Dann Gire
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Film fans pick best movies, really?Mar 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Best films, really? ABC News and People magazine have teamed up to allow movie fans to vote for their “favorite” films, and the tallies will be revealed during “The...
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'Lincoln Lawyer' author salutes star's 'natural-born slickness'Mar 17, 2011 12:00 am - Hard-hitting crime novelist Michael Connelly says he doesn't want to sound like a Hollywood shill, but he honestly thinks Brad Furman's movie adaptation of his book “The...
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'Paul' a close encounter of the cheesy kindMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - The planet Earth has so many science-fiction geeks and alien conspiracy buffs that if “Paul” reaches just 5 percent of them, the comedy should hit cosmic box office rece...
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'Limitless' visuals pop in drug dramaMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - It's an action-packed superhero comic book! It's a cautionary drug-addiction drama! It's a cynical neo-noir thriller! It's a ... a ... what the heck is it? Neil Burger'...
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'Lincoln Lawyer' a sleazy, breezy taleMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - If you think “The Lincoln Lawyer” refers to Abraham Lincoln, forget that. Mick Haller hardly qualifies as an honest lawyer. He's shifty, manipulative, selfish, slick and...
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Dann in reel life: 'Rango' a wrongoMar 10, 2011 10:00 pm - ‘Rango' a wrongo Mr. Gire: I've never bothered to contact a film critic in response to one of their reviews, but in this case I feel compelled to do so. Your h...
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Marooned 'Mars' needs more than momsMar 10, 2011 1:00 am - This could be the first time in the history of science fiction movies that the humans are scarier than the Martians. If you've seen commercials for the 3-D movie “Mars N...
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'Red Riding Hood' a Twilighted foray into a fairy taleMar 10, 2011 1:00 am - Famed werewolf hunter Father Solomon (Gary Oldman) summons together the good people of the medieval village of Daggerhorn to give them the bad news: A werewolf is stalki...
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Common sense an alien concept in 'Battle: Los Angeles'Mar 09, 2011 10:00 pm - It's been a long time since we've had an old-fashioned, dumbed-down, apolitical war movie masquerading as an alien invasion drama, but “Battle: Los Angeles” fits the bil...
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Dann in reel life: Film accoladesMar 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Light achievements Earlier this week, I shared breakfast at the Egg Basket in Schaumburg with Paolo Cascio, a 1981 graduate of Schaumburg High School and now a resp...