Dann Gire
-
De Niro delivers seductive look into banality of evil in Scorsese's 'The Irishman'Nov 07, 2019 4:00 am - “The Irishman” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Yes, this movie runs 209 minutes (yikes!), but Martin Scorsese, for the most part, holds each one accountable for our time and interest. The fam...
-
Movie review: Emotionally muted historical drama 'The Current War' fails to electrifyOct 24, 2019 6:00 am - "The Current War - Director's Cut" - ★ ★ Whoa! Did I miss the non-director's cut of "The Current War" or what? Yes, I did, and so did the entire Chicago market. The orig...
-
Joaquin Phoenix delivers electrifying performance in harrowing 'Joker'Oct 02, 2019 1:00 pm - "Joker" - ★ ★ ★ Todd Phillips' supervillain origin tale "Joker" makes for a thin, grim, dystopian horror story buoyed by a perfectly pitched performance from an insanel...
-
Animated 'Abominable' covers familiar family-friendly terrainSep 26, 2019 6:00 am - “Abominable” - ★ ★ ½ In the colorful, animated action-comedy “Abominable,” co-directors Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman bypass the Pixar template of appealing to bot...
-
'Downton Abbey' visually ratchets up the drama in winning, uplifting filmSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Downton Abbey” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If Jane Austen had written this movie, she would have titled it “Pride and Purpose.” The last thing you might expect this big-screen version of...
-
Film adaptation of 'The Goldfinch' a disjointed, impassionate coming-of-age dramaSep 12, 2019 6:00 am - "The Goldfinch" - ★ ★ Donna Tartt took 11 years to write her 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch." John Crowley's film adaptation feels almost as long. May...
-
11 films for fall - from the Batman tale 'Joker' to the biopic 'Judy'Sep 08, 2019 7:32 am - Ah, autumn. School resumes. Daylight saving time doesn't. And the movies slide into serious award-season mode by jettisoning the light and frothy films of summer. At lea...
-
Actor and Schaumburg native Michael Roark still a 'classic' suburban guySep 04, 2019 5:30 am - Actor. Producer. Attorney. Classic Suburban Guy. Michael Roark doesn't get paid for that last job. But that's how he described himself in a Daily Herald interview back i...
-
Wedding-night horror comedy 'Ready or Not' wields laughs and goreAug 20, 2019 12:00 pm - "Ready or Not" - ★ ★ ★ ½ Traditionally, horror films released during late August (the so-called "dog days" of summer cinema) tend to be cheap, stupid and exploitative. T...
-
'Gwen' a pretty, but ho-hum period horror taleAug 15, 2019 6:00 am - "Gwen" - ★ ★ It's hard to tell if William McGregor's dark and murky, unsatisfying gothic drama "Gwen" wants to be a cutting art-house horror tale like Robert Eggers' "Th...