Dann Gire
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'Jumper' falls flat as sci-fi thrillerFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Normally, you'd have to wait until the dog days of summer to see an ethics-challenged action thriller this dumbed down and down-right dumb. "Jumper" assumes its target a...
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Shoddy 'Hottie' embraces hypocrisy, shallownessFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Hottie and the Nottie" is a snotty, shoddy, thematically knotty romantic comedy that lectures us about looking beyond appearances to find the real beauty inside peo...
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Sunken 'Gold'Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Like true "Fool's Gold," this romantic comedy is a cheap and glittering imitation of the real thing. The TV commercials and theatrical trailers portray it as a riotous r...
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TV's naughty hottie goes a-haunting in comic ghost filmJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - The makeup artist moved like the Flash. The hair stylist fluttered like a butterfly, hovering until every detail fell into place. As Eva Longoria Parker prepared for her...
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I know the Oscar story -- do you?Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Hey, Dann! I have a trivia question for you. Prior to 1983, do you know where the Oscar statuettes were manufactured? At Dodge Trophy in Crystal Lake. -- Anita Wirth D...
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'Untraceable' ponderous crime dramaJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Even on the level of cheap torture porn, "Untraceable" makes for one remarkably ponderous and ugly Internet crime drama. Not only do America's smartest law enforcement o...
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Gritty urban dance movie sidesteps clichesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - I had been prepared to be thoroughly underwhelmed by Ian Iqbal Rashid's Canadian dance contest film "How She Move." Quickly, I realized this was no ordinary, cliched dan...
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Ledger knew price of fameJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles reinvent Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" in 1999's "10 Things I Hate About You." In the breakthrough, Oscar-winning romance "Brokeb...
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'Ebert Effect' may sway OscarsJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - 2007 created such a bumper crop of high-quality movies that Tuesday morning's announcement of the Academy Awards nominations should be an embarrassment of entertainment ...
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Dann Gire: Few surprises in 80th Oscar nomineesJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jubilation time at the Oscar nominations! "Juno" star Ellen Page won a best actress nomination for her role as a sassy, pregnant teenager in the movie I ranked as No. 1 ...