Dann Gire
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'Dance Flick' a comic misstep with vicious undertonesMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Hardly a filmgoer on the planet will go see the latest Wayans brothers spoof, "Dance Flick," and not know what to expect: A threadbare plot stuffed with pop movie refere...
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'Museum' sequel doesn't live up to its comic potentialMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Had this unpretentious, goofy comedy been directed by a Robert Zemeckis or a Steven Spielberg, and been written by a Seth Rogen or a John Hamburg, it would have been sma...
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'Terminator Salvation' an apocalyptic collection of action, clichésMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The apocalyptic "Terminator Salvation," the first entry in the popular "Terminator" science-fiction series not to be rated R, envisions 2018 Earth as a desolate, color-b...
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A peek behind the curtain at 'Chorus Line' auditionsMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Every Little Step' Unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Equity auditions enabled Adam Del Deo and James Stern to record touching stories about some of the 3,000 da...
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Opposites attract in quiet romantic comedy 'Management'May 14, 2009 11:00 pm - "Management" is a whimsical, quietly comical romance about two people who you would never, ever think could fall in love with each other. Not seriously, anyway. But they...
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'Angels and Demons' a frantic, superficial thrillerMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - What a pretentious pile of populist pablum. "Angels & Demons," Ron Howard's frantic and superficial follow-up to his talky 2006 hit "The Da Vinci Code," races from one f...
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The Force (and George Lucas) will be with us in JuneMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday for "An Adventure with George Lucas," a tribute to the creator of "Star Wars" on Saturday, June 13, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Chic...
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'Next Day Air' fails to mix ultra-violence, crimeMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's consider Benny Boom's "Next Day Air" one more piece of hard evidence against ever letting rock video directors handle narrative features. Boom, director of such vi...
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Palatine director to debut indie filmMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It began as an ambitious, nine-part television miniseries starring all Northwest suburban talent. Then, as key actors defected to paying jobs in Los Angeles and other pl...
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'Star Trek' reboot a treat but too many Spocks simply illogicalMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot beams a fresh set of dilithium crystals into a science-fiction film franchise that has been eking by on cinematic life support since 1991...