Dann Gire
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Bromance is anything but that awesome 'Moment'Jan 30, 2014 4:45 am - First, let's start with the stunted screenplay, which could sure use a few choice adjectives besides "awesome." "That's awesome," Jason says. "How awesome is that?" Da...
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Reitman's 'Labor Day' a confusing, cooked-up affairJan 30, 2014 4:30 am - Jason Reitman's adult romance “Labor Day” presents a moving but muddled middle-aged variation on the classic adolescent girl's romantic bad-boy fantasy. Josh Brolin, ema...
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How Barrington native landed regular ‘NCIS’ roleJan 28, 2014 4:30 am - People might openly mock the 2003 “American Idol”-inspired movie “From Justin to Kelly,” but actor Brian Dietzen thinks of the film fondly. That’s because it was the Ba...
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'Invisible Woman' tells tale of Dickens' lovesJan 23, 2014 5:00 am - In a less-crowded year of Oscar-caliber contenders, Ralph Fiennes' impeccably mounted period drama "The Invisible Woman" might have garnered more Academy Award nominatio...
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Vanessa Hudgens shines in bleak 'Gimme Shelter'Jan 23, 2014 4:00 am - In the tradition of "All is Lost," "Gravity" and "Lone Survivor," Ron Krauss' mirthless soap operatic "Gimme Shelter" presents a tale of personal survival, the story of ...
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Schaumburg High grad glides into commercial successJan 21, 2014 3:30 am - For Schaumburg native Michael R. Carlson, “I get by with a little help from my friends” isn't just an expression from a Beatles song; it's the key to his showbiz success...
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Hair stylists get brushed off in Oscar nomsJan 16, 2014 9:10 am - Not to split hairs, but the voters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got everything right in the Oscar nominations announced Thursday morning. Except fo...
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Jon Heder's in town screening 'Napoleon Dynamite'Jan 16, 2014 5:00 am - Film notes Ÿ Cult star Jon Heder drops by the suburbs this weekend to introduce showings of his movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” for which he was reportedly paid a paltry...
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'Ride Along' fueled by verbal, visual clichésJan 16, 2014 4:45 am - The generic cop/buddy action comedy "Ride Along" rides along on Ice Cube's fixed scowl, Kevin Hart's broken attention span and Phil Hay's murdered screenplay, knocked of...
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These ‘Wolves’ can’t get much bigger or badderJan 16, 2014 4:45 am - The bleak and brutal Israeli-made child killer thriller “Big Bad Wolves” delivers well-crafted torture porn with a faint conscience. The majority of action in “Big Bad W...