Dann Gire
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A randy Andy? What would Aunt Bea say?Aug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - What? Sheriff Andy Taylor discussing alternate sexual practices with a woman sans her dentures? Say it ain't so, Andy! What's next? Aunt Bea in a G-string? Opie doing op...
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Lee's 'Woodstock' weak, banal, band-lessAug 26, 2009 11:00 pm - "Taking Woodstock," Ang Lee's hippy trip down memory lane to the biggest block party in the Age of Aquarius, offers a clever running gag about the young man responsible ...
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Gire, Benson to discuss fantasy classicsAug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Dann & Raymond's Movie Club returns after a summer hiatus. Join me and former James Bond 007 novelist Raymond Benson for "Off to see the Wizard: Fantasy Goes to the Movi...
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Body of missing orthodontist found on Dunes beachAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities confirmed that a body found Saturday morning on Kemil Beach near Beverly Shore, Ind., is that of missing Des Plaines orthodontist Steven Banks. Banks went sa...
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Powerful acting, stark images propel 'Fifty Dead Men Walking'Aug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Kari Skogland's fact-based thriller "Fifty Dead Men Walking" is a gritty, character-driven throwback to Sidney Lumet's 1973 fact-based undercover cop drama "Serpico," th...
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Dann hosts 3rd annual Teen Film Fest in Arlington Hts.Aug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Third Teen Film Festival! Join me for an evening of Northwest suburban teens armed with digital cameras as we present the winners in the third annual Teen Film Fest. I'l...
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'Post Grad' gets average grade for script, directionAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - "Post Grad" is an innocuously pleasant romantic comedy lifted from the constraints of conventionality by the charismatic Alexis Bledel and a comical supporting cast of M...
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Subversive comedy 'Shorts' long on imaginationAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Robert Rodriguez totally gets pre-adolescent boys. So does "Shorts," his daffy, witty and inventive new comedy crammed with booger monsters, belligerent bullies, magic s...
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Great America hosts talent show for new movie 'Fame'Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - So you think you've got talent? You might be able to win $5,000 in cash, a spread in OK! magazine and a trip to Hollywood by auditioning for the "Fame" National Talent S...
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Graphic 'Thirst' feels dramatically inertAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Thirst' South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's ambitious horror movie about a priest-turned-vampire won the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and was insp...