Dann Gire
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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 ...
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'Burn After Reading' a hit-and-mostly-miss movieSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - "Burn After Reading" is the kind of patchy, breezy black comedy the Coen brothers could knock off in their sleep. They probably did. After mounting last year's highly i...
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'Twilight', 'Body of Lies' highlight fall film seasonSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Fall generally means one thing to Hollywood studios: time to bring out the heavy dramatic firepower for the battery of year-end movie awards. This autumn, we'll feel the...
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Watch, discuss Polanski's 'Chinatown'Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Chinatown" returns Roman Polanski's classic 1974 drama will be shown before a discussion led by Virginia Wright Wexman, professor emerita of English and art history at ...