Dann Gire
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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...
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Animated 'Astro Boy' fueled by fun -- but has a conscience, as wellOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - This movie had me at "What? I've got machine guns in my butt?" The slick, computer-animated action film "Astro Boy" will probably not please fans of Tezuka Osamu's origi...
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Willem Dafoe embraces controversial role in 'Antichrist'Oct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Most people probably know Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin from the first blockbuster "Spider-Man" movie. But the two-time Oscar nominee is also a star of what will cert...
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Englund looks back on a killer of a roleOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Here's the question I've been dying to ask horror superstar Robert Englund for almost 20 years, ever since he created Freddy Krueger, the now-seminal razor-gloved arch-v...
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Movie lover scares up annual Flashback conventionOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I know all about the sacrifices that Mike Kerz made to turn his dream of a horror convention into a reality. I met Mike when he was a manager at One Schaumburg Place Cin...
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'Vampire's Assistant' loses its bite in latest incarnationOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - When you come out of Paul Weitz's comic horror film "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," you don't feel like you've watched a real movie. It's more like the pilot...
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Whiny blogger movies hopefully won't become a trendOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: 'Motherhood' Already this year, I've seen two movies about whiny, inferiority-complexed women who seek personal validation by writing blogs about their...
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Father seeks crazed justice in smart 'Citizen'Oct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Take Charles Bronson's vigilante architect from Michael Winner's semi-classic "Death Wish" and mix him with Tobin Bell's insanely creative sociopath Jigsaw from the "Saw...