Dann Gire
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Strong characters at heart of 'Love'May 09, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Love is All You Need" Very few movies can tell us the secret to happiness, but that's exactly what Susanne Bier's not-so gentle romantic comedy ...
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New 'Star Trek' movie beams up Fremd gradMay 07, 2013 5:15 am - Jon Lee Brody did not know what movie he had been cast in until he showed up for wardrobe and saw the uniform. "Am I in a 'Star Trek' movie?" the Palatine native asked....
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Sequels lead remakes, franchises in dominating summer cinemaMay 03, 2013 6:00 am - There's a lot of No. 2 coming to local movie screens this summer. "Despicable Me 2." "Grown-Ups 2." "RED 2," "Smurfs 2," "2 Guns" and so on. Technically speaking, "Sta...
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'At Any Price' digs deepMay 02, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'At Any Price' "Am I a happy man?" Iowa farmer Henry Whipple asks his neighbors. "How could I not be?" "At Any Price," writer/director Ramin Bah...
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3rd time's a charmer for 'Iron Man'May 01, 2013 12:00 pm - "Iron Man 3" comes in 3-D, which means that in addition to dodging numerous explosions and punches, we've got to duck a plethora of witticisms, surprises and humorous as...
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Big laughs, big hearts in 'Big Wedding'Apr 25, 2013 9:00 pm - "The Big Wedding" produces big laughs from big hearts. It effortlessly pivots from hilarity to sentiment, often hitting the funny bone and plucking the heart strings si...
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Should factual errors detract from a movie's enjoyability?Apr 25, 2013 6:00 am - A phony 'Call' Hi, Dann: I am a media rep for TracFone Wireless and recently read your review of "The Call" (released March 15). I'm writing because I have an important...
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'Arthur Newman' a walk on the mild sideApr 25, 2013 6:00 am - Dante Ariola's studied drama "Arthur Newman" proves to be just about as bland and generic as the title character's name suggests. This movie, written by Becky Johnson, ...
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Michael Bay's latest all 'Pain,' no 'Gain'Apr 25, 2013 6:00 am - Had the Coen brothers or Quentin Tarantino directed "Pain & Gain," we would have been treated to a wildly violent, acidically comic deconstruction of the American dream ...
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Gilberts filmmaker finds the Force of 'Star Wars' in familiesApr 23, 2013 5:15 am - Cris Macht and his sister had gone with their dad to see the original "Star Wars." All Macht remembers is that they had to wait an hour and half in line to see the movie...