Dann Gire
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Martin mars comically challenged 'Pink Panther' sequelFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Movie trailers are notorious for ruining comedies by revealing all the really funny parts. So what happens when a comedy doesn't have any really funny parts? You get "Th...
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'Push' pulls off paranormal mess of bad actingFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - "Push" thinks we're really stupid. How stupid? It replays snippets from the opening sequence three times to make sure we haven't forgotten something that we just saw 30 ...
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Ralphie directs a movie! And it's in Buffalo GroveFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Peter Billingsley visited Buffalo Grove for several hours on Monday. Nobody noticed. But that's OK, because he didn't really want to be noticed, and besides, 25 years ha...
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Harry Connick, Jr., talks about the cold, Zellweger and his new movieJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - The amazing Harry Connick Jr. - singer/composer, Broadway performer, TV actor and movie star - hit Chicago this week to promote his new film "New in Town," a romantic co...
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'Uninvited' delivers tale of escalating tensionJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - The Guard Brothers' moody little gothic drama "The Uninvited" doesn't care about grossing us out with graphic violence or scaring us with another generic, masked, knife-...
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Zellweger comedy 'New in Town' pleasant but predictableJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - "New in Town" is one of those shallow, by-the-numbers, feel-good comic romances that climaxes with the main man and woman sharing a celebratory kiss, prompting people ar...
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Woodstock Theatre to show 'Groundhog Day'Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Harold Ramis' 1993 comedy masterpiece returns to the big screen just in time for the real event on Monday. Extensively filmed right here in Woodstock, "G.D." is one of t...
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'Inkheart' an emotionally challenged fantasyJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Despite an impressive battery of high-quality special effects and a fun menagerie of fantastical creatures, "Inkheart" possesses much more ink (mostly on its characters'...
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Five things the Oscars got wrong, five things they got right and ...Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Five things the voters of the 81st Academy Awards nominations got wrong: 5. Nominating Brad Pitt as best actor for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Come on now...
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'Benjamin Button' leads Oscar nomination; 'Dark Knight' snubbedJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Thursday buttoned up 13 Academy Award nominations, including best picture. Unsurprisingly, "The Dark Knight" didn't. Last summer, C...