Dann Gire
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'Untouchables' tops Chicago-made moviesAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Dann: Raymond! I was walking to the Lake Street Screening Room in Chicago when I noticed a Wabash parking garage heaped with twisted, smashed cars and huge chunks of bro...
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Con-man minister seeks redemption in 'Last Exorcism'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Frankly, I am getting really weary of horror movies mounted as first-person pseudo-documentaries shot with nausea-inducing hand-held cameras. Still, if there absolutely ...
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Winning cast sells comic 'Lottery Ticket'Aug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Winning the lottery is one surefire way of getting ahead in the world without displaying a lick of talent, brains or hard work. That's why it's a favorite fantasy of so ...
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'Switch' characters deliver more than you'd expect from typical rom-comAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - "The Switch" could easily have been just another cheesy romantic comedy with gratuitous voice-over narrations and two standard musical montages where the lyrics explain ...
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'Twilight' parody 'Vampires Suck' revels in bad tasteAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - "What would you do to save the one you loved?" Becca Crane ponders during the opening scene in a bloodless parody of the "Twilight" movies, "Vampires Suck." I would do o...
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Reel Live review: 'Animal Kingdom' a stark drama reeking of realismAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The title "Animal Kingdom" sounds like a film about survival of the fittest. And it is, except the animals are a dysfunctional family of Australian criminals in Melbourn...
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Farewell to 'At the Movies', which was put to sleep after 35-year runAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - 'At the Movies' R.I.P. As most everyone knows, ABC finally put "At the Movies" out of its lingering misery earlier this week. The movie review show pioneered b...
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Dann chats with 'Scott Pilgrim' star Michael Cera, director Edgar WrightAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It's Cera vs. Wright! Michael Cera is the star of the new frenetic action movie/romance "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World." Edgar Wright directed it, along with two ea...
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'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' blasts along on sheer spectacleAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Throw away your Ritalin and prepare to be awed! "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" is no ordinary movie. It's a delightfully unhinged multimedia sensory assault, an in-your-e...
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Stallone turns 'Expendables' into brain-dead bloodbathAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - What's up with Sylvester Stallone's face? The star, co-writer and director of "The Expendables" looks as if he's had his head reconstructed with Silly Putty, and his eye...