Dann Gire
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Taymor's latest is bold, but it left me coldSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - • In the audacious "Across the Universe," filmmaker and "Lion King" stage creator Julie Taymor jams a bunch of Beatles tunes onto the soundtrack -- sung by its cast mem...
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"The Brave One" a cop-outSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Shortly after Erica Bain kills her first perp in Neil Jordan's shamelessly pro-vigilante B-movie drama "The Brave One," she goes into the bathroom and upchucks. This sce...
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'Silk' spins history for dummiesSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - When Francois Girard's "Silk" premieres on home video, it should come wrapped in a bright yellow cover marked with big, block letters: "Pretentious Historical Dramas for...
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'Hatchet' a sick valentine to '80s killer thrillersSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - • Watching "Hatchet" is like time-warping back to the early '80s when hordes of indie killer thrillers such as "Friday the 13th," "Humongous," "The Burning" and "Madman"...
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Ideal cast, taut direction make '3:10' a lean, muscular westernSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The American western has experienced more comebacks than Madonna, and James Mangold's return-to-basics horse opera "3:10 to Yuma" proves that it deserves to stay around ...
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Shallow 'Shoot 'em Up' packs heat and actionSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - For action junkies who love violent video games and have no need for characters, plots, emotions and originality, the aptly titled "Shoot 'em Up" works like crack on ret...
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'Will' power doesn't generate laughs in lame comedySep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - What does it feel like to watch Will Forte and Will Arnett mug and cutesy-pooh their way through the comically stillborn movie "The Brothers Solomon"? I'd say it's kinda...
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Makin' Bacon madAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "Death Sentence" 2½ stars out of four Opens today Starring As Kevin Bacon Nick Hume Garrett Hedlund Billy Darely Kelly Preston ...
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Film buffs welcome at my movie clubAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - •For the first time in our long friendship, I will team up with former James Bond novelist Raymond Benson of Buffalo Grove to present a movie discussion/lecture series a...
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Ping-pong comedy bounces from immaturity to inanityAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "Balls of Fury" 1½ stars out of four Opened Wednesday Starring As Dan Fogler Randy Daytona Christopher Walken Feng ...