Dann Gire
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'Longmire' role arresting development for Barrington nativeJun 12, 2012 5:45 am - Clint Eastwood, a role model for a former Barrington boy? “Absolutely,” Bailey Chase said. “I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from sch...
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Witty 'Madagascar 3' the best of the bunchJun 07, 2012 6:00 am - It's the Madagascariest movie ever! "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" marks one of those rare Hollywood sequels actually better than the two previous installments in...
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Taking a stand against 'Greater Glory'Jun 07, 2012 6:00 am - 'Glory' a great film? This just in from a reader about my ★ ½ review of Dean Wright's bloated, repetitious, jingoistic, bombastic, platitudinous, manipulative Mexican h...
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'Prometheus' delivers breathtaking visuals, convoluted plotJun 07, 2012 6:00 am - Ridley Scott's science-fiction thriller "Prometheus" pits two popular publications against each other: the Holy Bible and "Chariots of the Gods," Erich von Daniken's 196...
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Suburban festival singer becomes Radio Disney starJun 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Bartlett girl's career takes off after Ellen DeGeneres show
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'Greater Glory' a bloated, bombastic war epicMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - How could anyone screw up a story so ripe for being made into a big-budget, widescreen historical epic? First-time director Dean Wright's bloated, repetitious, jingoist...
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Eye-opening 'U.N. Me' not for optimistsMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'U.N. Me' "U.N. Me" horribly depressed me, not only because it charts the numerous failings of the United Nations, but because it reports how the...
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'High School' reeks of reefer badnessMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - Call it a case of reefer badness. For John Stalberg's lowbrow stoner comedy "High School" to be really funny, viewers would have to be blitzed out on weed to take up th...
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Revisionist 'Snow White' a miscast, Brothers Grimmer fairy taleMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - Rupert Sanders' revisionist fairy tale "Snow White and the Huntsman" may be a triumph of set design and special effects, but it lacks a key quality it needs to be a good...
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'Arrows' gives sports drama Native American bentMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - Movies featuring Native American heroes apparently are required to have their main characters hook up with their animal spirits and/or reconnect with their heritage befo...