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Do not 'Wish' upon this star-crossed Disney animated musical

By Dann Gire
Nov 24, 2023 10:13 AM - "Wish" may be Walt Disney's newest addition to its family of animated features, but it's not its freshest. This mercifully short musical fantasy feels as if every one of Disney's animated classics has been shoveled into an Artificial Intelligence program that resulted in a 92-minute collective commercial for Disney.
Spectacular battle scenes quash epic love story in lengthy historical drama 'Napoleon'

By Dann Gire
Nov 23, 2023 9:57 AM - The always watchable Joaquin Phoenix presents Napoleon as a capricious, socially awkward man of keen, strategic intelligence and a delusional ego in Ridley Scott's ambitious epic.
Timely doc 'Common Ground' gives us the dirt on ineffective, deadly farming practices

By Dann Gire
Nov 10, 2023 10:26 AM - The important doc "Common Ground" claims to be about life or death for our nation, and our planet, provided we can stop our ineffective farming practices.
Can't help falling in love with 'Priscilla' and its ideal cast, subtle direction, eye-popping production designs

By Dann Gire
Nov 2, 2023 11:56 AM - Writer/director Sofia Coppola transforms "Priscilla" into a stunning, opulent and nuanced love story steeped in sincerity, betrayal and disappointment.
'Five Nights'' intriguing premise undermined by simply terrible storytelling

By Dann Gire
Oct 26, 2023 3:10 PM - Just in time to ruin Halloween weekend for true horror film afficionados, Emma Tammi's "Five Nights at Freddy's" gives us one of the sloppiest, most embarrassingly inept nonthrillers in recent memory.
Scorsese kills it with daring, unsparing historical drama 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

By Dann Gire
Oct 19, 2023 12:46 PM - Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" is a well-crafted work of exquisite detail and power reuniting the filmmaker with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The pandemic put movie theaters in peril. Here's how some survived -- and thrived

By Dann Gire
Oct 1, 2023 6:00 AM - The pandemic shuttered movie theaters and, when they reopened, there were few films to show. That, plus the lure of streaming, made for a rocky few years for theaters.
'Fair Play' a smart, twisty mix of romance and corporate politics

By Dann Gire
Sep 29, 2023 10:27 AM - When Chloe Domont's "Fair Play" segues from a high-finance romance to an alarming domestic horror tale, the film digs its narrative talons into us with forceful purpose.
Spectacular visuals not enough to lift suspenseless sci-fi tale 'The Creator'

By Dann Gire
Sep 26, 2023 1:54 PM - With nary a whit of wit, fun, awe, wonder or suspense, Gareth Edwards' generic sci-fi action tale "The Creator" plods through 133 minutes of retina-arresting scenes evoking faint memories of better films.
'The Hill' celebrates time-tested formula for dad-and-son baseball dramas

By Dann Gire
Aug 25, 2023 11:16 AM - "The Hill" is alive with the sound of sports movie cliches, yet this fact-based drama starring Dennis Quaid has such respect for its characters that it feels fresh.

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