Entertainment Columns
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New on DVD: 'Back to the Future'Oct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - “Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy” In 1985, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis took the public on a wild ride into the past and future with the invent...
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Entertaining doesn't always equal goodOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Entertaining = good? Dann: I have read many of your reviews over the years and, after viewing the movie, generally agree with most of them. By now I have a "feel" as to...
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New on DVD: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers collectionOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - New on DVD: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers collection
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Dann still doesn't like 'Secretariat'Oct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Say ‘I'm wrong' Dann! Dear Dann: To say that you were way off with your horrible Pits rating of “Secretariat” is a gross understatement. We have all seen it and thi...
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Lives intersect in Eastwood's 'Hereafter'Oct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - This movie may be as close to "Sleepless in Seattle" as Clint Eastwood ever gets. His spiritual drama "Hereafter" begins with a harrowing act of God a tsunami wipes ou...
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Barrington High alum to perform at Millennium Park theaterOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Kevin Mileski vividly remembers the moment on stage when he discovered his love of singing and performing: it was at Barrington High School, when he sang with the chorus...
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Dann stands by 'Secretariat' reviewOct 15, 2010 1:00 am - Horse patootie Dann? Looks like my less-than-flattering review of “Secretariat last week didn't meet with reader approval. Among the posted comments: Ÿ “Dann appear...
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'Stone' a hard drama to embraceOct 15, 2010 12:00 am - To watch Robert De Niro and Edward Norton arguably two of the best film actors of their respective generations play characters verbally wrestling each other for contro...
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Arresting performances give 'Conviction' its powerOct 15, 2010 12:00 am - The performances are better than the material in Tony Goldwyn's fact-based drama “Conviction, and the material was pretty good to begin with. “Conviction (a great title ...
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Action comedy 'RED' blasts aging stereotypesOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I walked into Robert Schwentke's “RED" thinking I would see a silly, geriatric revisiting of “The A-Team" or “Mission: Impossible." I got a crazy, off-the-charts, action...