Dann Gire
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Give this teen sex comedy an A for effort, at leastSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Emma Stone possesses soft, come-hither eyes that could drink in the oceans, a sexually playful, raw, husky voice that could melt icebergs, and a feminine fragility that ...
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True grit: Affleck makes tough but tender 'Town' his ownSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - "The Town" is a slickly constructed heist thriller that dares to suggest that a person born in violence and brokenness can yearn for something better and can muster the ...
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Judge at Elgin film festival might look familiarSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I'll be the judge of that If you're coming to the Elgin Short Film Festival on Saturday night, look me up. I'll be there with WGN's Dean Richards and other VIPs a...
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Ebert brings back new version of 'At the Movies'Sep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Producers Roger and Chaz Ebert announced Friday that the cutting-edge movie review TV show "At the Movies" will be resurrected in January on WTTW as "Roger Ebert Present...
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'I'm Still Here' mockumentary plays audience for chumpsSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - If Casey Affleck's new movie "I'm Still Here" had been a genuine exploration of Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix's wacked-out journey to become a white hip-hop star...
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'Hurt Locker' screenwriter at Harper CollegeSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Screenwriter Mark Boal, whose script to "The Hurt Locker" won him an Oscar earlier this year, will speak about his experiences as an embedded journalist in Iraq at 7:30 ...
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Documentaries, demons and a dark lord: Fall films delve for depthSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The best news of the fall movie season: Only one vampire film will be coming our way, at least up through Nov. 19. "Let Me In," a remake of a critically acclaimed Swedis...
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Documentary maker gives comedy a try in 'Going the Distance'Sep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Filmmaker Nanette Burstein made her name in the world of documentaries by directing the Hollywood-themed "The Kid Stays in the Picture" in 2002 and "American Teen" in 20...
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Reel Life review: 'Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, Part 2'Sep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - "There are no heroes in crime!" says Jacques Mesrine, France's Public Enemy No. 1, just before he meets his bullet-riddled demise in Jean-Francois Richet's "Mesrine: Pub...
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The summer's top box office release? 'Toy Story 3'Sep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Toy Story 3' rules! The Walt Disney/Pixar production "Toy Story 3" (in 3-D) mopped up at the summer box office, coming in No. 1 with a take of $405.8 million sin...