Dann Gire
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Hoffman Estates native now a Hollywood VPJan 14, 2014 4:30 am - When Hoffman Estates native Bill Wohlken began his Hollywood career as a lowly production assistant, he would fetch Double Stuf Oreos for Rosanne Barr. Or buy a bra for ...
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Warner Bros. earns lump of coal from local SantasJan 11, 2014 12:07 pm - They expressed feelings of disappointment. Charges of un-Santa-like behavior. “It’s going to hurt the children,” Charlie Miehle of Carol Stream said. “They’re going to m...
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Swear words used like assault weapons in ‘Wolf’Jan 10, 2014 5:00 am - Dear Dann: I just heard that “The Wolf of Wall Street” set a record for profanity. I find it funny that for this sex romp of a movie, the biggest buzz is about language....
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Dour 'Adventurer' anything but an adventureJan 09, 2014 4:45 am - 'The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box' "This is horrible!" Sacha the seamstress says. "I have to get out of here!" She stole the thoughts right out of my brain a...
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Tracy Letts' 'August' makes for a raw, brutal, comically laced dramaJan 09, 2014 4:30 am - Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play "August: Osage County" originated in 2007 at Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre before moving to Broadway and winning the...
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Lean, mean military drama deserves SEAL of approvalJan 09, 2014 4:30 am - Lean and mean as a U.S. Marine, Peter Berg's fact-based military drama "Lone Survivor" contains zero percent narrative body fat. During the opening credits, Berg whisks...
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No more risky business for suburban star of 'Stand Your Ground'Jan 07, 2014 4:30 am - You've probably seen more of actress/model Francine Locke than you realize. Remember the 1983 Chicago-set movie "Risky Business"? When high school student Tom Cruise dr...
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Wartime horror paves way to Polish mystery in 'Aftermath'Jan 02, 2014 4:45 am - Wladyslaw Pasikowski's Polish dramatic thriller"Aftermath" makes for one strange and power-packed movie genre mash-up. Jan Duszynski's nerve-jangling score combines wit...
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Dann & Raymond's winning 'Woofers'Jan 02, 2014 4:30 am - The greatest dog movies in history? We've got'em when I join film historian/novelist Raymond Benson to present “Hollywood Woofers: Dogs in the Movies.” It's part of Dann...
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Fact-based dramas lead Dann's best movies of 2013Dec 27, 2013 5:00 am - It's rare that I can ever fill out my entire top 10 best movies of the year with all four-star films. Picky, I guess. This year, all of the top 10 films earned four sta...