Dann Gire
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Mismatched Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek struggle in confusing sci-fi mess 'Bliss'Feb 04, 2021 5:00 am - “Bliss” - ★ ½ Mike Cahill's ambitious science-fiction/psychological drama “Bliss” suffers from two extremely big drawbacks. First, its convoluted, minutia-obsessed...
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Denzel Washington's deputy the only arresting part in problematic 'Little Things'Jan 28, 2021 5:00 am - “The Little Things” - ★ ★ ½ “It's the little things that get you caught,” wryly observes Denzel Washington as a county sheriff's deputy named Joe Deacon. That's tru...
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Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth shine brightly in understated love story 'Supernova'Jan 28, 2021 5:00 am - “Supernova” - ★ ★★ ½ In Harry Macqueen's restrained and elegantly subtle love story “Supernova,” both Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci turn in incandescent performance...
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Carey Mulligan elevates 'Promising Young Woman' into feminist vigilante thrillerJan 14, 2021 5:00 am - “Promising Young Woman” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “It's every guy's worst nightmare!” says a guy, talking about being accused of sexual assault. “Can you guess what every woman's worst ...
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Brilliant 'Herself' delicately balances optimism with brutal realities of domestic abuseJan 07, 2021 5:00 am - “Herself” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Phyllida Lloyd's domestic drama “Herself” believes in the essential goodness of the common person, and the inevitable triumph of honesty and generosi...
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Big ideas, small screens - Dann Gire's Top 10 movies of 2020Dec 27, 2020 6:18 am - As the old saying goes, hindsight is 2020. And movie fans are among the throngs of people who want to see 2020 in hindsight. It was a year in which COVID-19 brought movi...
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Action-packed 'Wonder Woman 1984' a mixed blessing for superhero film fansDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - “Wonder Woman 1984” - ★ ★ Just when we needed a pure escapist superhero movie to lift us out of our pandemic malaise and inspire us with some truth, justice and American...
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Gerard Butler rides to the rescue in disaster film 'Greenland'Dec 17, 2020 5:00 am - “Greenland” — ★ ★ At first, I thought someone had played a practical joke on me. I had just started watching a digital press screener for Gerard Butler's new thrill...
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'The hap-hap-happiest' holiday films of Northbrook's John HughesDec 10, 2020 5:00 am - Filmmaker and longtime Northbrook resident John Hughes is known mostly for his comic teenage romance films that greatly contributed to the “Brat Pack” legacy of the 1980...
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'Dear Santa' documentary a heartwarming gift about the power of generosityDec 03, 2020 5:00 am - “Dear Santa” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Dana Nachman's documentary “Dear Santa” is an accomplished journalistic work of nonfiction that profiles altruistic human actions at their true Ch...