Dann Gire
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Good questions, bad comments fill my e-mailJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Time to hit the e-mail basket and see what Daily Herald readers want to say about the movies: Dear Dann: Can you please enlighten me on something? Why is it that the Am...
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Clever 'Pirates' spins tale for kids, adults alikeJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie" is a crazy movie for sure, but crazy like the intelligent nonsense of Monty Python crammed with film-geek refere...
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Critics love 'Blood'Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Now there is more "Blood." The National Society of Film Critics, comprised of America's elite movie critics, Saturday selected Paul Thomas Anderson's epic tragedy "There...
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'Missed Call' is cell-out with no suspenseJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Taylor (Ana Claudia Talancon) is menaced by "Monster Ellie" (Sarah Kubik) during a cell phone exorcism in "One Missed Call." Phony horror film a suspenseless cell-out ...
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Inflammatory dramaJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson's epic "There Will Be Blood" is an amazing motion picture for many reasons, the most obvious one being Daniel Day-Lewis' stretched-steel performance...
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Readers come to praise 'Juno,' not to bury itJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Dear Dann: I just read your observations concerning the movie "Juno." I make reference to "...the liveliest-written, bluntly pro-choice movie I've seen." Friends who hav...
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Four stars for 2007!Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Never before in my 29 years as a film critic for the Daily Herald has this occurred: Every movie on my year-end Top 10 list has earned four stars. Amazingly, I wound up ...
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Haunted house tale is superbly scaryDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Were I given to hyperbole, I would proclaim "The Orphanage" to be an instant classic of gothic drama, a masterpiece of suspense and a supernatural thrill ride that leave...
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What made 2007 a memorable year at the moviesDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - As we say goodbye to 2007, let's remember some of the events and people who made the year's movies special. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis as an obsessed oil baron in "The...
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'Water Horse' a monster mash of fun, fantasyDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - First and foremost, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" is a fantastic children's adventure, an "E.T."-like tale of a young boy's unique relationship with a strange an...