Dann Gire
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'Truth or Dare' scares with tale of deadly curse and desperationApr 11, 2018 11:00 am - "Truth or Dare" - ★ ★ ½ The Bible preaches that the truth will set you free. The game-based horror tale "Blumhouse's Truth or Dare" shows us that the truth can keep you...
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'The Miracle Season' sports drama wins with messages of hope and faithApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - "The Miracle Season" - ★ ★ ½ Evangelical Christian filmmakers could take a lesson or two from Sean McNamara's fact-based sports drama "The Miracle Season." Many "faith-...
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John Krasinski cranks the tension in haunting 'A Quiet Place'Apr 04, 2018 12:00 pm - “The Quiet Place” - ★ ★ ★ ½ We don't know where the monsters come from. We don't know why they track and kill anything that makes the slightest noise. We don't know what...
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Actors shine in sloggy trenches of war drama 'Journey's End'Mar 29, 2018 6:00 am - "Journey's End" - ★ ★ ½ Stagy and deliberate in its pacing, the earnest World War I drama "Journey's End" provides a wonderful opportunity for its cast members to demon...
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Spielberg's 'Player One' not so ready as sci-fi thriller propelled by pop-culture referencesMar 28, 2018 10:00 am - “Ready Player One” - ★ ★ ½ If a futuristic action movie must be propelled by pop-culture references, Steven Spielberg's dizzying “Ready Player One” demonstrates how bes...
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Animated 'Isle of Dogs' rates a big bow-WOW!Mar 27, 2018 12:45 pm - “Isle of Dogs” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Wes Anderson's eerily politically prescient, stop-motion black comedy “Isle of Dogs” ranks as the most innovative animated feature since “Toy S...
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Metaphorical teen fantasy 'I Kill Giants' dinged by glaring unrealityMar 23, 2018 6:00 am - "I Kill Giants" - ★ ★ ★ I'm guessing that Anders Walter's metaphorical "I Kill Giants" opens only at the Woodridge Theater this weekend because its modest scope and relu...
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Unsane' an unsurprising, but unnerving thrillerMar 22, 2018 6:00 am - “Unsane” - ★ ★ ★ Most of us probably have seen a movie about “normal” people mistakenly or maliciously committed to mental institutions against their will. But not quit...
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'Love, Simon' embraces acceptance in winning teen romanceMar 14, 2018 11:00 am - “Love, Simon” - ★ ★ ★ Perfectly timed to capitalize on the 90th Academy Awards show's campaign promoting inclusion and acceptance, the endearingly charming romance “Love...
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Mirren, Sutherland fuel sputtering AARP road movie 'Leisure Seeker'Mar 08, 2018 5:00 am - “The Leisure Seeker” - ★ ★ Stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland work well together in “The Leisure Seeker,” but their talents fail to pump up the dramatic octa...