Dann Gire
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'Drillbit Taylor' not so sharpMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The slyest joke in Owen Wilson's new comedy "Drillbit Taylor" belongs strictly to movie trivia geeks. When three high school freshmen interview potential bodyguards to p...
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It may be a full 'Moon,' but it falls short of a star filmMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I didn't want to merely like "Under the Same Moon," I wanted to love it. But its banal, artificial dialogue, cliché crutches and syrupy, made-for-TV pacing prompted me t...
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'Horton' is violent and long, I confess; but beats out the other cinema messMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A Dr. Seuss story is a Dr. Seuss story, no matter how small. And it inspires an engaging movie for the entire family, regardless of how much padding it takes to justify ...
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Director plays games with horror genre in 'Funny Games'Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm guessing that most people will hate "Funny Games" with the level of passion usually reserved for toppling governments or creating new religions. Two sociopaths weari...
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'Married Life,' Sleeping Walking' openMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Married Life' Piece Brosnan's dumbed-down narration treats us like blind idiots in this darkly comic, post-World War II look at a middle-aged man (Chris Cooper) who dec...
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Silly 'B.C.' offers 10,000 reasons to avoid this filmMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The sheer lunacy of "10,000 B.C." -- the audacious scope of its spectacular awfulness -- gives it a peculiar fascination akin to witnessing a cinematic head-on collision...
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No passion in 'Other Boleyn Girl'Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - In the hands of British television director Justin Chadwick, "The Other Boleyn Girl" feels like a poshly budgeted Masterpiece Theatre version of a grand Hollywood histor...
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No happily ever afterFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Once upon a time -- 2006 to be precise -- there was a sweet but vacuous romantic comedy called "Penelope." "Penelope" wanted to be a modernized version of a classic fabl...
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Coens' 'No Country for Old Men' wins 4 Oscars; Lemont native also scoresFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - No surprise. Oscar front-runner "No Country For Old Men" racked up Academy Awards for best picture as well as best director and supporting actor. The evening's big surpr...
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No go for 'Juno'Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - When the Oscars get handed out Sunday, only one of them will wind up going to the true best movie of 2007: Jason Reitman's charming comedy "Juno." Out of its well-deserv...