Dann Gire
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Affleck aptly directs brother in gloriously ambivalent film-noir thrillerOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gone Baby Gone," an impressive directorial debut by actor Ben Affleck, cooks up a deliciously ambiguous caldron of conflicting emotions. It's a dynamic drama seething w...
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Tortured consciencesOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The subject of American-approved political torture couldn't be more timely in Gavin Hood's "Rendition." Yet, "Rendition" settles for effective when it could have been as...
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Drama burns for Oscar consideration, not real emotionOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Even the title screams "Pretentious drama created for the sole purpose of snagging Oscar nominations!" -- doesn't it? "Things We Lost in the Fire" traffics in misery, pa...
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Branagh's 'Sleuth' makes viewers feel a little connedOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Six reviews. No waiting. • In "Sleuth," Kenneth Branagh's remake of the 1972 thriller with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, the icy set decor and antiseptic productio...
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Quotes point to depth of Spike Lee masterpieceOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - First, a reader e-mail, then some film notes: • Dear Dann: In your Oct. 4 story about Roger Ebert being honored at the Chicago International Film Festival, you referred ...
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Dialogue, plot cop out in crime dramaOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "We Own the Night" sounds like the title for a horror movie about vampires. If only. Nope. Instead, "We Own the Night" is an old-fashioned, potboiler family crime drama ...
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When it comes to drama, cliched sports drama strikes outOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Final Season" wants to be a cinematic valentine to the all-American sport of high school baseball. Instead, it's more like a valentine to shallow sports movie clich...
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Clooney better than ever in 'Michael Clayton'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "Michael Clayton" is a smart, understated character study of a man in crisis. He's deep in debt, his family life has unraveled, his career is on the line and somebody ju...
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Slow, moody Western examines one man's obsessionOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Here we have a classic American Western so slow on the draw that the entire drama Ȣ₈¬Ã¢â‚¬ˆť clocking in at 2 hours, 40 minutes Ȣ₈¬Ã¢â‚¬ˆť moves like one...
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Ebert is guest of honor at Chicago festivalOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - I had one question to ask Roger Ebert, so I did: "What's the biggest epiphany you've ever experienced because of a movie?" By e-mail, Ebert replied: "It was when the two...