Dann Gire
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Action-packed 'Getaway' racing to DumbvilleAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - In "Getaway," the dumbest action movie of the millennium so far, the Bulgarian cops drive on populated sidewalks, down stairways and across public parks before ramming i...
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'Saturday Morning Massacre' plain sillyAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Saturday Morning Massacre' Or it might be titled "Saturday Morning Mystery." I've seen both titles used, and the "Massacre" one is much more acc...
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Suburban native to produce new John Wayne Gacy movieAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - They haven't yet cast actors to play serial killer John Wayne Gacy and his attorney, Sam Amirante, in the feature film being made about the two. Names like Philip Seym...
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'Buddies,' 'Year' take a cynical view on loveAug 22, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-reviews: • Joe Swanberg's Chicago-shot rom (minus-the-com) “Drinking Buddies” isn't big on plot or gimmicks. It simply nails the reality of late twen...
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Nostalgia a killer for guys at 'World's End'Aug 22, 2013 6:00 am - Want another reason why movie marketers and their lethal trailers constitute the No. 1 menace to viewers' total enjoyment of modern motion pictures? Here it is. I succ...
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Characters below ‘mundane’ in dopey fantasy adventureAug 20, 2013 3:38 pm - “Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” begins with a Brooklyn girl named Clary Fray who goes to a mysterious nightclub with a friend and witnesses a horrific killing commit...
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Lake Zurich native takes shorts films to Cannes and beyondAug 19, 2013 10:00 am - When Rebecca Norris told her father she planned to move to Hollywood and pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker, she didn't expect his reply: "Well," he said, "you're...
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'Paranoia' a silly, contrived cell-phony thrillerAug 15, 2013 10:30 am - It's more like "Parannoying." In this silly, contrived corporate espionage thriller, Hollywood heavyweights Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman try to out-chew each other on ...
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Well-meaning 'Butler' doesn't do itAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - The Civil Rights Movement figures so prominently in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" that it practically becomes the star of this inspired - if less than inspiring - historical...
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'Prince Avalanche' a different kind of road pictureAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Prince Avalanche' David Gordon Green's "Prince Avalanche" may be a Texas-set remake of the 2011 Icelandic drama "Either Way," but it bears the unmistakabl...