her. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 1/7/2010
"Leap Year" is another one of those plot-by-number, formula romantic comedies that doesn't trust a woman to choose between two lovers, so the movie does it for her. FULL STORY
Highlights of 2009 (well, sort of) and the elusive zero-star rating
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/31/2009
Join me and film historian (and James Bond 007 novelist) Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club examines the strange and compelling movies of those odd and interesting Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/31/2009
Join me and film historian (and James Bond 007 novelist) Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club examines the strange and compelling movies of those odd and interesting Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel. FULL STORY
'Up in the Air' tops Dann's list of best films of '09
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/31/2009
In 2009, Hollywood tried to kill off the romantic comedy with numerous brain-gouged features, rebooted the "Star Trek" franchise with a fresh set of USS Enterprise crew members, resurrected classical Disney animation and continued Harry Potter's tradition of well-crafted filmmaking. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/31/2009
In 2009, Hollywood tried to kill off the romantic comedy with numerous brain-gouged features, rebooted the "Star Trek" franchise with a fresh set of USS Enterprise crew members, resurrected classical Disney animation and continued Harry Potter's tradition of well-crafted filmmaking. FULL STORY
Holmes goes action hero in Ritchie's energized political thriller
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/28/2009
How much you will appreciate Guy Ritchie's reinterpretation of famous London detective Sherlock Holmes depends entirely on how willing you are to accept Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's eccentric sleuth as a genetic cross between Indiana Jones, Jackie Chan and Tyler Durden from "Fight Club." FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/28/2009
How much you will appreciate Guy Ritchie's reinterpretation of famous London detective Sherlock Holmes depends entirely on how willing you are to accept Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's eccentric sleuth as a genetic cross between Indiana Jones, Jackie Chan and Tyler Durden from "Fight Club." FULL STORY
Baldwin, Streep steam up 'It's Complicated'
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/25/2009
If I didn't know better, I'd suspect that AARP underwrote "It's Complicated" because of its positive depictions of fiftysomethings having healthy libidos and a take-charge view of life. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/25/2009
If I didn't know better, I'd suspect that AARP underwrote "It's Complicated" because of its positive depictions of fiftysomethings having healthy libidos and a take-charge view of life. FULL STORY
'Nine' loses points for thin story, lyrics
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/25/2009
Rob Marshall's "Nine" is the kind of movie musical to be appreciated for its showstopper production numbers, its impressive roster of stars who can almost sing and dance superbly, and its racy and raw sexuality barely constrained by a PG-13 rating. FULL STORY
By Dann Gire | Daily Herald Film Critic
Posted 12/25/2009
Rob Marshall's "Nine" is the kind of movie musical to be appreciated for its showstopper production numbers, its impressive roster of stars who can almost sing and dance superbly, and its racy and raw sexuality barely constrained by a PG-13 rating. FULL STORY
