Dann Gire
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Home invasion plot more exhausting than suspensefulOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - Nothing brings a horribly dysfunctional family together better than a good, old-fashioned home invasion. Somewhere in Joel Schumacher's twitchy, jumpy thriller "Trespas...
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'The Woman' is horrifying as well as scaryOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'The Woman' It always amuses me when people go to a horror film and actually become horrified by its ideas and imagery. We've become so numbed by...
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Bird comedy soars after uneasy startOct 13, 2011 4:00 am - What an unexpectedly sweet and life-affirming movie! You would never guess from its dull, unmarketable title and its zany, not-exactly-honest trailers that "The Big Yea...
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Playing doctor pays off for Crystal Lake's Tom AmandesOct 11, 2011 5:15 am - Tom Amandes makes acting look so organically fluid that when he steps in front of a camera, viewers don't think he's doing anything. “You're right,” Amandes agrees. “I”m...
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Clooney's 'Ides' boasts powerhouse castOct 06, 2011 6:00 am - Beware this "Ides of March." George Clooney's political drama isn't just about a Democratic governor's fight to win his party's presidential nomination in the Ohio prim...
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Without common sense, 'Real Steel' left punchyOct 06, 2011 6:00 am - I'm guessing that "Real Steel" will be popular with the same demographic that turned out for "Transformers 3," another special effects action film in which shiny, metall...
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Chicago's Michael Shannon shines in 'Shelter'Oct 06, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Take Shelter' "Take Shelter," Jeff Nichols' art house take on the Hollywood disaster movie, features an intricately subtle, brilliantly nuan...
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Glen Ellyn native makes 'Twilight,' other soundtracksOct 04, 2011 5:00 am - Alexandra Patsavas could have picked any band in the world to be on the new soundtrack "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I." Yet the Glen Ellyn native - a three-t...
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Fisher lays it on the line in ‘Wishful Drinking’Oct 01, 2011 12:00 am - The universe knows her as Princess Leia, the fearless rebel leader with the cinnamon bun hairstyle. Chicagoans will get to see the real princess, Carrie Fisher, when the...
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'50/50' beats the odds against a comedy about cancerSep 29, 2011 6:00 am - The comically sobering "50/50" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Adam Lerner, a 27-year-old Seattle public radio station producer whose spine has been attacked by an aggress...