Dann Gire
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Movie review: Ryan Gosling is stellar in Damien Chazelle's tightly coiled space biopic 'First Man'Oct 10, 2018 11:00 am - “First Man” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The sounds of silence make lots of noise in Damien Chazelle's surprising, anti-epic, historical drama “First Man,” a tightly coiled study of the f...
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Movie review: Bradley Cooper makes impressive directing debut in raw, relevant 'Star is Born'Oct 03, 2018 10:00 am - “A Star is Born” - ★ ★ ★ ★ We first see Bradley Cooper as sun-fried, literally red-necked rock 'n' roll superstar Jackson Maine performing before a stadium teeming with...
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Movie review: Sweet guide dog documentary a definite 'Pick of the Litter'Sep 27, 2018 6:00 am - "Pick of the Litter" - ★ ★ ★ ½ You think all those adorable online videos of puppies can't be topped for cuteness? Watch the beginning of "Pick of the Litter" as five f...
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Flawed 'Smallfoot' steps up with push for acceptance and integritySep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - "Smallfoot" - ★ ★ ½ "It's not just about tearing down old ideas," a character in "Smallfoot" says. "It's about finding new ones!" The ideas in Warner Animation Group's m...
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Movie review: 'Life Itself' a tearfully contrived soap operaSep 20, 2018 6:00 am - "Life Itself" - ★ ★ If Quentin Tarantino wanted to direct a schmaltzy soap opera, he might have made "Life Itself," but without the shameless sentiment and with a beefe...
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Movie review: Kids' comic horror tale 'House' is derivative and suspenseless, but safeSep 19, 2018 12:00 pm - “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” - ★ ★ ½ Eli Roth's “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” works well enough as a comic horror tale for youngsters. Instead of red bl...
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Movie review: Nicolas Cage achieves Grand Guignol greatness in hallucinogenic 'Mandy'Sep 13, 2018 11:00 am - "Mandy" - ★ ★ ★ Oh, "Mandy." Well, she came and she gave without taking. And the cult crazies took her away. Now, Mandy's lover, lumberjack Red Miller, embarks on a biz...
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Movie review: Laughs and gross-outs top scares in latest 'Predator' sequelSep 13, 2018 7:30 am - “The Predator” - ★ ★ ½ Parts of “The Predator” veer toward a robust, self-aware genre comedy. Other parts strive for some serious science-fiction thrills wrapped around...
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Movie review: It's not worth going down to 'The Basement'Sep 13, 2018 6:00 am - "The Basement" - ★ "The Basement" sounds an awful lot like "debasement," and after a blow-torch-wielding maniac approaches a screaming woman wearing a flimsy bra, looks...
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7 films that have Dann Gire looking forward to fallSep 07, 2018 6:00 am - Just curious, but does anyone really want to see a sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic “Halloween” in which mad slasher Michael Meyers now qualifies for an AA...