Dann Gire
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Reel life: 'Cannibal Holocaust,' 'Shining' get screeningsJan 08, 2015 4:00 am - Film critics notebook: The special effects depicting violence in 1980's "Cannibal Holocaust" proved to be so realistic that director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on cha...
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'Predestination' twists, turns through paradoxical plotJan 08, 2015 4:00 am - Mini-review: 'Predestination' Film critics love the descriptive words "trippy" and "brain-gouging" (more the former than the latter), and they will never be better emplo...
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Fitness Expo motivates those New Year's resolutions in Arlington HeightsJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - It's the first week of 2015, and we all know what that means, don't we? Sure we do. Time to turn our New Year's resolutions for better health and fitness into a sparkli...
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Police search for suspect in Addison bank robberyJan 03, 2015 12:01 am - Authorities are still searching for the man wearing a white beanie hat, black jacket and jeans who Friday afternoon robbed the Bank of America, 350 W. North Ave., Addiso...
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Gire: Dann & Raymond look at BondJan 02, 2015 4:45 am - Film critic's notebook Blast in the new year with Raymond Benson and me as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "The Films of Connery. Sean Connery" at 7:30 p.m. Thursd...
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'Goldbergs' co-star splits time between Park Ridge, HollywoodDec 30, 2014 4:00 am - Sean Giambrone is a 15-year-old suburban kid with a double life. For half of his year, he's a normal Maine South High School sophomore, playing soccer and video games wi...
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Jazzy 'Whiplash' leads a most violent year of excellence in cinemaDec 26, 2014 4:45 am - Sometimes, I know exactly which movie will become my best of the year. "The Right Stuff" in 1983. "Pulp Fiction" in 1994. "E.T." in 1982. See? Easy peasy. But most times...
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Our picks for some of the year's best performancesDec 25, 2014 4:00 am - More best of 2014 Best performance by an actor: Eddie Redmayne for his transparent portrait of scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” Best perform...
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'Zero Motivation' jumps around a lot for a military comedyDec 25, 2014 4:00 am - Mini-review: 'Zero Motivation' Talya Lavie's military comedy "Zero Motivation" has been aptly described as "Private Benjamin" meets "M*A*S*H*" meets "Office Space," and ...
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Jolie goes for broke in 'Unbroken'Dec 24, 2014 4:15 am - No wonder Angelina Jolie's World War II drama "Unbroken" beams with technical craftsmanship and meticulous attention to detail. To tell the more-amazing-than-fiction sur...