Dann Gire
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Decade big on remakes, reboots and raunchy rom-comsDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Movies of the first decade of the 21st century officially welcomed the age of digital filmmaking, spawned a subgenre of Iraq war dramas, saw a blizzard of sweet-but-gros...
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'Alvin' sequel doesn't have many laughsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - It amazes me how parents will shield young children from movies containing objectionable elements such as sex and violence, but cheerfully escort them to see simple-mind...
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The best $25 you can spend on movies this weekendDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Sneak peek fundraiser CNGM Pictures, a group of independent filmmakers made up of graduates from Palatine's Fremd High School, are pulling out the proverbial sprocket ho...
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Witless protection: Moronic 'Morgans' shoots down all laughsDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Take Sandra Bullock's worst romantic comedies, every movie starring Pauly Shore, and every action film directed by Uwe Boll, and they might come close to matching the ab...
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'Air,' 'Wild Things' rack up Chicago film nominationsDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Jason Reitman's comic tale of a professional downsizer "Up in the Air" and Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story "Where the Wild Things A...
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Visually absorbing 'Avatar' takes technology to new heightsDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - James Cameron's science-fiction adventure "Avatar" runs for an insanely long two hours and 43 minutes, yet, there's not a single slack moment in it. This feature has bee...
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Disney returns to roots with fairytale 'Princess and the Frog'Dec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Walt Disney's musical "The Princess and the Frog" celebrates an entertaining and overdue return to classical, hand-drawn animation that has been kicked to the cultural c...
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Eastwood's 'Invictus' scores on multiple levelsDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Clint Eastwood isn't exactly the kind of director you'd expect to make an ABC-TV After School Special. But he made one anyway. It's a fairly good one, too. It's called "...
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Was 'Avatar' dissed? No, just a little lateDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - The National Board of Review announced its movie awards for 2009 last week, but no where in the list of winners is a single mention of what could be a critical triumph a...
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Taut, realistic 'Brothers' explores real cost of warDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - There's not a single false emotional note in Jim Sheridan's lean and spare war drama "Brothers." The performances of the entire cast - especially Tobey Maguire and the g...