Dann Gire
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'Fugitive Pieces' lacks dramaJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - "To live with ghosts requires solitude," observes Jakob Beer, the tortured novelist hero of Jeremy Podeswa's plodding dramatic interpretation of Anne Michaels' novel. A...
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Video game violence, mayhem make 'Hulk' not so incredibleJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Hardly anyone liked Ang Lee's character-driven 2003 "Hulk" movie with Aussie star Eric Bana, so French action director Louis "The Transporter" Leterrier took over for th...
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'Happening' disappointing in the endJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - It begins with two women sitting quietly on a bench in New York City's Central Park. Above the din of traffic noise and the rising wind, a scream. "Did you hear that?" t...
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'Zohan' a cut above usual Sandler fareJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Adam Sandler's new comedy "Don't Mess With the Zohan" revels in juvenile tastelessness, rude nudity, sexual shenanigans and cartoon violence. And yet, it might have a gr...
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Funny 'Kung Fu' martials the art of animated action-comedyJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - DreamWorks Pictures' crisply scripted, computer-animated action/comedy "Kung Fu Panda" propagates the fantasy that any slacker doofus, even a lazy panda, can become a he...
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'Sex and the City' movie lacks any real sizzleMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - On cable TV (and later on syndicated networks in a sanitized format), the original HBO series "Sex and the City" became extremely successful with its character-driven sc...
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'Crystal Skull' an Indiana Jones celebrationMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" celebrates all the things we love about the previous three adventures of the world's most famous archaeologist: ...
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Ex-talk show host doesn't hold back on anti-war filmMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - America's TV talk show pioneer Phil Donahue thinks talk can be important, but sometimes not nearly as important as talking back. "We think if we love America, all we've ...
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Narnia sequel the land of blandMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" celebrates the return of the whitest, blandest ensemble of young heroes ever to appear in a studio special-effects fantasy. Th...
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CGI visuals drive cartoon-level script in neon-powered 'Speed Racer'May 07, 2008 11:00 pm - "Speed Racer" shifts through its narrative gears with the G-force of a rocket booster, whisking us along on a surrealistic trip through a neon-illuminated video-game uni...