Dann Gire
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'Race' a chase to save face for the human raceMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It only seems proper that during the week that we get an updated remake of one of the most depraved horror films ever made ("Last House on the Left") we also get an upda...
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'Last House' offers no shelter from the savageryMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Dennis Iliadis' remake of the outlaw horror film "Last House on the Left" panders to our bloodlust with gleeful abandon, manipulating us into cheering for acts of graphi...
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Palminteri brings his 'Bronx Tale' to townMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Actor Chazz Palminteri grew up in the Bronx. He had such a rich childhood experience that he later wrote a 1989 one-man off-Broadway show "A Bronx Tale," in which he pla...
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'Watchmen' captures look of cult graphic novel, but not its soulMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Darker than "The Dark Knight," steelier than "Ironman," Zack Snyder's grim doomsday drama "Watchmen" finally arrives on the silver screen with the visuals and existentia...
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Heartfelt 'The Black Balloon' at Century CentreMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Fifteen-year-old Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) dies an embarrassed teen's death every day at his Australian high school. His very pregnant mom (Toni Collette) is about to pop....
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Indy flicks in Lake Co., Kubrick discussionFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Lake County filmfest 6 Local independent movie productions highlight the Sixth Annual Lake County Film Festival, including "Never Have I Ever," directed by John Leggett....
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'Slumdog' is top dog at the Oscars; Ledger gets posthumous awardFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - "Slumdog" had its day at the 81st Academy Awards show Sunday night, winning eight of its 10 nominations to become Oscar's top dog by taking best director and best pictur...
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Why you can't buy a ticket to the Oscars - and moreFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Five questions you didn't ask about the Academy Awards, so I did: 1. Do you trust that the Oscar ballots are in good hands? Without question. L.A.-based Price Waterhouse...
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Jocks trade pigskin for plain skin in cheerleading sex comedyFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Fired Up" is the kind of frivolous, self-censoring PG-13 summer teen sex comedy that I, as a member of the film critics establishment, am supposed to loathe because it ...
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'He's Just Not That Into You': Sweet ending or sellout?Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Some of my guy friends miss the point of the new romantic comedy "He's Just Not That Into You." They're particularly irked by the scene where confirmed bachelor Ben Affl...