Dann Gire
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'I Love You, Beth Cooper' short of suburbs, humorJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - If there's any doubt that Buffalo Grove High School graduate Larry Doyle wrote the screenplay for "I Love You, Beth Cooper," consider the opening scene in which graduati...
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Doyle: I wanted 'Beth Cooper' filmed at Buffalo Grove HighJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - For the record, Larry Doyle really wanted the high school in the new movie he scripted, "I Love You, Beth Cooper," to be called Buffalo Grove High School. After all, Buf...
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'The Girl From Monaco' simply despicableJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - 'The Girl From Monaco' I truly hated this despicable piece of French misogyny. A straight-laced middle-aged attorney (Fabrice Luchini) gets his conservative world rocke...
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Vardalos' 'Valentine's Day' a big, fat disappointmentJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Ever since her 2002 sleeper romance "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" struck box office gold, screenwriter/actress Nia Vardalos has practically made a side career out of squand...
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Hey, Paramount: 'Transformers' critics didn't screw upJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If film critics were designed to be mere consumer advisers, then we really screwed up by kicking the lug nuts out of Michael Bay's screechy, populist piece of pandering ...
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Third 'Ice Age' suffers from sitcom syndromeJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Even the comic escapades of Scrat, the ratty, nut-obsessed squirrel, are wearing thin, just like the ice in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." "Dawn" brings back those l...
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Perfectly cast 'Public Enemies' hits its markJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Raging machine-gun battles - explosions of flame and thunder followed by the gentle tinkle of falling brass cartridges - provide the excitement in "Public Enemies," but ...
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Local extras get a bang out of 'Public Enemies' rolesJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - When you go to see Johnny Depp's new gangster movie "Public Enemies" - and what Chicagoland filmgoer would miss it? - keep a sharp lookout for the news photographer at t...
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Indie openings: 'Jerichow', 'Break-Up Date', 'Under Our Skin'Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Jerichow' Jame M. Cain's classic novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" gets a noirish update from German writer/director Christian Petzold. Cain's twisted triangle now...
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'My Sister's Keeper' high on the weepie scaleJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Moviegoers who enjoy a good cathartic release watching films about children afflicted with cancer will get their money's worth in Nick Cassavetes' glorified Lifetime Cha...