Dann Gire
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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...
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Roberts' sidekick steals the show in 'Eat Pray Love'Aug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Before we get to Julia Roberts, we must first acknowledge the most stellar performance to be found in Ryan Murphy's movie adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-seller a...
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Reel Life reviews: 'Wartime', 'Tere Bin Laden'Aug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: 'Life During Wartime' In a Todd Solondz movie, there is nothing more exciting than the anticipation of what the characters might say or do next....
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Nutty action comedy 'The Other Guys' never cops outAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Most of 2010's movies have been so disappointing thus far that I hope I'm not overcompensating when I call "The Other Guys" a welcome riot of surprise, verbal jousting a...