Dann Gire
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'Zero Dark Thirty' tops Dann Gire's list of best movies of the yearDec 27, 2012 10:00 pm - The "Twilight" series finally bit the dusk. James Bond returned with a vengeance. The Dark Knight rose one last time. It was a very good year for the movies. Here are...
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Worst movie of the year? Try 'Joyful Noise'Dec 27, 2012 4:00 am - Reel Life 2012 notes: Ÿ 2012 proved that the No. 1 cause of ruined movie experiences for patrons wasn't rude viewers. Or bad popcorn. Or out-of-focus screens. It's ...
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'Promised Land' a cynical tale of sales and selloutsDec 27, 2012 4:00 am - Gus Van Sant's restrained examination of personal ethics, shady business practices, energy exploitation and community desperation takes the opposite approach from formul...
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Mannheim Steamroller puts Lombard native center stage for Christmas concertsDec 25, 2012 6:00 am - Becky Kia doesn't listen to Christmas music this time of year. That's because her job is to play Christmas music, night after night. Kia, a native of Lombard, is the l...
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Tarantino rides high in the saddle with 'Django'Dec 24, 2012 10:00 am - In its own culture-critical, cracked-out, explosively overblown way, "Django Unchained" represents Quentin Tarantino's idea of a warm and fuzzy comic romance - with grap...
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'Worlds Away' an emotionally underwhelming 3-D spectacleDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3-D" isn't a great movie by any stretch of the back muscles, but it can't be beat as a 91-minute commercial for the organization's live ci...
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Survival thriller 'Impossible' perfect blend of danger, humanityDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'The Impossible' "The Impossible" ranks as the greatest vacation-gone-bad movie of all-time so far. Plus, it's one of the most intense, tautest a...
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Crime thriller 'Reacher' a reach for CruiseDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - There's no way anyone can watch the opening of Christopher McQuarrie's action thriller "Jack Reacher" - a shooter randomly guns down five people along a Pittsburgh water...
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'Les Mis' translates pop opera into bold musical dramaDec 18, 2012 10:00 pm - From its very first image - an underwater shot of a tattered French flag - "Les Miserables" announces itself as a bold work of cinema, not some stodgy, too-faithful adap...
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Elmhurst's Celozzi driven to Hollywood successDec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Nick Celozzi had a dream that his son, Nick Celozzi II, would go to law school. But no. Young Celozzi wanted to go to Hollywood and become a movie star. "My parents we...