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Review of Paraíso (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

Paradise, like Juno, isn't big on reflecting reality…

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Review of Paradise (2011)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

Paradise, like Juno, isn't big on reflecting reality…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

It's an important subject given a realistic, respectful treatment without diminishing the cruelty and the inhumane nature of institutionalized…

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Review of Paraíso (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

Paradise, like Juno, isn't big on reflecting reality…

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Review of Escape Plan (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

Even before Escape Plan arrives at this historic first meeting between Rambo and the Terminator, Jason Keller's and Miles Chapman's deficient…

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Review of Carrie (2002)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

Peirce gives us a respectable Carrie remake, but it lacks the power and excessive stylistic trimmings of the 1976 original that put DePalma…

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Review of The Fifth Estate (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Oct 2013

The Fifth Estate has big issues about the media and journalistic responsibilities to discuss, but these discussions come across as arch, academic…

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Review of Machete Kills (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 09 Oct 2013

Many heads roll in Robert Rodriguez's violent, comedy action sequel Machete Kills…

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Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 09 Oct 2013

The big moments in Captain Phillips belong to Hanks, who renders an insightful portrait of a regular, decent guy dealing with life-or-death…

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Review of When Comedy Went to School (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 09 Oct 2013

Where's the joy? Where's the dramatic conflict? Where's the beef? Uh, brisket…

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Review of We Are What We Are (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 09 Oct 2013

An intelligent, surprisingly mature gothic drama where the human capacity for inhumanity grabs us by our collective throats with such realism…

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Review of Parkland (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 02 Oct 2013

The results come close to those cheesy re-enactments we see during true crime documentaries on Oxygen and other cable channels…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 02 Oct 2013

Its nimble, acrobatic camera movements are amazing constructions, effortlessly swinging from the vastness of being lost in a black universe…

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Review of Bad Milo! (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 02 Oct 2013

Except for the premise of human anxiety creating organic instruments of wrath and revenge (should Cronenberg sue…

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Review of Rush (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Sep 2013

Its two stars -- Chris Thor Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl -- elevate this quick-start feature with clearly drawn characterizations possessing…

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Review of Baggage Claim (2006)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Sep 2013

This is one disappointing rom-com bomb, with a talented supporting cast -- Djimon Hounsou, Taye Diggs, Trey Songz, Boris Kodjoe and Tia Mowry-Hardrict…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Sep 2013

Gordon-Levitt is no slouch when it comes to taking risks as a filmmaker. I can't wait to see what he does next…

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Review of Enough Said (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Sep 2013

After a long career playing gangsters, thugs and heavies, the late James Gandolfini finally gets to play his most endearing character: a regular…

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Review of Baggage Claim (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Sep 2013

This is one disappointing rom-com bomb, with a talented supporting cast -- Djimon Hounsou, Taye Diggs, Trey Songz, Boris Kodjoe and Tia Mowry-Hardrict…

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Review of Prisoners (2013)

By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 18 Sep 2013

Every actor in Prisoners blossoms with realistic restraint under Villeneuve's refined direction…

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