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Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 05 Feb 2015

For all its valiant attempts to pump some Matrix magic back into science-fiction films, the Wachowskis' ambitious interplanetary thriller Jupiter…

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Review of Black Sea (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

We don't truly know this skipper, so when crew members accuse him of letting gold fever compromise his sanity, we have no way to tell if they're…

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Review of Mommy (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

Not since the Coen brothers' Blood Simple has a movie confirmed a voice this fresh and visual…

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Review of Black Sea (2009)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

We don't truly know this skipper, so when crew members accuse him of letting gold fever compromise his sanity, we have no way to tell if they're…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

Not since the Coen brothers' Blood Simple has a movie confirmed a voice this fresh and visual…

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Review of Strange Magic (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

Supposedly inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Strange Magic is such a mishmash of other better movies -- mostly Beauty and…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 29 Jan 2015

Not since the Coen brothers' Blood Simple has a movie confirmed a voice this fresh and visual…

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Review of The Humbling (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 22 Jan 2015

I am not a fan of voice-over narration or of the lazy use of psychiatrists providing constant commentary on characters and their motivations…

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Review of The Boy Next Door (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 22 Jan 2015

Instead of the criminally realistic, full-bore suspense thriller we might expect, Boy Next Door devolves into inadvertently hilarious Hollywood hokum…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 15 Jan 2015

American Sniper becomes a problematic work that dilutes its gut-gripping, conscience-blanching opening sequence with an episodic barrage of…

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Review of Blackhat (2015)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 15 Jan 2015

Why does the computer villain bother with concocting such a large, risky, complicated cyber plan to make money when he can knock down a quick…

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Review of Paddington (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 15 Jan 2015

The surprisingly joyful Paddington is a fun and frolicking family movie that celebrates families at the same time it pumps some much-needed…

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Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 08 Jan 2015

[Inherent Vice] takes its own sweet time to get places…

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Review of Zero Motivation (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 07 Jan 2015

Lavie has a lot of provocative ideas in the oven here, most of them tend to be half-baked…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 24 Dec 2014

[Jolie] proves that a woman other than Kathryn Bigelow can direct a male-dominated military drama in a fiercely male-dominated industry…

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Review of Into the Woods (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 23 Dec 2014

Marshall, aided by James Lapine adapting from his Broadway book, reinvents Into the Woods as a zesty, cinematic experience…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 18 Dec 2014

After 13 years and two Middle-earth trilogies, Jackson goes out with a bang, a combustible visual mix resembling a violent video game that…

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Review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 18 Dec 2014

Instead of crafting a meaningful family comedy with some low level of educational integrity, Shawn Levy and his cohorts merely string together…

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Review of Brahmin Bulls (2013)

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

A sincere but forced drama about an estranged father and son struggling for common ground as they vent a laundry list of old wounds seeking salve…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

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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