Dann Gire
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'Think Too' pulls its comic punches with PG-13 rated restraintJun 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Tim Story's comedy sequel "Think Like a Man Too" plays like a neutered version of the original "The Hangover." Performers in Las Vegas strip clubs don't really strip. Sh...
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Oscar nominee from Oswego sees 'beautiful people' in prisonsJun 16, 2014 1:00 am - Filmmaker Edgar Barens is going back to jail. In fact, the Oswego native is going to 50 prisons this fall, showing inmates and wardens his Oscar-nominated documentar...
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'Signal' a sci-fi thriller big on style, short on senseJun 12, 2014 6:00 am - Imagine a full-blown art house science-fiction thriller photographed with such luminous, pristine symmetry that Stanley Kubrick would love it. Add to that a touch of a "...
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Reel life: Catch special 'Friday the 13th' screaming, er, screeningJun 12, 2014 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: • In my hometown of downstate Charleston, the local Will Rogers Theater would often run a special bill of horror movies on Friday the 13th. So, I ...
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'Supermensch' a doc about colorful agent Shep GordonJun 12, 2014 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon' Shep Gordon has to be a documentary maker's dream subject, one so colorful and astonishing no screenwriter could po...
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'Jump Street' sequel misfires a lot, but hits a few funny bonesJun 12, 2014 5:00 am - "22 Jump Street" could be the greenest comedy sequel of the new century so far, a movie that takes recycling crime caper clichés to absurdist extremes. It comes from Phi...
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Woodstock-born makeup artist creates memorable TV, movie looksJun 09, 2014 1:01 am - "I'm Hollywood's best kept secret," Mike Smithson said. He could be right. The Woodstock-born makeup artist's impressive resume reads like a pop culture album of greate...
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Reel life: Trailers of the past weren't spoilersJun 05, 2014 5:30 am - Down with trailers! I hate most movie trailers. I avoid them at all costs before I see the actual movies because, as I have learned the hard way, they can ruin the joke...
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Elgin native sounds off on Hollywood successJun 02, 2014 1:00 am - He's worked on 90 episodes of the TV series "Star Trek Enterprise," four seasons of "Star Trek Voyager" and one season of "Star Trek Deep Space Nine." And yet, you've ne...
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MacFarlane goes gunning for yuks in 'Million Ways to Die'May 29, 2014 5:30 am - It's not as hot as Mel Brooks' classic "Blazing Saddles." Yet, Seth MacFarlane's loopy, self-conscious, kitchen-sink comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" guns down...