Dann Gire
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Naperville native makes mark on SNLJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - When he got the phone call saying he'd been chosen to join the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” Paul Brittain didn't react. “I was more in the speechless and in-amazement ...
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How the Potter movies cast a decade-long spellJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The best of the seven "Harry Potter" movies thus far remains No. 3, "The Prisoner of Azkaban," ironically, one in which the nasty Lord Voldemort barely gets a mention. ...
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Predictable 'Zookeeper' embraces absurd premiseJul 07, 2011 11:00 am - Frank Coraci's comedy "Zookeeper" contains more clichés than animals. Neither grouping is particularly wild. Nonetheless, "Zookeeper" embraces the absurdity of its cra...
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Dann in Reel Life: Star is born in political rom-comJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘The Names of Love' Michel Leclerc's political romantic comedy “The Names of Love” won its star Sara Forestier the Cesar (the French Academy ...
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Comically abused workers plot against 'Horrible Bosses'Jul 07, 2011 12:00 am - This is the chortle-inducing comedy that "The Hangover Part 2" should have been: a wild, unpredictable romp riddled with sex, violence, vulgarity and characters too inte...
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'Flipper' fuels Des Plaines native's movie ambitionsJul 05, 2011 12:00 am - Declan Ryan apologized before we even started our interview. “Please take in mind I am a no-holds-barred kind of person,” the Barlett resident said. “I wouldn't be where...
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'Monte Carlo' packs mixed moral messageJun 30, 2011 11:00 am - Of all the filmmakers who worked on "Monte Carlo," only composer Michael Giacchino actually gets what the movie should be: a crazy Blake Edwards farce where nutty things...
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'Larry Crowne' a fresh take on rekindled loveJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - I have actually taught an introductory class in speech communications at Eastern Illinois University, and that is how I know Tom Hanks' new romantic comedy "Larry Crowne...
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Dann in reel life: A peek behind 'Page One'Jun 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times' Hollywood couldn't create a character like New York Times media columnist David Carr. Feisty. Smart. Pugnaci...
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Bensenville woman dances in Ricky Martin tourJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The lights went up, a sold-out crowd of 16,000 screaming fans rose to their feet and Bensenville native Amy Lynn Miles took the stage. Miles, 22, is one of the four fem...