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Review of Top Five (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 11 Dec 2014

Rock is too nimble and original to fall back on Hollywood conventions here…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 11 Dec 2014

Visually stunning, yet dramatically arid…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 11 Dec 2014

Imitation Game is partly a tragedy, partly a history lesson, but largely a dramatic plea not just to embrace those who think differently, but…

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Review of Tangled (2010)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 08 Dec 2014

Directors Byron Howard and Nathan Greno set low expectations for Tangled and achieve most of them in an amusing story about a girl whose long,…

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Review of Tangled (2001)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 08 Dec 2014

Directors Byron Howard and Nathan Greno set low expectations for Tangled and achieve most of them in an amusing story about a girl whose long,…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 04 Dec 2014

In Wild, Jean-Marc Vallee's raw and noble tale of a young woman's quest for personal redemption, Witherspoon's vulnerability and charisma prove…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Nov 2014

Sean Anders' witless, embarrassingly puerile sequel to his 2011 modest hit comedy struggles to be edgy and naughty, but only succeeds in eking…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 21 Nov 2014

It's smart, insightful and frightening, featuring three of the year's best and most complex performances…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 20 Nov 2014

The characters, once fresh and immediate creations, move like solemn chess pieces across the screen…

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Review of Coraline (2009)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 17 Nov 2014

Coraline proves Selick to be a champion storyteller with stop-motion animation…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 13 Nov 2014

Movies about handicapped heroes rise or fall on the quality of the leading performance, and Redmayne's soars on rocket boosters…

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Review of Beyond the Lights (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 13 Nov 2014

Yes, we've seen this movie before, but not as well-played or as smartly written…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 13 Nov 2014

Stewart, the popular host of Comedy Central's hit series The Daily Show, shows real promise here as a budding film writer and director with…

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Review of Jessabelle (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 06 Nov 2014

Despite a few scenes fraught with genuine suspense and Snook's strong, centered performance as a wounded woman in survival mode, Jessabelle…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 06 Nov 2014

Nolan has created nothing less than his own personal 2001: A Space Odyssey, a mind-expanding, imagination-challenging excursion into alternate…

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Review of Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 30 Oct 2014

Despite a palpable chemistry between Kidman and Firth, Before I Go to Sleep lacks the level of sheer suspense and fear factor we've come to…

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Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 30 Oct 2014

That Gyllenhaal totally commits to Lou can't be questioned…

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Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 30 Oct 2014

Citizenfour moves like a master spy novel…

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Review of Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 22 Oct 2014

It fails to be sexy, scary, revealing, suspenseful or even exciting…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 22 Oct 2014

It's the kind of daring, accomplished work that critics and Oscar voters notice -- along with all the other delectable cinematic elements to…

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