Dann Gire
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Dann in reel life: 10 snow-filled filmsFeb 01, 2011 10:00 pm - 10 best snow job films What? You just can't get enough snow? You came to the right column. Here are 10 of the snowiest motion pictures ever made, in ascending order...
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Dann in reel life: Hef and the HornetJan 27, 2011 10:00 pm - Earlier this week, novelist/film historian Raymond Benson (my partner-in-crime for Dann and Raymond's Movie Club) received an invitation to screen the new “Green Hornet”...
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'The Kings Speech' grabs 12 Oscar nominationsJan 24, 2011 10:00 pm - “The King's Speech,” the only movie with any chance to knock off “The Social Network” for the best picture Oscar, racked up 12 nominations Tuesday to lead the Academy Aw...
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Will Oscar nominations show ‘Grit’?Jan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Here are five things to watch for when the nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards are announced at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. 1. If teen Hailee Steinfeld gets nominated for...
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Filmmaker infused 'Company Men' with compassionJan 21, 2011 10:00 pm - John Wells is mostly known as a TV producer behind such hits as “E.R.,” “The West Wing,” “Southland” and the new Showtime series “Shameless.” He has also written, produc...
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'Company Men' works hard at telling story of job lossJan 20, 2011 10:00 pm - I came out of John Wells' drama “The Company Men” not particularly bowled over by its conventional, made-for-TV visuals and its finger-pointing at how selfish and greedy...
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'Way Back' is not-so great escape dramaJan 20, 2011 10:00 pm - I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think that if you've seen one torturously dangerous escape-from-a-Siberian-gulag movie, you've kinda seen them all. “The Way...
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Dann in reel life: 'Barney's Version' is erosion of a manJan 20, 2011 10:00 pm - The moderately engaging “Barney's Version” works almost like an old-fashioned temperance movie warning against the evils of sinful drink. Not only does the boozer main c...
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Feldman glad he could 're-bond' with Haim in timeJan 14, 2011 3:00 pm - Actor/musician Corey Feldman arrived Thursday at Chicago's Lake Street Screening Room with a small entourage of friends, publicists and a beefy bodyguard who could have ...
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Dann in reel life: 'The Illusionist' is animated poetryJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - Reel Life review: ‘The Illusionist' During the French animated “The Illusionist,” an aging magician enters a movie theater showing a wonderful inside joke. On the s...