Dann Gire
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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...
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Disney's thrilling 'Monkey Kingdom' an epic animal adventureApr 16, 2015 5:00 am - "Monkey Kingdom" a mere Walt Disney nature documentary? This movie plays more like a simian version of "Game of Thrones." A ruthless monarch with three sisters as his wi...
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York alum builds career as the funny 'big guy'Apr 13, 2015 11:00 pm - A bunch of things in Ken Hudson Campbell's suburban childhood inspired his career as a comedian and actor: Mad magazine, National Lampoon, "Saturday Night Live." And, e...
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See Russian 'Leviathan' screening at Tivoli TheatreApr 09, 2015 6:15 am - Film critics notebook: • The After Hours Film Society presents the Oscar-nominated foreign language movie “Leviathan,” a Russian crime drama, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, A...
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Artists stand up to The Man in 'Desert Dancer'Apr 09, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Desert Dancer' Richard Raymond's "Desert Dancer" comes across as an international version of "Footloose," complete with oppressive government restrictions ...
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'King John' almost a fine Bard-eaux wineApr 08, 2015 6:00 am - The Stratford Festival's production of William Shakespeare's “The Life and Death of King John” (shortened to a marquee-friendly “King John”) constitutes less a work of c...
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Buffalo Grove High grad's stuntman job 'like recess all day long'Apr 07, 2015 5:30 am - He can leap from tall buildings in a single bound. He's more powerful than a villain's loco motive. And if you catch Hollywood stuntman Chris Brewster in action, you'll ...
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Skillicorn, Lynam, Hall win in East DundeeApr 07, 2015 1:00 am - With all four precincts counted, unofficial totals show incumbents Allen Skillicorn and Jeffrey Lynam, plus newcomer Alan Hall won seats on the East Dundee Village Board...
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Wheeling board race to be decided Tuesday, April 14Apr 07, 2015 1:00 am - The Cook County clerk's office will canvass the Wheeling election returns next Tuesday, April 14, when finally the winner of the third village board seat will be determi...
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Burroway, Sabbe, Humpfer win in CarpentersvilleApr 07, 2015 1:00 am - With all 21 precincts reporting, unofficial vote totals show that incumbents Don Burroway and Paul Humpfer plus newcomer Jeffrey Sabbe have won three 4-year term seats o...