Dann Gire
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High school horror flick 'Jennifer's Body' fails the fear testSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - You'd think a movie titled "Jennifer's Body" would have Jennifer's body in it. You know, all of Jennifer's body? Nope. This high school horror film shows quick shots of ...
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'Love Happens' grapples with issues of loss, redemptionSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Despite how commercials and trailers portray it, "Love Happens" is much more of a rom-dram than rom-com. In fact, Brandon Camp's unexpectedly mature romance is downright...
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'Beavis and Butthead' creator chats about his new film 'Extract'Sep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Judge is an unassuming guy responsible, say some, for the ultimate dumbing-down of the American entertainment world. He created those animated characters "Beavis an...
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Braindead 'Whiteout' an off-the-peg thrillerSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I wanted to feel sorry for Kate Beckinsale's beleaguered U.S. marshal in Dominic Sena's Antarctica chiller thriller "Whiteout." But I felt sorrier for the mysterious gue...
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After Hours screening Dvortsevoy's 'Tulpan'Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Tulpan' The After Hours Film Society presents Sergei Dvortsevoy's seemingly plotless look at the lives of poor ranchers in Kazakhstan. It's an astonishing work, ripe wi...
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Dann predicts fall movie season of action, twisted plots, animationSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It's easy to forecast the movies coming up in the fall. They'll be intermittently bomby with a chance of pain and partly rowdy guys. By all indications, we can look forw...
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Science fantasy '9' offers a lot of vision, but little soulSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The dark and daunting animated science fantasy "9" looks a little like H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," a little like a scary movie by Tim Burton, and a little like a ho...
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Hollywood Palms to open in NapervilleSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The most fun movie theater in the Chicago area is about to open. And everyone's invited! The fantastical Hollywood Palms, modestly advertised as "a cinema, bar and eater...
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Shrill 'Steve' a shallow, stupid rom-comSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not sure exactly when I decided that "All About Steve" must be the stupidest romantic comedy I've seen in the past three months. It might have been when Sandra Bullo...
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'Extract' an unromantic comedy flavored with fun and forgivenessSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Judge's unromantic comedy "Extract" has lots of fun with incredibly flawed and funny people stuck in incredibly flawed and funny relationships, all performing incre...