Dann Gire
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In 'Red Cliff' Woo handles insightful saga without smothering charactersNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - At a cost of $80 million, John Woo's historical China war epic "Red Cliff" ranks as the most expensive Chinese-language movie ever made, and Woo puts every penny of it o...
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Post-apocalyptical 'The Road' leads down one bleak pathNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - A bleak and barren tale of a post-Apocalyptical world where bands of cannibals hunt down, kill and digest their own kind, "The Road" leads to a hollow and laughable endi...
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Shallow 'Old Dogs' lacks emotional biteNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - There's one sure way you can tell that Walt Becker's new comedy "Old Dogs" is better than his 2007 hit "Wild Hogs." "Old Dogs" is 12 minutes shorter. No doubt, the same ...
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'Blind Side' a winning combination of grit, idealismNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I dreaded the press screening of "The Blind Side," because all the TV commercials and theatrical trailers made it look like just another fact-based white savior movie li...
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A turkey of a season? Dann sees a lot of films to be thankful forNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Hollywood's trade publication Variety has already dismissed the upcoming holiday movie season as "playing it safe" with "almost the same number of major releases, the us...
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Elk Grove Theatres upgrade, expansion doneNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Elk Grove rates a '10' The Elk Grove Theatres, part of the Classic Cinemas dynasty in the Chicago area, Wednesday will officially open four new auditoriums, bringing its...
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'New Moon' waxes romantic, wanes in humorNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - You gotta feel sorry for Bella Swan. First, her vampire boyfriend disses her. ("You don't belong in my world, Bella!" he says.) Then, her werewolf boyfriend pushes her a...
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'Twilight' vampire Lutz: This role is 'tough'Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - If you don't know who Kellan Lutz is yet, you're not a screaming fan of last year's hit vampire movie "Twilight." Lutz is the 24-year-old South Dakota-born actor who pla...
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Drawn-out sense of dread slows 'House of the Devil'Nov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Samantha, the cute college student, takes a baby-sitting job at a creepy old Victorian house in the boonies, and when she arrives, discovers the weird couple living ther...
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'Paranormal' ending? I hated itNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't worry if you haven't seen the horror hit "Paranormal Activity." I will not reveal the ending here. However, I will say that I hated the last 15 seconds, because th...