Dann Gire
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Movie trailers: Why do they have to ruin it?Dec 05, 2013 4:30 am - Filmgoers enemy No. 1 Two more reasons why TV commercials and trailers represent the greatest threat to the quality of the moviegoing experience: Ÿ TV commercials and ...
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Doc reveals almost all about alluring Bettie PageDec 05, 2013 4:30 am - One-fourth of a percentage grade point might have changed Bettie Page's future way back in her Tennessee high school. That tiny fraction awarded her the title of class ...
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Comical Carol Stream kid hits Broadway, and now TV LandDec 03, 2013 4:30 am - Carol Stream native Eric Petersen owes his acting career to three seemingly unconnected events at Glenbard North High School. 1. He lasted about two weeks on the footbal...
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Dann & Raymond talk Sean ConneryNov 29, 2013 5:00 am - Sean Connery revealed Join me and film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "Connery. Sean Connery: A Life in the Movies" at7:30 p.m. Thursd...
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'Contracted' certainly shocks, but feels unfinishedNov 29, 2013 4:30 am - Eric England's indie horror thriller "Contracted"combines the styles of two of the genre's giants. From David Cronenberg, England's movie makes liberal use of the Canad...
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Once an opera soloist, Hawthorn Woods singer happy in chorus at the MetNov 27, 2013 11:00 am - In show after show across the U.S., crowds yelled “Brava!” after opera soprano Kate Mangiameli performed. The Hawthorn Woods native thrived as a freelance soloist for 10...
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'Oldboy' an apathetic, violent remakeNov 27, 2013 5:00 am - Viewers unfamiliar with Park Chan-wook's original 2003 Korean production of "Oldboy" might be shocked by graphic violent acts and eye-poppingly frank sexual encounters i...
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Franco's creepy Gator aids botched action thrillerNov 26, 2013 5:00 am - In Gary Fleder's Southern-fried "Homefront," James Franco plays a bad-old boy with the wonderfully rank, white trashy name Gator Bodine (rhymes with "bovine"). He runs a...
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'Frozen' covers familiar Disney terrain with added surprisesNov 26, 2013 5:00 am - The 3-D musical "Frozen" may not rank as a great Walt Disney animated classic, but it still packs breathtaking scenes, welcome moments of visual and verbal hilarity, plu...
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Cinematic stockings runneth over in holiday film seasonNov 22, 2013 5:00 am - Time again to prepare for the annual ritual of Hollywood studios donning Santa suits, visiting our local theaters and stocking their stockings with plenty of Oscar bait....