Dann Gire
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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...
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The horror, the horror: Fright series hits theatersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - • You've probably seen the TV commercials for "8 Films to Die For," a series of eight horror movies starting today and running through Nov. 18 at area theaters. Here the...
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A real lost ClausNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Not since "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" has there been a cinematic visit to the North Pole this frivolous, silly and ill-conceived. Comparing "Fred Claus" to coal ...
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Seasons bleedings: This year's holiday films dark, drearyNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - If I didn't know better, I'd think the holiday movies have taken their lead from "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Monsters! Mad slashers! Ghosts! Things that...