Dann Gire
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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...
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Movie review: John Cho looks for his missing daughter in smart 'Searching'Aug 30, 2018 6:00 am - "Searching" - ★ ★ ★ I predict that theaters being used as giant computer screens with rapid-fire "dialogue" boxes that spit out perfectly spelled words will become as c...
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Movie review: Ben Kingsley gives chilling performance in disappointing 'Operation Finale'Aug 27, 2018 11:00 pm - “Operation Finale” — ★ ★ ½ Talk about the banality of evil. Chris Weitz's fact-based, post-World War II wannabe thriller “Operation Finale” exemplifies the banality...
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Filmmaker Steve James tackles thorny issue of race in suburban schoolAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - When you see a Steve James documentary, you often come away with a sense of that ethereally elusive entity called understanding. That happened with his critically acclai...
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Glenn Close gives Oscar-worthy performance in well-wrought 'The Wife'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - “The Wife” - ★ ★ ★ ½ I am grateful to have seen Bjorn Runge's “The Wife” through the eyes of a longtime marriage veteran (43 years) rather than through those of a curio...
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'Arizona' finds itself in a state of squandered comic horrorAug 23, 2018 6:00 am - "Arizona" - ★ ★ When it comes to something worthwhile to say, the bleakly black and blood-red comedy "Arizona" turns out to be as barren and deserted as its desolate s...
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Fact-based 'Papillon' loaded with violence, short on emotional resonanceAug 22, 2018 11:00 am - “Papillon” - ★ ★ ½ “Papillon” packs all the basic elements you'd expect to find in a harsh foreign prison drama: a strong and resourceful hero, a sympathetic sidekick, b...
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'Alpha' a spectacular, but poorly written prehistoric adventureAug 16, 2018 6:00 am - "Alpha" - ★ ★ ½ Sheer spectacle dominates Albert Hughes' ambitious and flawed "Alpha," a prehistoric adventure about the pivotal moment when a man first domesticates a w...
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Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' a politically prescient call to cultural armsAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - "BlacKkKlansman" - ★ ★ ★ ★ Wake up! That has been a recurring, resonate civil alert all through Spike Lee's movie career, never more so than in his polarizing, groundbr...
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Shark tale 'Meg' a formula but appealing creature featureAug 09, 2018 6:00 am - "The Meg" - ★ ★ ½ It takes nearly an hour before the titular, prehistoric giant shark comes into the sea-foam limelight. Then, "The Meg" makes up for lost time by ringi...