Dann Gire
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'Adderall Diaries' a look at broken memories, perceptionsApr 14, 2016 5:00 am - "The Adderall Diaries" starts as a drama about a bad case of writer's block before it morphs into an essay on the unreliable nature of memory and perception, then become...
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A dinner 'Invitation'? What could go wrong?Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Karyn Kusama's taut "The Invitation" is smarter than your standard reunion dinner tale gone horribly awry. It plants all the clues right out in the open - including a fo...
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Edgy performances draw empathy in New Zealand drama 'Dark Horse'Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Roger Ebert once referred to the movies as "empathy machines," and no film illustrates this better than James Napier Robinson's universally appealing, fact-based New Zea...
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Reel life: Why don't black heroes matter in movies?Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Did you know that if writer/actor/director Don Cheadle hadn't fabricated a white colead for his new Miles Davis biopic "Miles Ahead" no movie studio would back it? "Unti...
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Superficial brain transplant thriller proves truly 'Criminal'Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - "You only have half a brain!" a CIA boss screeches at sociopathic killer Jerico Stewart. Gee, that would make him the smartest man in "Criminal," a cornball thriller tha...
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Elgin bodybuilder competes on 'American Grit'Apr 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Rappel down a slippery mountain canyon? Run 5.2 miles while carrying a heavy log with three other people through an obstacle-filled course? Take on survival challenges d...
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Disney remounts 'Jungle Book' with magical mix of CGI, live-actionApr 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Jon Favreau's wowie-pazzowie, eye-popping “Jungle Book” is an exhilarating motion picture experience that kerplops us into a Campbellian adventure in the middle of an au...
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McCarthy to be hailed as Comedic Genius at MTV Movie AwardsApr 07, 2016 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: • Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy will receive the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards, starting at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, f...
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Don Cheadle aims to entertain with Miles Davis' biopicApr 07, 2016 5:00 am - The talented Don Cheadle not only stars in this wild and impressionistic biography of jazz musician/composer Miles Davis - easily one of the most influential and origina...
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Christopher Plummer smooths out speed bumps in 'Remember'Apr 07, 2016 5:00 am - It would be a mistake to think of Atom Egoyan's Nazi-hunter movie "Remember" as a serious Holocaust drama. "Remember" takes the Holocaust about as seriously as did Laure...