Movies
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Gire: 'Strange' more a human drama than a love storyAug 28, 2014 5:30 am - Contrary to the title, the love between Ben and George doesn't seem any stranger than a regular heterosexual couple after clocking 39 years of togetherness. Ben, a paint...
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Gire: Blue Whiskey series presents 'When Harry Met Sally'Aug 28, 2014 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: The Blue Whiskey Cinema Series continues its mission to reacquaint the public with marvelous movies by showing Rob Reiner's 1989 romantic comedy ...
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Superheroes for sale: Product placement gets bigger and bolderAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - I recently caught up with “Noah,” Darren Aronofsky's mega-budgeted, mega-wacky Biblical epic featuring a great performance from Russell Crowe and a couple of befuddling ...
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Late columnist's spy novel hits silver screenAug 27, 2014 1:01 am - I don't know what the late Bill Granger would have written about one of his novels finally being made into "The November Man" film starring Pierce Brosnan. But I do know...
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'The November Man' more James bomb than BondAug 26, 2014 11:00 pm - YouTube Pierce Brosnan, the fifth actor to play secret agent 007 in the movies, returns to the spy game in Roger Donaldson's confusing, silly thriller, based on #8220;Th...
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Entries sought for Teen Film FestAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Original films of seven minutes or less are wanted for the Schaumburg Township District Library's Teen Film Fest, slated for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the library's T...
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Zombie, minister, nerd: Actor from Arlington Hts. does it allAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - YouTube Then the Arlington Heights kid grew up to be the guy in the movies, and in Gire's column. Healy, 42, built a career as a Hollywood actor in a wide range of roles...
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Disney's 'Guardians' retakes top slot at box officeAug 24, 2014 11:34 am - Walt Disney Co.'s "Guardians of the Galaxy" reclaimed the top slot in its fourth week at the box office, beating newcomer "If I Stay" and last week's winner, "Teenage Mu...
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Sunday picks: Meet a few dames to die forAug 24, 2014 6:00 am - Dames to die for: Meet and get autographs this weekend from actresses Patricia Rodriguez Vonne, Crystal McCahill and Rosario Dawson (Aug. 23 and 24 only) before scre...
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Fisher Stevens goes on a filmmaking 'Mission Blue'Aug 24, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - When Fisher Stevens approached prominent oceanographer Sylvia Earle about featuring both her life and her work in a documentary, she resisted the idea. Tur...