Dann Gire
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Ex-Buffalo Grove resident, Grammy Award-winning pianist returnsMar 24, 2015 5:30 am - Out of the blue one day, Cory Smythe got a call from famous classical violinist Hilary Hahn, asking him to be a last-minute pianist fill-in at her concert in New York Ci...
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'Gunman' director Pierre Morel: 'I'm just having fun'Mar 21, 2015 6:45 am - French cinematographer and director Pierre Morel created one of the best action movies ever made in 2004's "District B-13," a love affair with the breathlessly exciting ...
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Residents witness how DuPage's water worksMar 20, 2015 11:00 pm - The Elmhurst Quarry can hold an estimated 2.7 billion gallons of water if it needs to. It's needed to only once since it began functioning as a flood storage facility ba...
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Reel life: After Hours screens 'Mr. Turner'Mar 19, 2015 6:15 am - Film critics notebook: The After Hours Film Society presents Mike Leigh's drama “Mr. Turner” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave...
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'Walking Deceased' more gross-out than cleverMar 19, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: “The Walking Deceased” “Did humor get killed off with the zombie apocalypse, too?” Sheriff Lincoln asks. “No,” replies Boston, a guy he's just run into...
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'It Follows' flips teen horror genre on its headMar 19, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: "It Follows" David Robert Mitchell's sexual terror fest "It Follows" is exactly like something we've seen before - in those nightmares where we become the t...
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'Hunting Ground' a searing look at college rape cultureMar 19, 2015 5:15 am - Mini-review: "The Hunting Ground" I had to stop watching Kirby Dick's documentary "The Hunting Ground" two or three times just to vent some momentary rage: rage against ...
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Gire: Penn's laughable 'Gunman' misses every markMar 19, 2015 5:00 am - Significantly, "The Gunman" stages its dramatic climax at a bullfighting ring in Spain's Catalonia, which outlawed the sport three years ago. Peter Morel's guns-ablazin'...
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Gire: 'Insurgent' pushes visual effects at the expense of plot, characterMar 18, 2015 1:30 pm - Neil Berger's "Divergent," the first movie based on Barrington author Veronica Roth's science-fiction novels, begged comparisons with the similarly themed "The Hunger Ga...
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Geneva Film Fest continues through SaturdayMar 12, 2015 6:00 am - Geneva convention The eighth annual Geneva Film Festival continues through Saturday, March 14, in Dodson Place at 416 South Second St., Geneva. Sponsored by the Cu...