Dann Gire
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Oscar contenders add luster to holiday film seasonNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Up to now, 2008 has been a fairly dismal year for really exciting movies that scream "I deserve an Oscar!" Not anymore. As if to make up for lost time, Hollywood will du...
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'Bolt' no lightning strike of originality, funNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Walt Disney's "Bolt" leaps on to the silver screen as a serviceable but uninspired animated adventure that kids will appreciate far more than adults weened on the breath...
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Gothic romance blooms in brooding, beguiling 'Twilight'Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Be you a Capulet or a Montague, a Jet or a Shark, a black or a white, a vampire or a mortal, adolescent love across party lines can be a torturous affair, even deadly. T...
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Lake Forest College to honor alum WidmarkNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Lake Forest College pays tribute to one of its best-known alums, the late actor Richard Widmark, with a seven-movie festival highlighting his best work, including his el...
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Van Damme pulls off his riskiest stunt: An unflattering art house flickNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - During the late 1980s, I received a letter from action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme after he read a review in which I praised him for taking his acting skills serious...
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Movie notesNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Hail to the screen! Join me and Buffalo Grove's resident film scholar Raymond Benson as Dann and Raymond's Movie Club presents "Hail to the Screen: Presidents and Politi...
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007 fans can't take 'Solace' in implausible, stunt-stuffed sequelNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - "Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig's second movie as Secret Agent 007, comes on like a stunt-stuffed exercise in blurry, over-edited action scenes for ADD viewers. Craig'...
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Where does he get all those wonderful clothes?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Ever wondered how Secret Agent 007 can run down streets, beat up bad guys, fall through windows and still look mighty fine in his snappier-than-snappy suits? Moviemaking...
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Daniel Craig brings humor, dedication to superspy roleNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Daniel Craig breezes into the room and slides into a chair with the efficiency of movement a cat could admire. Dressed in an impeccable suit and tie, Craig looks every b...
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The late Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes give 'Men' its soulNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm guessing that it will be nearly impossible for anyone to watch "Soul Men" without thinking of it less as a routine comic road movie than as a loving tribute to its t...