Dann Gire
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Review: Jordan Peele's 'Us' doubles down on suspense, political metaphorMar 20, 2019 11:00 am - “Us” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Pay double-close attention to every single small detail in the beginning scenes of Jordan Peele's freaky and outrageously frightening family horror/comedy...
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Movie review: Cystic fibrosis patients share a potentially fatal attraction in 'Five Feet Apart'Mar 14, 2019 8:00 am - "Five Feet Apart" - ★ ★ ½ In the dying teen drama "Five Feet Apart," a charismatic adolescent couple suffering from cystic fibrosis not only must avoid personal contact,...
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Movie review: 'Steve McQueen' film finds comedy in real-life bank heistMar 13, 2019 9:00 am - "Finding Steve McQueen" - ★ ★ ½ The superficial, yet amusing, fact-based bank heist tale "Finding Steve McQueen" begs to be a full-out comedy. Instead, director Mark Ste...
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Movie review: Isabelle Huppert goes nuts over Chloe Grace Moretz in the thriller 'Greta'Feb 27, 2019 10:00 am - “Greta” - ★ ★ ½ Sometimes, a greasy cheeseburger hits the spot. Nothing high quality. Nothing particularly good for you. Nothing fancy. Just a cheeseburger. Neil Jordan...
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Artsy or safe? Dann Gire predicts 'Roma' will win Best Picture OscarFeb 20, 2019 9:00 am - Only one movie can possibly stop Alfonso Cuarón's “Roma” from making history by winning both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film Academy Awards Sunday night....
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Comic horror sequel 'Happy Death Day 2U' misses out on suspense, scaresFeb 13, 2019 5:00 am - “Happy Death Day 2U” - ★ ★ ½ If 2017's horror comedy “Happy Death Day” seemed like “Scream” meets “Groundhog Day” (as noted by every film critic on the planet), th...
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Movie review: Liam Neeson goes super vigilante - again - in blackly comic 'Cold Pursuit'Feb 07, 2019 5:00 am - "Cold Pursuit" - ★ ★ ½ You gotta appreciate a vigilante action thriller that ends with its cast members listed in the order of their "disappearance." Practically everybo...
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Peter Jackson documentary 'They Shall Not Grow Old' an epic World War I taleJan 30, 2019 10:00 am - “They Shall Not Grow Old” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Peter Jackson's revolutionary documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” makes just as much history as it tells us about British sol...
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What's up with that? Oscar noms create umbrage, surprise and vexationsJan 21, 2019 10:00 pm - "Black Panther" becomes the first superhero movie to be nominated for a best picture Academy Award Tuesday, but not an single cast member receives an Oscar nod. What's u...
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Movie review: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' fails to live up to provocative premiseJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - “Glass” - ★ ★ The best part of M. Night Shyamalan's intermittently tedious, trilogy-topping tale “Glass” has to be its irresistibly provocative premise. Shyamalan merges...