Dann Gire
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'Public Enemies' wasn't exactly an Oscar contenderMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - 'Enemies' forgotten? Dear Dann: What is your opinion as to why "Public Enemies" was not nominated for anything? Is it true what they say about the Academy "forget...
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'Brooklyn's Finest' a brooding mess of Hollywood hokumMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - "These streets," an undercover cop named Tango tells an ex-con kingpin, "have an expiration date!" What? Did he really say that? The streets have an expiration date? Thi...
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Tim Burton's 'Alice' drains the wonder out of 'Wonderland'Mar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Tim Burton's re-imagined 3-D "Alice in Wonderland" is a crushing disappointment. Not a terrible movie. Far from it. But a disappointment nonetheless. Burton, the goth ba...
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Gire's Oscar picks: Bigelow's 'Hurt Locker' should have best pic lockedMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Director Kathryn Bigelow and her movie "The Hurt Locker" will win big Sunday night at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards program. Why? Because the 5,777 members of the Acade...
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Lake County Film Fest back for 8th yearFeb 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Eleven documentaries. Thirty-five short films. Ten dramatic features. They're all part of the Lake County Film Festival as it returns for its eighth season Thursday thro...
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'Crazies' respray an old-school screamerFeb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Unlike Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller "Shutter Island" that only looks like a horror movie, "The Crazies" is the real deal, an old-fashioned fright fest of par...
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Smith's comic 'Cop Out' aims criminally lowFeb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Kevin Smith apparently grew tired of people always identifying his 1995 comedy "Mall Rats" as the worst movie he ever directed. Now, he has a new low. It's called "Cop O...
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Down with bigotry!Feb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Dann: How bold of you to print Ken Libowicz's comments about "A Single Man." I hope everyone reads your full response. Spot On! We will never rid our world of homophobic...
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Scare-sese's 'Shutter Island' fueled by death, dread and deceptionFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The scariest parts of Martin Scorsese's surrealistically creepy thriller "Shutter Island" aren't the sudden shocks, or the terrifying visions, or the bizarre revelations...
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Schaumburg native finds focus in HollywoodFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Paolo Cascio didn't want anyone to know he had been homeless. "The reason I didn't was that I was ashamed," he said. "The thing that haunted me was that, what if, by sha...