Dann Gire
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Aurora native casts all those TV, movie 'background actors'Jul 21, 2015 5:30 am - Ever look at a huge crowd scene in a movie or on a TV show and wonder, how did the filmmakers get all these people together and have them act just like a crowd of regula...
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The pieces just don't fit in dramatically bereft 'Safelight'Jul 16, 2015 6:15 am - Mini-review: 'Safelight' Charles, a southern California high school kid during the early '80s, walks with a distinct limp. Bullies call him "Cripple," because that's how...
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Viola Davis channels despair into action in Lifetime's 'Lila & Eve'Jul 16, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Lila & Eve' We already know that a performance by Hollywood empathy queen Viola Davis can improve great movies. In Charles Stone III's "Lila & Eve," she pr...
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Gire: Action-packed 'Ant-Man' succeeds despite bugsJul 14, 2015 11:00 pm - "Ant-Man" marks the most frustrating movie I've reviewed in terms of deciding an appropriate star rating. The comic book adventure is bloated, childishly overwritten, do...
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How Gary Sinise became a star and why he helps the troopsJul 14, 2015 6:00 am - Editor's note: The story has been updated to reflect that Gary Sinise's "Forrest Gump" character was a double amputee. The suburban legend goes like this: Gary Sini...
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'Gallows' filmmakers go for 'wholesome' horrorJul 10, 2015 6:00 am - Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff are best friends and partners in the company that created the found-footage horror movie "The Gallows," in theaters now. Lofing comes from ...
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'Batkid Begins' offers a solid dose of hopeJul 10, 2015 5:15 am - Mini-review: 'Batkid Begins' When the parents of Miles Scott, a 5-year-old boy suffering from leukemia, contacted the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fulfill his dream of beco...
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'Amy' celebrates the short life of Amy WinehouseJul 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Mini-review: 'Amy' Asif Kapadia's remarkably insightful, emotionally draining documentary "Amy" chronicles much more than the brief life and untimely death of British so...
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'Jimmy's Hall' a visual feast based on real-life Irish storyJul 09, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: ‘Jimmy's Hall' The supreme joy of watching Ken Loach's real-life Irish version of “Footloose” is cinematographer Robbie Ryan's lush, naturally lighted ...
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'Self/Less' a thought/less body-switch thrillerJul 09, 2015 5:45 am - Nothing quite works the way it should in Tarsem Singh's body-switch thriller "Self/Less." Not the screenplay. Not the direction. Not Ryan Reynolds' interpretation of Ben...