Dann Gire
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Reel life: Blue Whiskey presents 'Butch Cassidy'May 28, 2015 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: • The Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival's Cinema Series presents George Roy Hill's classic western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" at 7:...
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Brosnan a steely killer in 'Survivor'May 28, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Survivor' First as a mentoring agent in "November Man" and now as a sociopathic international hit man in "Survivor," Pierce Brosnan demonstrates the brutal...
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The Rock leads an avalanche of stony cliches in visually slick 'San Andreas'May 28, 2015 5:00 am - If you absolutely must watch a remarkable reworking of a classically bad 1970s disaster movie, you absolutely must watch "San Andreas." Brad Peyton's technically slick, ...
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Palatine screenwriter's work to be on HBOMay 26, 2015 5:30 am - Palatine screenwriter Frederick Mensch wants to quit writing. Just stop. Cold turkey. He can't. "If I would have had an opportunity to quit writing anytime during the la...
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Danner blythely charms in rom-com 'Dreams'May 21, 2015 6:00 am - What many Hollywood screenwriters don't get - or get and just don't care - is that setting up a character to be wonderful, noble or just plain too good to be true has th...
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Reel life: Woodstock's Welles festival coming to a closeMay 21, 2015 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: • It's almost over. The Orson Welles Festival in Woodstock goes out with a party this weekend. On Friday, May 22, “The Magnificent Ambersons:...
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'Slow' an immersive look at violence, survival in the WestMay 21, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Slow West' John Maclean's "Slow West" possesses a twisted sense of humor that ambushes our sensibilities and sidesteps our outrage sensors. Arthur Penn's "...
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Product placement, context confusion dim visually dense 'Tomorrowland'May 19, 2015 5:15 pm - Whoa! What has happened to Brad Bird, the genius director whose refreshingly inspired "The Incredibles" gave us an on-target snapshot of an American family coping with s...
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Buffalo Grove author looks back on lifelong love of horror filmsMay 19, 2015 5:30 am - Adam Rockoff wants to correct what he says is the No. 1 misconception people hold about fans of gruesome horror films. "The general public thinks that people who like th...
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'Mad' to the max: Rebooted classic a crazy one for the ladies, earns 4 starsMay 14, 2015 7:00 am - This retina-wrecking, eardrum-pounding apocalyptic thriller plays like a feral, futuristic sequel in the "Fast and Furious" franchise with its wonderfully tricked-out an...