Dann Gire
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Reel life: 'Macbeth,' 'Kane' screenings honor WellesMay 15, 2014 5:45 am - Film critics notebook: • The first Orson Welles Film Festival takes place over the weekend at the Woodstock Theatre in Woodstock with four of the master's cinematic...
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'For No Good Reason' a visual tribute to Ralph SteadmanMay 15, 2014 5:45 am - Charlie Paul's “For No Good Reason” isn't content to be a mere documentary about British artist Ralph Steadman. It aspires to be a work of art about an artist. To that e...
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'Chef' celebrates food and the people who make itMay 15, 2014 5:45 am - In the comic family confection "Chef," the elaborate food dishes threaten to render human cast members tasteless and irrelevant as star Jon Favreau directs the familiar ...
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Formula sports underdog drama throws a narrative curve ballMay 15, 2014 5:00 am - The advertising slogan to Walt Disney's new baseball drama "Million Dollar Arm" states, "Sometimes to win, you have to change the game." You get a sense that director Cr...
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'Godzilla' more floundering than terrifyingMay 14, 2014 11:30 pm - Someday, a Hollywood studio will produce a "Godzilla" remake that reminds us just how terrifying a good monster movie can be, while still establishing disturbing connect...
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Downers Grove barber becomes BET comicMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - T. Murph's friend was whispering on the phone. "Did anybody call you yet?" his friend said excitedly. "You have to act like you don't know. But you got it." "It," was a ...
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Generic characters, cheap animation thwart 'Legend' of blahsMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - The merry old land of Oz ceases being so merry in the cheaply animated, generically written "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return." Dorothy (voiced by Lea Michele) doesn't re...
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This 'Moms' Night' out of humor, wit, insight, laughsMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - Happy Mother's Day Weekend! At least it will be until people take their unsuspecting mothers to "Moms' Night Out," a screechy, vapid, childish domestic comedy that makes...
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'Neighbors' a crude stroll down funny side of streetMay 08, 2014 5:00 am - Two things catapult Nicholas Stoller's hilariously crass, low-class comedy "Neighbors" into the stratosphere of adult fun. First, constant surprises go off like strings ...
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It's time for the Chicago Critics Film FestivalMay 08, 2014 5:00 am - Critics film fest flies! The second annual Chicago Critics Film Festival begins Friday night, May 9, at the Music Box Theatre (musicboxtheatre.com) with the Midwest prem...