Dann Gire
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Third time's a charm for Lane and Gere's romantic chemistrySep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, people who like this sort of movie will find this the sort of movie they like. "Nights in Rodanthe" offers us two hurting souls healed by ...
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Lee's wannabe World War II epic not quite a 'Miracle'Sep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The most epic thing about the World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna" is Spike Lee's attempt to create an epic. His bloated, brutal, bloody account of an all-black U.S....
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Watch clips from the funniest movies everSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Join James Bond novelist/film historian Raymond Benson and me as we conclude our look at the greatest comedy movies made, from the 1950s to now. Clips from "Ghostbusters...
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Soldier buddy movie 'Lucky Ones' loses its waySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Either "The Lucky Ones" is an Iraq war drama masquerading as a buddy road movie, or a buddy road movie masquerading as an Iraq war drama. Either way, its heart and inten...
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On screen this weekendSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "Towelhead" This edgy, coming-of-age drama, directed by "American Beauty" writer Alan Ball, sports a perfectly pitched performance by Peter Macdissi as a materialistic C...
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'Outsider' status helps Ball create complicated filmsSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Being gay has its obvious political and social drawbacks in mainstream America, but for telling "straight" stories on film, it can be a huge asset. Ask Alan Ball, the un...
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Loathe thy neighborSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The racially charged "Lakeview Terrace" should be exactly the kind of gritty suburban thriller tailor-made for the abrasive sensibilities of director/writer Neil LaBute....
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Prickly characters, crassness mar 'The Women'Sep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - At a pivotal point in Diane English's "The Women," Mary Haines says to her best friend Sylvia Fowler, "You act as if this is some 1930s movie!" The joke is, of course, t...
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On screen this weekendSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Free "Grease"! To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Classic Cinemas will show the original 1978 musical "Grease" at all its Chicagoland theaters for free! If you ask me, t...
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'Righteous' kills interest in cop serial killer thrillerSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - "Righteous Kill" works soooooooo hard to convince us that a certain character has been administering vigilante justice on the local scumbag population that you begin to ...