Dann Gire
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Reel life: Meet 'Animals' cast, crew at indie film festMay 29, 2014 5:00 am - 'Animals' loose • If you missed the Chicago-shot drama “Animals” — winner of the Audience Award at this month's Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theat...
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'Chinese Puzzle' tries to tie up loose endsMay 29, 2014 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'Chinese Puzzle' In Cédric Klapisch's French domestic romance "Chinese Puzzle" - the third entry in his "Auberge Espagnole" trilogy - Romain Duris reprises ...
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'Fed Up' takes on weighty issues of food industryMay 22, 2014 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Fed Up' Stephanie Soechtig's potentially life-changing documentary "Fed Up" has the look and feel of an extended "60 Minutes" investigative news segment. E...
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'Ida' revisits shocking treatment of Polish Jews during WWIIMay 22, 2014 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Ida' You could take virtually any shot from director Pawel Pawlikowski's "Ida," put it in a frame and mount it on a wall. The camerawork is that composed a...
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'Blended' a splendid reunion for Sandler, BarrymoreMay 22, 2014 5:30 am - With the surprisingly sweet and restrained "Blended," director Frank Coraci tops himself with a flat-out audience pleaser that bumps up the expectantly low Adam Sandler ...
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Arlington Heights native screens trilogy of shorts in ChicagoMay 22, 2014 5:15 am - Film critic's notebook • Arlington Heights native Collin Souter will show a trilogy of his short films at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark ...
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Epic 'X-men' sequel a Marvelous time-travel adventureMay 20, 2014 11:00 pm - As the title suggests, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" involves time travel, one of the trickiest science-fiction plot devices to effectively pull off in a movie without co...
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Naperville reporter's career takes flight at CNBCMay 19, 2014 7:12 pm - After swimming laps at his health club, CNBC reporter Phil LeBeau went into the locker room and checked his BlackBerry. A source had left him a hot news tip: General Mot...
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Parents' bond $250,000 in Barrington baby's starvationMay 17, 2014 1:00 am - Bond was set at $250,000 each for the parents of a 7-month-old girl who died of malnutrition and starvation Jan. 8 in Barrington. Markisha Jones, 19, and Gene Edwards, ...
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Mutants! Zombies! Angry apes! Summer films heat upMay 16, 2014 5:30 am - Kiddie films scarce, but summer sizzles with sci-fi, thrillers and a whole lot more