Dann Gire
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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...
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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...