Dann Gire
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Miscast star mars fun, effects-laden 'Cowboys & Aliens'Jul 28, 2011 1:00 am - The joys to be appreciated in Jon Favreau's genre-smashing action film "Cowboys & Aliens" are numerous: Harrison Ford's hilariously surly cattle baron. Daniel Craig's ...
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'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' a wise, funny rom-comJul 28, 2011 12:15 am - "Crazy, Stupid, Love." believes in the miraculous power of romance to transform schlubs into studs and reduce cocky Lotharios to puppies. Yet, it also understands how t...
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Reel life: Family on the decline needs 'Help'Jul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: "A Little Help" Michael J. Weithorn's domestic dramedy “A Little Help” showcases a family at the Def-Con 4 stage of dysfunctionality in 2002,...
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How Wheaton kid became a 'Cowboys & Aliens' stuntmanJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - 1986: Wheaton kid Joe Bucaro sees the action movie “Lethal Weapon” with his parents and his brother. The stunts enthrall him. They stay all the way through the clos...
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Dann in reel life: Quirky 'Terri' an anti-John Hughes movieJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Terri' Chicago actor John C. Reilly has never been timid about stretching his limits, and his fearlessness gives him one of the freshest and...
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Beach Boy's former St. Charles house for saleJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - The man who bought Brian Wilson's St. Charles home in 2001 never used its custom-built, underground recording studio. "It's just space," said the resident who answered ...
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'Pooh' still a honey of a taleJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Walt Disney didn't mess it up! No computer-animated Piglet. No 3-D Hundred Acre Wood. No rap songs for Christopher Robin to sing. A.A. Milne's beloved literary creatio...
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Dann in reel life: New doc examines 1978 sex scandalJul 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: ‘Tabloid' At first glance, the documentary “Tabloid” would appear to be a sellout for Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. To go...
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Boring cast further sickens 'Phase 7' horror filmJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Maybe I'm becoming disenchanted with hackneyed horror films where frightened people hole up in an isolated high rise building to avoid catching a virus. How many clones ...
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Harry embraces his destiny in stirring final chapterJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - And so it ends. The film series that began through a child's innocent and optimistic eyes now concludes through a tested man's view of a sad and battered world rife wit...