Dann Gire
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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...
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Movie times can cause problems, but there's a reason for themFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - • Dear Dann: Why don't movies ever start at 6 p.m.? They're always at 5 and 7 p.m. -- Lawlady Dear Lawlady: For the answer, I went straight to the man: Ed Doherty, ...
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Original idea, but 'Be Kind' unwindsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - I have absolutely no problem with the utter silliness of Michel Gondry's new, weird comedy "Be Kind Rewind." I'm OK with Danny Glover playing Fletcher, owner of a presen...
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'Signal' explores the nature of senseless violenceFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - A down and dirty, old-school independent horror film, "The Signal" constantly keeps us off balance and plies the screen with plenty of gore and abrupt violence. Before t...