Dann Gire
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'Draft Day' sacked by fumbled direction, dumbed-down dialogueApr 10, 2014 5:30 am - We suspect there will be something more to Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver than initially meets our eyes. Look carefully at his office and you'll see a lar...
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Beefed-up short 'Oculus' an impressive creepfestApr 10, 2014 5:00 am - I saw Mike Flanagan's hair-raising horror short film "Oculus" at 2007's Microcinema Fest in Palatine, where it deservedly won the "Best of the Fest" award. Seven years l...
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'Austin Powers' role gold for Buffalo Grove nativeApr 08, 2014 5:30 am - At 13, Buffalo Grove kid Aaron Himelstein saw "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" and became obsessed. So much so that while working on the Steppenwolf Theatre...
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Reel life: The goods and bads of 'Noah'Apr 03, 2014 5:00 am - 'Noah' better biblical epic? I greatly admire Darren Aronofsky's ambitious vision and epic execution of his biblical drama “Noah,” but several minor stumbling block...
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'Lemurs' doc pedestrian to the IMAXApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - Morgan Freeman's mellifluous voice-over narration practically lulls us into a hypnotic state as he tells us that lemurs have occupied the earth for 60 million years as o...
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'In the Blood' a honeymoon of horrorApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - The last time we saw powder keg action star Gina Carano, she busted Channing Tatum's butt all over a diner during the explosive opening sequence of Steven Soderbergh's u...
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'Captain America' sequel a mixed bag of action, clichesApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - During a key moment in "Captain America: Winter Soldier," Natasha Romanoff, alias Black Widow, pulls a gun on a Nazi-inspired Hydra leader whose finger rests on a button...
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Hoffman Estates cameraman focuses on HollywoodApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - David Seekins' job as a Hollywood cameraman comes with rewards — travel, shooting cool action scenes and hobnobbing with celebrities. But the job also requires long hour...
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Reel life: Join Dann for more comedy clipsMar 27, 2014 5:00 am - That's comedy, part 2 Join me and film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents Part 2 of its Greatest Comedy Movies of All Time. It's at 7:30 p....
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Reel life: Bateman breaks out as 'Words' directorMar 20, 2014 6:00 am - Baiting Bateman Time to play Five Questions with Jason Bateman, the popular and critically acclaimed actor now making his directorial debut with “Bad Words,” openin...