Dann Gire
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'Time Traveler's Wife' not weepy just sadAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - It occurred to me about halfway through "The Time Traveler's Wife" that the whole ludicrously silly premise of this chronological jigsaw puzzle would have worked much be...
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Streep's Child well-done in Ephron's 'Julie & Julia'Aug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - If you've seen Meryl Streep's joyously ebullient take on Julia Child in trailers for "Julie & Julia," then you already know: Streep is a hoot-and-a-half as the bigger-th...
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Mayer's 'Adam' strikes a balance of seriousness, humorAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Adam' Max Mayer's "Adam" strikes a pleasant balance of seriousness, humor and affection in its depiction of a romance between a gentle man (Hugh Dancy) with Asperger Sy...
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Apatow's latest a slower, more mature comic tale of second chancesJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - "Funny People" is a frequently hilarious and more frequently poignant story of three people foolish enough to need a second chance in life, and smart enough to seize it ...
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A book-reporty look at the inventor of the sitcomJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Mrs. Goldberg" Aviva Kempner's documentary "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" is a journalistically sound, but conventional, book-reporty look at the amazing accomplishments of G...
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Chicago film group to honor TarantinoJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - With the release of his first two features, "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," Quentin Tarantino established himself as the single most influential filmmaker of the 19...
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'Soul Power' goes behind scenes of Foreman, Ali fightJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Soul Power' Director-editor-producer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte took 30-year-old rolls of 16 mm film out of mothballs and created a toe-tapping piece of music history in this r...
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Guinea pig action flick 'G-Force' deserves an FJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The hits just keep getting dumber. Walt Disney's partially computer-animated "G-Force," created by action-film mogul Jerry Bruckheimer's production company, barely quali...
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10 dog tales totally worth your timeJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Just in time for the dog days of summer, 10 of the better canine movies ever made. (Sorry, no Benjis, Cujos or Scooby-Doos allowed. We have standards.) By the way, if yo...
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Botched 'Orphan' adopts shoddy scare tacticsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - "Orphan" wastes no time in letting us know that we're in the hands of filmmakers who lack the skills and imagination to mount a well-constructed horror tale. Near the be...