Dann Gire
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Numerous nominations mean little when it comes to Oscar winsFeb 21, 2014 5:00 am - The Academy Awards won't be handed out until March 2. Meanwhile, as bookies and film fans go about determining odds and predicting the winners, it's time to remember a h...
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Numerous nominations mean little when it comes to Oscar winsFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - Numerous nominations can mean little when it comes to Oscar wins
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Arcada hosts Shirley Temple film festFeb 20, 2014 5:00 am - Critic's notebook • Attention Shirley Temple fans! A Shirley Temple Film Festival will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main...
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Gorgeous, dreamy 'The Wind Rises' drifts through Japanese historyFeb 20, 2014 4:45 am - "Airplanes are beautiful dreams," says Caproni, an Italian airship designer who periodically drops into the daydream fantasies of a young Japanese student, Jiro, to offe...
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Nuanced performances flounder in familiar 'In Secret'Feb 20, 2014 4:00 am - It's "Double Indemity," "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Body Heat" all wrapped-up in an Oliver-twisted French setting. Actually, Charlie Stratton's guilt-saturated...
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Four-decade actress started out at Elk Grove HighFeb 18, 2014 4:30 am - Stephanie Faracy's showbiz career began at Elk Grove High School when she was cast as Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker.” “That was the first time I understood you c...
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Arcada to pay tribute to Shirley TempleFeb 18, 2014 4:30 am - The Arcada Theatre will host a Shirley Temple Film Festival beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22. The tribute at the Arcada, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles, will featu...
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Comically overstated romantic fantasy not one to loveFeb 13, 2014 5:00 am - Ever arrived really late to a movie and then spent a half-hour trying to figure out who the main characters are and what they're doing? That's how I felt watching Akiva ...
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'Vermeer' doc chronicles painter's obsessionFeb 13, 2014 4:00 am - The documentary "Tim's Vermeer" chronicles one man's obsession. Sheer, unbridled, unstoppable obsession, no different from in Werner Herzog's 1982 classic "Fitzcarraldo"...
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Reel life: Ebert documentary director to speakFeb 13, 2014 4:00 am - 'Life' director to speak During Roger Ebert's final days in April of 2013, the Chicago film critic was exchanging emails with Chicago director Steve James, who was shoot...