Dann Gire
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Animated 'Waltz With Bashir' haunting, surrealJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Ari Folman uses stark animation to tell his personal documentary that reflects on his inability to remember what he did as an Israeli soldier during the 1982 massacres a...
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An invisible man sees himself for the first time in sweet 'Harvey'Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Remember the endings of those routine action movies where the villain is about to kill the captured hero, but he's helpless to save himself - then, suddenly the hero's s...
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Fact-based WWII drama reaps biblical referencesJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The best tough-guy line in "Defiance" can't match Clint Eastwood's "Get off my lawn!" from "Gran Torino," but it'll do to kick-start this review. A Russian resistance fi...
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Two Chicago filmmakers join forces to create 'Defiance'Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't ask Edward Zwick to direct the next Spider-man sequel. Or Batman or Iron Man, either. "I'm a little bit tired of superheroes," said the director of acclaimed movie...
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'Dogs' a happy tail of civil disobedience schoolJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Here's a daring, wacky kids fantasy that knows exactly what it's about and knows exactly which buttons to push to make its audiences swoon with puppy love. I am convince...
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'Blart' not smart, but James gets a good partJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - It takes "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" 11 minutes before the titular character flashes us the familiar "thumbs up" gesture, a visual device designed to subconsciously convince ...
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Unvarnished 'Che' an ambitious epicJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - 'Che Part 1' Steven Soderbergh's ambitious two-part biopic of the infamous Argentine freedom fighter won't be topping the box office charts anywhere. It's a lengthy, det...
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Soderbergh upbeat about ambitious two-part bio-drama 'Che'Jan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Steven Soderbergh continues to earn his reputation as one of the most innovative and fearless filmmakers of his or anyone else's generation. In recent years, the 45-year...
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Hudson, Hathaway wasted in IQ-abusive comedy 'Bride Wars'Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Things don't look all that auspicious for movies in 2009. Not when the first one I see in the new year is "Bride Wars," a frazzled comedy that not only insults the intel...
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Inspirational domestic drama anything but 'Broken'Jan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - "Not Easily Broken" tells the earnest, heartfelt story of a marriage in crisis, and how an unhappy, estranged couple works diligently and patiently to recapture the love...