Dann Gire
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Hollywood Palms to open in NapervilleSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The most fun movie theater in the Chicago area is about to open. And everyone's invited! The fantastical Hollywood Palms, modestly advertised as "a cinema, bar and eater...
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Shrill 'Steve' a shallow, stupid rom-comSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not sure exactly when I decided that "All About Steve" must be the stupidest romantic comedy I've seen in the past three months. It might have been when Sandra Bullo...
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'Extract' an unromantic comedy flavored with fun and forgivenessSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Judge's unromantic comedy "Extract" has lots of fun with incredibly flawed and funny people stuck in incredibly flawed and funny relationships, all performing incre...
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The 3: Dann discusses great comedies of the silent eraSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - 'An Elephant in my PJs' Join me and former James Bond 007 novelist Raymond Benson for the first of a two-part series on the Great Comedies from the silent era through th...
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Online documentary 'Motherland' covers brutal terrainAug 27, 2009 11:00 pm - In Jennifer Steinman's online documentary "Motherland," six American women go on a mission of mercy to South Africa where they work with hundreds of children orphaned by...
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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...