Dann Gire
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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...
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Pete Davidson rules Judd Apatow's laid-back 'The King of Staten Island'Jun 11, 2020 6:00 am - Knowing that Judd Apatow directed the laid-back dramedy “The King of Staten Island,” we can predict: 1. There won't be a typical villain squaring off against a heroic ma...
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Dann Gire: 10 films to promote understanding during these trying timesJun 04, 2020 11:00 pm - The late Roger Ebert famously referred to the movies as “empathy machines” capable of fostering common understanding between people of different races, religions, politi...
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Elisabeth Moss highlights fabricated film biopic of author 'Shirley' JacksonJun 04, 2020 6:00 am - I usually have no problem with artistic license used when telling stories of real people. But sometimes the journalist part of me butts in and throws a flag on the play ...
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Amazon's 'Vast of Night' a smart, moody blast from the past of space filmsMay 28, 2020 6:00 am - This impressively confident, nuanced first feature from Oklahoma City native Andrew Patterson takes place during the '50s in the small town of Cayuga, New Mexico, but it...
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10 great baseball movies to stream when you can't enjoy the real thingApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Nobody will be taking anyone out to the ballgame any time soon, so when the seasonal urge for America's favorite pastime hits, you can break out the beer and brats at ho...