Dann Gire
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Fast, funny Mt. Prospect actress Rosa Blasi tells allMay 29, 2012 5:30 am - Rosa Blasi remembers when she auditioned for Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. The director looked at Blasi's TV-packed resume and quietly asked an associate, "What...
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'Hysteria' interesting, but doesn't quite hit the spotMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Hysteria' If Walt Disney had actually created a movie about the invention of the electric vibrator, it would look exactly like Tanya Wexler's sa...
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'MIB 3' light years better than last sequelMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Here's one for the Hollywood record books: a second sequel that's better than the first. Ten years have passed since we last saw Agents K and J quell alien aggression i...
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Despite a low-key suburban life, Styx guitarist still rockin' on tourMay 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Styx has put out nearly a dozen albums since the band's heyday in the 1970s and early '80s, but few people other than die-hard fans have ever heard them. Once, in an ef...
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Lebanese filmmaker: 'I made this film because I've had enough'May 17, 2012 5:00 pm - Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki came to Chicago last week to promote her comic battle-of-the-sexes movie, "Where Do We Go Now?" opening this weekend at the Century Cent...
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Too much is too much in crime-inspired 'Bernie'May 17, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Bernie' I have the same fundamental problem with Richard Linklater's "Bernie" as I had with Sam Mendes' Oscar-winning drama "American Beauty." Both m...
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Filmmaker's psych degree comes in handy for 'Hysteria'May 15, 2012 5:30 am - For Tanya Wexler, being a filmmaker requires the dual qualities of arrogance and naiveté. "Arrogance in that you're the person who's supposed to be running and d...
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Hollywood falls back on familiar franchises for summerMay 11, 2012 6:00 am - Is it just me, or are there more colons in this summer's movie titles than in most doctors' offices? Let's see. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days." "Step Up: Revolution....
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Vamp camp sucks fun from 'Dark Shadows'May 10, 2012 6:00 am - Call it a bad idea, executed poorly. Tim Burton's campy remake of ABC's hilariously serious 1966-1971 cult horror soap opera "Dark Shadows" fails to be extremely funny ...
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'God Bless' satirizes what's wrong with AmericaMay 10, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life review: "God Bless America" Bobcat Goldthwait's acidic black comedy "God Bless America" napalms everything that's gone wrong with our great country, and suppl...