Dann Gire
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Morality play leaves 'Tangerine' viewers wanting moreApr 30, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Tangerines' I felt a little bit cheated at the end of Zaza Urushadze's drama "Tangerines," a nominee for this year's Best Foreign Language Academy Award. I...
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Brooding 'Avengers' sequel bigger - but not better - than the originalApr 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Judging by writer/director Joss Whedon's fan-tastic new "Avengers" sequel, the age of Ultron rests somewhere between 13 and 15, predominantly male. This blithely broodin...
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Critics film fest showcases movie debuts, directors in ChicagoApr 26, 2015 6:45 am - The idea of a film festival programmed by bona fide working movie critics is hardly news. Roger Ebert more or less did that when the Overlooked Film Festival started in ...
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'Beginners' does well, but there's been betterApr 23, 2015 5:45 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Adult Beginners' The problem with Ross Katz's not-quite-as-deep-as-it-wants-to-be coming of age drama "Adult Beginners" can be illustrated in an ...
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Doc-maker takes on 'Walking Dead' fansApr 23, 2015 5:30 am - Talking 'Walkers' Gilberts native Cris Macht has directed two documentaries about "Star Wars" fans: "The Force Among Us" and "The Force Within Us." Now he's branched out...
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Crowe's directorial debut a bold, brutal quest for closureApr 23, 2015 5:00 am - It's bold, brawny and brutal. Australian actor Russell Crowe's directorial debut "The Water Diviner" may not be so divine, but it resonates with beefy vibes of late 1970...
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Ex-Naperville resident creates sets for 'Batman,' 'X-Men,' 'Chicago P.D.'Apr 21, 2015 5:30 am - Cliff Zimowski's resume comes packed with credits that would impress any fan of movies or TV shows. Among them are "Batman Begins," "X-Men: First Class" and, most recent...
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Reel life: Writer wanted to get 'Machina' science rightApr 16, 2015 6:30 am - 'Ex' director, sci-fi guy British novelist Alex Garland, writer of Danny Boyle's science fiction thrillers "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine," celebrates his directorial deb...
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'True Story' a tale of Faustian temptation and rude redemptionApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - "True Story" tells a fabricated version of a true story about a New York Times reporter fired for writing a fabricated version of a true story. Weird, isn't it? We can a...
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'Ex Machina' looks at what it means to be humanApr 16, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Ex Machina' "Can machines think the way humans do?" is the question a cop asks Benedict Cumberbatch's mathematician Alan Turing in the drama "The Imitation...