Dann Gire
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Flabby holiday family film needs trip to nearest gymNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's one holiday movie that needs to go on a diet before the holidays. "This Christmas" could very well be the flabbiest motion picture I've ever seen. Extra scenes ha...
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'August' a rush of sugary charm and formula schmaltzNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The chief drawback to experiencing the aptly titled "August Rush" might be the horrendous emotional crash amongst viewers once the sugar high wears off. With its high q...
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Chicago director learned as he went alongNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - The great thing about movie directors from Chicago? They don't use a lot of filters when they answer questions. Take Zach Helm, who lived in Lincoln Park and Wrigleyvill...
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Too little wonder in this 'Emporium'Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" works like a bad horror movie where the filmmakers, striving to achieve a nightmarish quality, don't bother to ground their story in any...
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'Beowulf' sexed up, animated and lifelessNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Hold the phone! I thought this was supposed to be Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," not Madame Tussauds. The photo-realistic, computer-generated characters in Zemeckis' bold t...
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'Girl Next Door' a full-throttle horror tale with a messageNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - • I have no idea who would actually want to watch a teenage girl be raped, beaten and tortured to death in a basement. That's the subject of Gregory Wilson's"Jack Ketchu...
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Beowulf: Plenty of action, but story feels hollowNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Hold the phone! I thought this was supposed to be Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," not Madame Tussaud's. The photo-realistic, computer-generated characters in Zemeckis' bold ...
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'Lions for Lambs' actor, Chicago native talks HollywoodNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - The great thing about most Chicago actors? They don't use a lot of filters when they answer questions. Take Michael Pena, who grew up at 16th and California. Ask him why...
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'P2' pure P.U. that parks horror at the doorNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The filmmakers behind this cheap, pathetic exercise in sadistic sleaze actually compared "P2" to Steven Spielberg's classic thriller "Jaws," only in a parking garage. It...
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'Lions' a talky wake-up call for U.S.Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It takes Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" 92 minutes to say what Spike Lee summed up in a single refrain from his 1989 masterpiece "Do the Right Thing" --"Wake up!" Or...