Dann Gire
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Reel life: 'Blue Velvet' gets midnight showingJun 11, 2015 6:00 am - Film critics notebook: • It made my top three movies of the 1980s decade, but earned nothing but contempt and a one-star review from an upset Roger Ebert. David Lyn...
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'Live From New York' not what 'SNL' fans deserveJun 11, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Live From New York!' You'd think that Bao Nguyen's documentary "Live From New York!" might offer up some deep insights and surprising revelations while whi...
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'Farewell Party' clever, but lacks consistencyJun 11, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: ‘The Farewell Party' Imagine the cast of “Cocoon” creating a musical black comedy about the joys of elderly euthanasia. In Hebrew. That comes close to ...
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'Jurassic' sequel visually splendid with smarter dinosaurs, dumber peopleJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Twenty-two years have passed since Steven Spielberg's original "Jurassic Park" terrorized us with his best monster thriller since "Jaws." Now, in Colin Trevorrow's "Jura...
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'Crazy life' for Conant alum and hip-hop/rap artist TooSmoothJun 09, 2015 5:30 am - Hip-hop/rap artist TooSmooth (real name William McClam) took the inspirational words of his Conant High School track coach to heart. He also tattooed them across his che...
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Reel life: Cary student's hometown film going to exhibitionJun 04, 2015 6:30 am - Film critics notebook: Mary Hilbrink, a Cary seventh grader at Trinity Oaks Christian Academy, is one of four students around the country to be chosen to show short fil...
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Revolutionary War drama 'Mask' aims high, but falls shortJun 04, 2015 6:15 am - Mini-review: 'Beyond the Mask' In its heart, Chad Burns' insanely ambitious, steampunked Revolutionary War drama "Beyond the Mask" wants to be an epic adventure in the "...
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Plainfield's McCarthy a comic force of nature in gross, hilarious 'Spy'Jun 04, 2015 6:00 am - Paul Feig's unrelenting, action-packed espionage parody "Spy" makes it official: Melissa McCarthy can add "Comic Force of Nature" to her growing list of acting accomplis...
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Characters suffocate under weight of atmosphere in 'Aloft'Jun 04, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Aloft' Claudia Llosa's cold and icy art house family drama "Aloft" should be accompanied by a disclaimer warning viewers of potential post-film side effect...
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Crowe's Hawaiian rom-com 'Aloha' awash in overwritten, inflated dialogueMay 28, 2015 3:00 pm - Cameron Crowe's Hawaii-based rom-com drama "Aloha" suffers not only from a low ha factor, but from overwritten, inflated dialogue that makes its characters sound like th...