Dann Gire
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'Puss' returns in purr-fectly charming animated taleOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - "Puss in Boots" is the cat's meow! With Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek supplying the leading characters' voices, this buckleswashing 3-D animated comedy has tons of t...
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'Anonymous' suffers from identity crisisOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - Here's a listless historical drama that screams ... no, begs to be a comedy. It's titled "Anonymous" and it has been directed by Roland Emmerich, a German filmmaker mos...
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Great idea botched in 'Time'-ly sci-fi thrillerOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - In the future, time isn't money. Time is life. The unsettling ideas to be found in "In Time," Andrew Niccol's disturbing glimpse of the near future, are the substance ...
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African-made zombie movie rises above Romero rip-offsOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'The Dead' At least when the U.K.'s Ford brothers rip off George Romero's zombie formula - an Armageddon of cannibalistic, shuffling corpses that can ...
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Jade Whaley on social mediaOct 25, 2011 5:30 am - Ÿ Follow her on Twitter, @JadeDance99 Ÿ Like her fan page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/pages/Jade-Whaley/237203702989066?sk=info#!/pages/Jade-Whaley/237203702989066...
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Lombard dancer makes her mark on 'Shake it Up!'Oct 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Lately, when Jade Whaley is out in public, she'll get stares and shy waves from parents and children. Some people have asked for an autograph or a photo, and a few of he...
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'Snowmen' could have been something biggerOct 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: 'Snowmen' Here's a cleverly constructed, smart family movie unfortunately given the ABC "Afterschool Special" treatment by writer/director Robert...
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'Mighty Macs' loses points for sports film clichesOct 19, 2011 11:00 pm - "The Mighty Macs" tells an extremely inspirational story, yet tells it in a most uninspirational way. I suppose people who like underdog sports movies to be surprise-de...
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Wheeling artist lands in HollywoodOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - As he sat in class at Wheeling High School, David Tuber doodled in the margins of his notebook paper. Now those doodles, which he saved and cut into long rectangular str...
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Flight 191 memorial unveiled with joy and sorrowOct 15, 2011 12:00 am - Mike Zaniolo was a 21-year-old college student working as an intern at Motorola in Schaumburg 32 years ago when he heard about the crash of American Airlines Flight 191....