Dann Gire
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Zombie-riddled 'Peninsula' derails in South Korean 'Train' sequelAug 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Train to Busan: Peninsula” - ★ ★ ½ The title “Train to Busan: Peninsula” doesn't pack much relevance here. Nobody takes a train to anywhere in this frantically und...
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Russell Crowe snaps, crackles and pops as road-raging killer in 'Unhinged'Aug 20, 2020 6:00 am - “Unhinged” — ★ ★ How can a movie this stupid be so diabolically irresistible? More to the point: How can a movie this stupid — and assumes viewers are even stupide...
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'Sputnik' steers Russian sci-fi tale into impressive territoryAug 13, 2020 6:00 am - “Sputnik” - ★ ★ ★ In the years B.C. (Before Coronavirus), August became known as “the dog days of summer,” a time when local theaters would offer a mix of B-pictur...
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'The Fight' salutes ACLU attorneys in sincere but slow documentaryJul 30, 2020 12:30 pm - “The Fight” - ★ ★ ½ The ACLU marks its 100th birthday this year. To celebrate the momentous occasion, documentary directors Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli...
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'Radioactive' radiates cliches in trite, disappointing Marie Curie biopicJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - "Radioactive" -- ★ ★ In Marjane Satrapi's bland and befuddling biopic “Radioactive,” brilliant scientist Marie Curie and her brilliant scientist husband Pierre Cur...
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Suspense film 'The Room' offers view of horrific fantasyJul 21, 2020 6:00 am - "The Room" - ★ ★ ★ Starring: Olga Christian Volckman's "The Room" sucks us into a vortex of unpredictable, imaginative fantasy as it explores what happens to a happily m...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous, soul-searing 'Hamilton' a big plus for Disney+Jul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Some day we will surely get a legitimately cinematic movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyously soul-searing Broadway musical "Hamilton," all rapped up in red, white...
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Movie theaters return, and cinema superheroes won't be the only ones with masksJun 26, 2020 5:00 am - Successfully rebooting local movie theaters sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic will depend on two make-or-break factors. First, earning the public's confidence that m...
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Movie review: Jon Stewart's strained political satire not quite 'Irresistible'Jun 25, 2020 6:00 am - Director/writer Jon Stewart's second feature film "Irresistible" turns out to be a surprising bit of investigative reporting camouflaged as an irreverent, curiously edge...
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Kevin Bacon must protect his family from a possessive house in 'You Should Have Left'Jun 18, 2020 6:00 am - Help! We've been trapped in a live-action Escher print while bumming out on an acid trip! That comes close to describing the dizziest, disorienting depths of David Koepp...