Dann Gire
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'Always Watching' is always failing to make senseMay 14, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story' A TV news station in the horror film "Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story" uses the call letters WZZC. It woul...
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'Hunting' mired in technique, tedious comic attemptsMay 14, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Hunting Elephants' Israeli director and comedian Reshef Levi's caper comedy “Hunting Elephants” adopts the pseudo-documentary approach exploited nicel...
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Reel life: Get a load of Welles' at 'Worlds' radio stagingMay 14, 2015 5:15 am - Film critic's notebook • A radio play version of H.G. Wells' classic science fiction tale "The War of the Worlds" will be staged at the Woodstock Opera House at 7 p.m. F...
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Musical second 'Pitch' almost perfectMay 14, 2015 5:15 am - It's "you go girls!" time when Elizabeth Banks' frothy directorial debut "Pitch Perfect 2" becomes that Hollywood rarity: a sequel that duplicates the characters and com...
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Suburban 'Dexter' writer eyed Hollywood and 'never looked back'May 12, 2015 5:30 am - In the career assessment portion of the PSAT in high school, Lauren Gussis struggled to check a box that matched her interests. "I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't kn...
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Dumb gags are the highlights in 'Hot Pursuit'May 07, 2015 6:00 am - "Hot Pursuit" is one of those action/buddy/road comedies so ineptly produced, poorly written, dismally photographed, sloppily edited and misdirected that the dumbest par...
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'Batkid' harnesses the power of a documentaryMay 07, 2015 5:30 am - Our cherished institutions are failing us. Police, dedicated to protect and serve, are accused of killing our citizens. Sexual abuse revelations rock our churches. Thes...
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Want mom movies? Here's the mother lodeMay 06, 2015 6:00 am - If you're looking for movies to commemorate Mother's Day, you might want to skip "Mr. Mom," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and other movies illustrating how dads ...
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Hollywood animator teaches his craft at CODMay 05, 2015 5:30 am - The art Tony Venezia creates often goes unappreciated - stuff like animated titles, graphics and trailers that you see in movies and on television. In the movie "Total ...
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Gire: Why I won't watch the trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”Apr 30, 2015 6:15 am - No, I will not watch it Stop asking me if I've seen the new trailer to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” If I'm lucky, I won't lay eyeballs on it until after the movie ope...