Dann Gire
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Working-mom comedy compromised by lame dialogueSep 15, 2011 6:00 am - Sarah Jessica Parker gets over-easy role
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Family has to come first in 'Gun Hill Road'Sep 15, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Gun Hill Road' Nobody is really thrilled that macho Enrique (a beefed-up, extremely grounded Esai Morales) has returned to his Bronx home after three...
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Naperville, Elgin fight over film fans with competing festivalsSep 14, 2011 11:00 pm - OK you Northwest suburban film fans, get ready to ruuuuuuuuuumble! In this corner, weighing in with 125 entries starting its fourth year, the Naperville Independent Film...
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Tool belt unlocked HGTV career for Wood Dale nativeSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - People follow her around Home Depot. Strangers approach her with cabinet handles or paint samples, asking her opinion on which would look best in a bathroom or kitchen...
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Locally shot 'Contagion' infected by generic charactersSep 08, 2011 6:00 am - You hear a cough and it sounds like a gun being fired. You stop touching your face, as you often do thousands of times a day. You avoid grabbing door knobs and railing...
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Well-acted 'Warrior' delivers emotional punchSep 08, 2011 6:00 am - The bluntly titled "Warrior" has been marketed as a thrilling mixed-martial arts battle between two estranged brothers, and it's every bit as tense and suspenseful as th...
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Suburban enthusiasm spreads for locally shot 'Contagion'Sep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin will be plagued Friday night when Steven Soderbergh's killer virus thriller "Contagion" gets its local grand opening at the Marcus Elgin Theater. But there's noth...
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'The Hedgehog' elegant in its messageSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: 'The Hedgehog' Mona Achache's first feature "The Hedgehog" - based on Muriel Barbery's best-seller "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" - does a mostly effe...
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Actress goes from Prospect High to 'House'Sep 06, 2011 12:00 am - Jennifer Morrison played Eliza Doolittle in the Prospect High School production of "My Fair Lady." So? Morrison starred as the sympathetic Dr. Cameron on "House," and ...
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Fall films deliver demons, dancing and deadly diseasesSep 02, 2011 6:00 am - We've got your Oscar bait (“J. Edgar”). We've got your remakes (“Footloose”). We've got your sequels (“Happy Feet 2”). We've got your prequels (“The Thing”). We've got y...