Dann Gire
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'TRON' sequel battles lame plotDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - You'd think the makers of the sequel to the 1982 science-fiction thriller “TRON” would have upgraded the script and characters as much they improved the CGI effects. Not...
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'The Tempest' offers lavish special effects that diminish dialogueDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Critics noms due Friday Nominees for the annual Chicago Film Critics awards are scheduled to be announced Friday, Dec. 17. Go to dailyherald.com or to chicagofilmcr...
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'Night Catches Us' evokes strong memoriesDec 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The title comes from a Jamaican saying, “Don't let the night catch you,” meaning, I suppose, that you shouldn't let the darkness perhaps the dark past overtake you. Ja...
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Con man cons all too well in 'Phillip Morris'Dec 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The extent that Jim Carrey's con man character in “I Love You Phillip Morris” connects with its audience ultimately determines how much we are drawn into this peculiar a...
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Romantic thriller 'Tourist' nice to look at, but sparks fizzleDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Call it “The Tourist” claptrap. Here we have a romantic thriller that should have evoked comparisons with a classic Alfred Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant and Eva Mar...
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'Contagion' closes setDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Movie sets have different personalities. Some are big, open and invite spectators, such as the sets of mass destruction for “Transformers 3” shot in Chicago earlier this...
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'Grease' co-creator: No one got the endingDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - We're sorry, Sandy. All this time, we were completely wrong about you and the ending of your musical movie “Grease.” We thought that when you doffed your sweet Sandra De...
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Portman mesmerizing as ballerina in 'Black Swan'Dec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Darren Aronofsky's disturbing “Black Swan” chronicles in exquisite, excruciating detail how a control-freak ballerina pirouettes off into the abyss of madness and obsess...
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Starring ... Scrooge on the small screenNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Charles Dickens' classic story “A Christmas Carol” has inspired zillions of TV shows, shorts and features, including versions with Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and even Barb...
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Surely, Gire couldn't forget meeting Leslie NielsenNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - 'Airplane!' star brought whoopie cushion to interview and declared 'I love being an idiot!'