Dann Gire
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Crime clichés shoot down 'Pride and Glory'Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - "Anything that makes cops look culpable is bad!" groans Chief of Detectives Francis Tierney, Sr. Does that mean any movie that makes cops look bad is culpable? "Pride an...
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The Wright choice for Powell in 'W'Oct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - If he doesn't watch it, actor Jeffrey Wright could become typecast as Hollywood's resident good guy. In two movies, Oliver Stone's current political biopic "W." and Marc...
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'Secret Life of Bees' not typical HollywoodOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This sanitized 1964-set drama centers around three fascinating, educated, cultured black women running their own honey business during the Civil Rights movement in South...
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'Sex Drive' coasts on cheap laughsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In the mood for a raunchy, gross-out road comedy about sex-crazed nerds and nervous virgins on the loose? Or a movie that tries to make amends for its dumb-but-calculate...
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Bush-league: 'W.' a provocative, premature presidential dramaOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In one of its sillier sports metaphors, Oliver Stone's "W." casts George W. Bush as a star baseball player performing to the roaring approval of an invisible stadium cro...
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Not-so-great Scott!Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - At a key moment in "Body of Lies," Ridley Scott's Middle Eastern bid to rip off a Jason Bourne adventure, a Jordanian security chief lectures CIA agent Roger Ferris that...
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Intermittent quality: Fact-based drama 'Flash' fails to notice its real storyOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - "Flash of Genius" completely misses the dramatic essence of its own story. The filmmakers - producer-turned-director Marc Abraham and screenwriter Philip Railsback - thi...
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The fans dish on Dann GireOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - "Please grow up and open your mind a little." - A Schaumburg 15-year-old "I sent (your review) to a group of nuns who are praying for you." - A Barrington woman "Our c...
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The celebs dish on Dann GireOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - "You're not a major critic." - Filmmaker Mel Brooks "A damned fine writer!" - Novelist/cop Joseph Wambaugh "Thanks for the hot review, homeboy!" - "Your imaginary fr...
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Dann Gire reminisces about three decades spent at the moviesOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Wanna know what I miss lately? I miss those late-night phone calls from upset, often inebriated Daily Herald readers who, after seeing a movie, would call up their favor...