Dann Gire
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De Niro more than 'Fine' in family dramaDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - To its credit, Kirk Jones' estranged family-in-crisis drama "Everybody's Fine" refuses to pull out the pliers to yank tears from our ducts. But it thinks about it - real...
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'Up in the Air' soars among the year's bestDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The moment you meet Ryan Bingham, you just know it: He's the master of his universe. Bingham flies around the country and fires all the employees that company bosses don...
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Tony Curtis writes about 'Some Like it Hot;' Strip' no 'Office' cloneDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Tony likes it 'Hot'! Hollywood icon, heartthrob and Oscar nominee Tony Curtis has written a book about the making of his 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot." (It's ap...
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Dann in reel life: Faux 'Moon' and the return of BMAsNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Faux 'Moon' If vampire hottie Edward Cullen from "Twilight Saga: New Moon" is 109 years old, why does he act just like a mopey, hormonally charged teenager? Having "live...
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'Ninja Assassin' oozes with graphic goreNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Are the parents sitting on the MPAA's ratings board out of their minds? This is not a rhetorical question, because the answer is "Yes, they are" if they honestly believe...
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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...