Dann Gire
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'Collection' a gory, gruesome, graphic horror flickNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - I had lunch many years ago in Chicago with novelist Stephen King, who told me something he has repeated to others: "I try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I c...
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Hinsdale native composes music for movies, TV, video gamesNov 27, 2012 4:30 am - While other kids his age watched “Sesame Street,” Tyler Bates jammed in his Hinsdale living room to Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder. The cool suburban presch...
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Josh Peck enjoys taking on sacred 'Dawn'Nov 22, 2012 5:00 am - 'Red' dawns on Peck Josh Peck, 26, began as a child actor probably best known for his starring role in the Nickelodeon TV series "Drake & Josh." A few movies later, he'...
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Revealing story behind 'Psycho' fun, but has a few hitchesNov 22, 2012 5:00 am - The showcase scene in Sacha Gervasi's drama "Hitchcock" doesn't take place in a shower, but backstage at the premiere of the 1960 landmark horror thriller "Psycho." Tha...
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Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' a rare, wondrous delightNov 20, 2012 10:00 pm - It begins when a young writer strikes up a conversation with an old man who tells him to find someone named Pi, for he has an amazing story to tell, a story that will ma...
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'Guardians' a frosty, fleet-footed fantasyNov 20, 2012 5:00 am - To clear up any confusion, "Rise of the Guardians" has nothing to do with the 2010 animated feature "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole." The latter was a su...
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Action cliches, perfunctory dialogue attack 'Dawn' remakeNov 20, 2012 5:00 am - You gotta give credit to actors Chris Hemsworth and the two Joshes - Hutcherson and Peck - for trying to infuse their one-dimensional American fighters with as much pers...
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Long Grove man produces Fox News Channel's morning showNov 19, 2012 10:00 pm - It's Brian Tully's job to stay on top of everything that's happening in the world, 24/7. It could be the “fiscal cliff” and fighting in Gaza, or the NHL lockout and what...
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'Hobbit,' 'Les Mis' among season's most-anticipated filmsNov 16, 2012 5:00 am - Nothing says holiday movies like old-fashioned torture horror, or a tsunami disaster, or an ex-soldier vigilante thriller, or a musical about a dying mother. We have al...
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Action, Stewart revive 'Twilight' saga in 'Breaking Dawn 2'Nov 15, 2012 6:00 am - 'Twilight' finale finally embraces over-the-top action