Dann Gire
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Will serious fare freeze out feel-good films this season?Nov 23, 2014 5:30 am - What do you call soldiers being tortured, bosses being horrible, five armies battling, homosexuals being persecuted, girls being abducted and assassins being recruited? ...
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'Beautiful 3' holds a mirror up to nation's cultureNov 20, 2014 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'America the Beautiful 3: The Sexualization of Our Youth' Chicago filmmaker Darryl Roberts is fairly blunt about what he wants us to take away from his doc ...
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Reel life: 4 questions for Darryl RobertsNov 20, 2014 5:00 am - 4 Qs for Darryl Roberts Q. What inspired you to take two years out of your life to create "America the Beautiful 3"? A. I wanted to locate a childhood friend and I went ...
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'Foxcatcher' a dark autopsy of the American dreamNov 20, 2014 4:45 am - It might sound nutty to compare Steve Carell's superbly layered performance as billionaire John du Pont in "Foxcatcher" to that of Anthony Perkins' superbly layered perf...
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Gire: 5 essential Mike Nichols filmsNov 20, 2014 12:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Mike Nichols' influence in entertainment and culture was staggering, bold and widespread. But in the movies, he created ic...
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Gire: Undernourished 'Mockingjay' fails to feed 'Hunger Games' franchiseNov 18, 2014 10:00 pm - "Mockingjay, Part 1," the third in "The Hunger Games" film series, could go either the way of "Return of the Jedi" (worst of a trilogy) or the way of "Return of the King...
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Sounds good: Jacobs grad records audio for TV's top reality showsNov 18, 2014 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Dobosz was not sent to Paris for work, worked in the camera department and not as a cameraman on “Starting...
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Murderer back to face charges Zion girls' killingNov 15, 2014 11:01 pm - Convicted killer Jorge Alvi Torrez, a Zion native and former U.S. Marine, has been returned to Lake County to stand trial in the notorious 2005 slaying of two girls in Z...
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Hearing set for suspect in Round Lake Beach shootingNov 15, 2014 12:00 am - A South suburban man charged in the Nov. 8 slaying of a Round Lake Beach resident will receive a preliminary hearing on Dec. 10. Jeremy Anderson, 36, of Chicago Heights,...
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Romance goes 'Beyond' the clichesNov 13, 2014 5:00 am - I am not normally a fan of movies that romanticize and glorify ethics-challenged, edgy sexual relationships between professional protectors and the very people they've b...