Dann Gire
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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...
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Special effects don't save bloated doomsday thriller '2012'Nov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Collapsing skyscrapers! Gargantuan tidal waves! Crashing airplanes! White-knuckle escapes! Bad acting! Dogs that never die! Eardrum-busting dialogue! Roland Emmerich's e...
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'Pirate Radio' gives rock history a shallow rideNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - If you go to see Richard Curtis' comedy "Pirate Radio" expecting to see something as heartfelt, profound and witty as his phenomenal directorial debut "Love, Actually," ...
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Clooney and company milk 'Goats' for laughsNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It takes a quick 93 minutes for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" to dump a load of satirical napalm all over the U.S. military in a story so comically outrageous that when i...
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3-D animated 'Christmas Carol' scary, not in a good wayNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Tiny Tim looks like one of the malevolent young aliens from "Village of the Damned." Bob Cratchit looks like one of the innocent bystanders you accidentally shoot during...
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'Fourth Kind' fragmented and frivolousNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Prepare to feel slightly conned by "The Fourth Kind." Every time something mysterious is about to happen on so-called "archival" video footage, the image goes haywire at...
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'Precious' is a bleak but hope-filled drama with fantastic actingNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It only takes a few scenes into the bleak, but hope-filled drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" to realize you're in the presence of two commanding ac...
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Yes, Virginia, you can find a commercial-free movie theaterOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - No-commercial Catlow I couldn't believe my eyeballs, but there it was in the Daily Herald movie ads buried in fine print: "No commercial ads shown before feature." What?...
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'Omen' overload? Had it up to here with 'Halloween'? Try these nineOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Right about now, you probably want to scream when someone suggests another scary movie you can rent, buy or watch for the impending Halloween weekend. We all know the st...