Dann Gire
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Unlikeably dumb characters permeate 'Jackpot'Jun 26, 2014 5:45 am - It's probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens' violent black comedy "Jackpot." You don't want to become attached to any of thes...
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'Ivory Tower' questions necessity of college educationJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - WBEZ recently reported how two young married doctors couldn't get a mortgage approval because of their staggering student debt. This report would fit right in with Andre...
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Haggis' 'Third Person' a crash course in ambitious dramaJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - "Watch me." A disembodied child's voice utters this during the opening scene of Paul Haggis' interlocked trilogy "Third Person." We hear the words as a novelist named Mi...
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5 questions for 'Ivory Tower' directorJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - 5 Qs for 'Ivory' director "Ivory Tower" director Andrew Rossi graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law for two years before becoming a fil...
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We've all seen 'They Came Together' beforeJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - Let's face it. Romantic comedies are easy targets for lampoons and parodies. Yet, David Wain's suggestively titled "They Came Together" never goes for the jugular when i...
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Bay's latest 'Transformers' sequel a lengthy, noisy ordealJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - "That's a bad idea!" an Autobot says. "But I'm all about bad ideas." So is "Transformers: Age of Extinction," Michael Bay's fourth toy car-inspired "Transformers" opus a...
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Libertyville editor helped cut 'Fault in Our Stars'Jun 23, 2014 1:00 am - The camera crew filmed a scene in "The Fault in Our Stars" where Hazel (Shailene Woodley) makes herself a cup of tea while talking to her mom. The tea-making part got cu...
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Disappointing 'Jersey Boys' hangs on to stage feelJun 19, 2014 5:30 am - The closing credits to Clint Eastwood's clunky cinematic take on Broadway's Tony-winning jukebox show "Jersey Boys" resemble a full-blown Bollywood musical finale. Cast ...
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Artistically crafted 'Rover' a bleak post-apocalyptic visionJun 19, 2014 5:00 am - David Michod might be completely correct in how his post-apocalyptic drama "The Rover" depicts the world - at least Australia, the story's setting - 10 years after a gre...
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Reel life: Catch special movie screenings in the suburbsJun 19, 2014 5:00 am - Film critics notebook ● The After Hours Film Society presents "Finding Vivian Maier" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 23, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Gro...