Dann Gire
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Gire: 'Yves Saint Laurent' not as inspirational as it should beAug 28, 2014 5:30 am - If you'll excuse the wording, Jalil Lespert's bio-drama “Yves Saint Laurent” is ill-suited to tell the story of the French fashion wunderkind who, at 21, took over Chris...
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Gire: 'Strange' more a human drama than a love storyAug 28, 2014 5:30 am - Contrary to the title, the love between Ben and George doesn't seem any stranger than a regular heterosexual couple after clocking 39 years of togetherness. Ben, a paint...
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Gire: Blue Whiskey series presents 'When Harry Met Sally'Aug 28, 2014 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: The Blue Whiskey Cinema Series continues its mission to reacquaint the public with marvelous movies by showing Rob Reiner's 1989 romantic comedy ...
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'The November Man' more James bomb than BondAug 26, 2014 11:00 pm - YouTube Pierce Brosnan, the fifth actor to play secret agent 007 in the movies, returns to the spy game in Roger Donaldson's confusing, silly thriller, based on #8220;Th...
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Zombie, minister, nerd: Actor from Arlington Hts. does it allAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - YouTube Then the Arlington Heights kid grew up to be the guy in the movies, and in Gire's column. Healy, 42, built a career as a Hollywood actor in a wide range of roles...
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Gire: Congratulations to teen film fest winnersAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Teens win film fest! Congratulations to the student filmmakers who took home the prizes at the Eighth Annual Teen Film Festival sponsored by the Arlington Heights M...
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Gire: Don't 'Stay' for this disappointing filmAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - The moment Chloe Grace Moretz's voice-over narration dredges up the moldy philosophical chestnut, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans," you know t...
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Gire: 'Italy' good, but not as good as its predecessorAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Mini review: "The Trip to Italy" If you loved Michael Winterbottom's highly improvised, 2010 comic travelogue "The Trip," you will probably like its sequel "The Trip to ...
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Gire: 'Possession' possesses underwhelming scaresAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - I have seen "The Possession of Michael King" so many times before - under other titles and with different casts - that it no longer possesses the power to shock me, amus...
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Gire: 'Are You Here' doesn't step up to the challengeAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Mini review: "Are You Here" The only way that writer/director Matthew Weiner's anemic comic buddy movie could have been saved would be if co-stars Owen Wilson and Zach G...