Dann Gire
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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 ...
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Diving into Dann's mailbagJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Time to check the e-mail bag and a look at a couple of new movies. • Dear Dann: Thanks for keeping me honest by including some of my quotes. ("10 Ways to Become a Quote ...
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Charming Heigl suited for '27 Dresses'Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - After starring in Judd Apatow's smart and daring, cliché-eviscerating romantic comedy "Knocked Up," Katherine Heigl strikes back in the entertaining, albeit dumbed-down,...
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Documentary approach works in 'Cloverfield'Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The heavily hyped science-fiction horror movie "Cloverfield" is a scary, unabashedly cheesy, in-your-face thriller that cheerily picks the scab off our still-fresh memor...
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Oscar, the world's most recognizable trophy, is made in ChicagoJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - What? This is where the most recognizable trophy in the world comes from? Here? From the outside, the R.S. Owens company looks like any other nondescript building in a C...
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Kick this 'Bucket'Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Bucket List" might as well be a McDonald's Happy Meal. We already know the contents before we buy it. We already know what it's going to taste like. The familiarity...