Dann Gire
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Halle Berry's mad mama cranks up dumbed-down abduction thriller 'Kidnap'Aug 03, 2017 6:00 am - Two of the year's finest film performances can be found in the child abduction thriller "Kidnap." They belong to Halle Berry's eyes. Cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labi...
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'Inconvenient Sequel' directors describe Al Gore as 'Energizer Bunny'Aug 03, 2017 1:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen met at Stanford University, married and became accomplished documentary filmmakers. They're the ...
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Visual effects-stuffed 'Dark' no dramatic tower of powerAug 02, 2017 11:00 pm - "The Dark Tower," based on Stephen King's eight-book saga pitting a wild west gunslinger against what appears to be a demonic, not-so-good Johnny Cash impersonator, didn...
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'Inconvenient Sequel' not as hot as Oscar-winning original docAug 02, 2017 8:00 am - Maybe it's just me, but could there be just a slight bit of nah-nah-nah-boo-boo-told-you-so attitude riffing off Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”? Gore...
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Playing dead in 'Neon Demon' gave IMSA grad her biggest role yetAug 01, 2017 5:30 am - “I like to think I'm the best dead girl in Hollywood,” Cody Renee Cameron said. She could be right. In Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial 2016 horror film “The Neon De...
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Charlize Theron kills it as sleek assassin in action-packed 'Atomic Blonde'Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - "Atomic Blonde" may be confusing, empty and disappointing, but when sleek and sinewy British MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton goes DEFCON-1 on the bad guys, boredom dies fir...
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Aren't we done with slow motion visuals yet?Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - Slow-mo action device a passing fad cliché? During the late 1960s and early '70s, almost every movie seemed to include the same transitional shot: a single flower, grass...
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Bigelow's 'Detroit' depicts real-life horror tale of racism, abuse of powerJul 26, 2017 11:45 am - Kathryn Bigelow's tough docudrama “Detroit” begins as a frightening, authentic re-creation of the Motor City's 1967 race riots, then roller-coasters into scenes of claus...
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Highland Park grad practices 'invisible art' as Hollywood music editorJul 25, 2017 5:30 am - Will Kaplan prides himself on being the practitioner of an "invisible art." "If you notice what I've done," the 1976 Highland Park High School grad said, "then I haven't...
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Sci-fi fantasy 'Valerian' done in by bad casting, convoluted plotJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - French filmmaker and avid comic book aficionado Luc Besson has made some doozy movies in his career, but none matches the effervescent incoherence and dumbfounding misca...