Dann Gire
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The real victim in new 'Strangers' slasher is logicMar 08, 2018 5:00 am - "The Strangers: Prey at Night" - ★ ★ ½ Let's face an unspoken truth here. Some of us love horror films like "The Strangers: Prey at Night" because the victims make suc...
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'Wrinkle in Time' enchants with eye-popping visuals, magical castMar 07, 2018 10:15 am - “A Wrinkle in Time” - ★ ★ ★ With eyeball-blasting visuals, a cute, colorful cast, a soaring score, spectacular costumes and esteem-affirming messages of love, hope and t...
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9 take-aways from the quietly political 90th Academy Awards showMar 04, 2018 10:00 pm - The late Chicago film critic Roger Ebert's words about movies generating empathy and fostering understanding became part of an Oscar night montage celebrating the power ...
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'Three Billboards' will take home top Oscar, film critic Dann Gire predictsFeb 28, 2018 9:00 am - No matter what movie wins the Best Picture Academy Award on Sunday night, the conventional rules of predicting the Oscars will go out the proverbial window. Can “The Sha...
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Half-baked 'Half Magic' is half effective as timely sex comedyFeb 22, 2018 5:00 am - "Half Magic" - ★ ★ Actress Heather Graham writes and directs her first movie "Half Magic," a timely relationship sex comedy encompassing several positive aspects, and a...
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'Game Night' plays with winning combo of comedy and actionFeb 21, 2018 10:00 am - “Game Night” - ★ ★ ★ In the manically paced, deceptively plotted comic mystery “Game Night,” a married couple must learn to use their communication skills, to instantly ...
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Delightfully animated 'Early Man' falls prey to lack of originalityFeb 15, 2018 5:00 am - “Early Man” - ★ ★ ½ Pixar has its “Cars.” Now Aardman Animations has its “Early Man.” Both movies come from innovative, world-class filmmaking institutions known for th...
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Marvel's 'Black Panther' leaps to front of superhero action fantasiesFeb 14, 2018 10:00 am - “Black Panther” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Ryan Coogler's bold, politically charged “Black Panther” represents a whole new animal in the Marvel Comics movie menagerie of superheroes, a d...
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French film 'Double Lover' doubles down on erotic mysteryFeb 14, 2018 8:00 am - "Double Lover" - ★ ★ ½ Just in time for St. Valentine's Day: an erotic mystery that opens with a micro-closeup of a woman's most intimate chamber morphing into a sidewa...
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'Peter Rabbit' takes on new nemesis in sassy, silly comic updateFeb 07, 2018 10:00 am - “Peter Rabbit” - ★ ★ ★ Not as charming or sincere as “Paddington,” but a superior variation of “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” the CGI/live-action hybrid comedy “Peter Rabbit...