Dann Gire
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A pitch for 10 of the best baseball moviesApr 19, 2013 6:00 am - This week marks the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic 1947 major league debut that opened the gates of professional baseball for minorities. And Brian Helge...
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'To the Wonder' is visual, if not prosaic, poetryApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life review: "To the Wonder" Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" will go down in the history books as the final movie officially reviewed by the late Chicago critic ...
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Sharp sci-fi thriller about memories forgets characters, not actionApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - I knew nothing about Joseph Kosinski's science fiction thriller "Oblivion" when I sat down for a press screening Tuesday at the Navy Pier IMAX Theater in Chicago. I jus...
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Boyle's 'Trance' a heady thriller laced with violenceApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - I had really hoped to see Danny Boyle's mind-twisting crime thriller "Trance" a few more hundred times before I reviewed it, just to make sure I understood it better, an...
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'Company' doesn't drum up the tension it needsApr 11, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "The Company You Keep" It's no "Three Days of the Condor." Maybe a day and-a-half. Two days tops of Robert Redford's 1975 spy thriller in which h...
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Feel-good '42' steals a base for social justiceApr 11, 2013 4:00 am - "42" is an old-fashioned sports underdog drama that follows the historic, inspirational story of Jackie Robinson, the first black ballplayer to break into the lily-white...
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Three win narrow victories on Hampshire board of trusteesApr 09, 2013 5:40 pm - In an unofficial tally during Tuesday night elections, Martin F. Ebert, Michael John Reid, Jr. and George E. Brust won four-year terms on the Hampshire board of trustees...
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Four incumbents return to District 38 school boardApr 09, 2013 5:40 pm - @X BTO Byline attribution italic:dgire@dailyherald.com Four incumbents edged out challenger Pauletta Moody Tuesday to return to the Big Hollow School District 38 board. ...
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Incumbent, two newcomers elected to District 56 boardApr 09, 2013 5:40 pm - Voters returned incumbent James Blockinger to the Gurnee Elementary District 56 board Tuesday, also electing newcomers Mark Pos and Odie Pahl to 4-year terms. With all 1...
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Newcomers take all seats in Mundelein Dist. 120Apr 09, 2013 4:44 pm - Incumbent Robert A. Paliani, who campaigned on completing “unfinished business,” lost his bid for re-election to the Mundelein High School District 120 board on Tuesday....