Dann Gire
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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...
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Crass jokes, crackling dialogue make 'Role Model' rollNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - At first glance, "Role Models" looks like just another graduate from the Judd Apatow School of Crass Comedy with Quirky Characters We Can Care About. This one's a little...
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Local filmmakers to present new comedyNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CNGM Pictures, a group of indie filmmakers (many grads of Palatine's Fremd High School) present "Never Have I Ever," a comic romance about a wallflower's plot to hook up...
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Ritchie's 'RocknRolla' strikes familiar notesOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - After detonating two critically eviscerated bombs, "Swept Away" and "Revolver," director/writer Guy Ritchie has reverted to the over-styled, blackly comic, ensemble crim...
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Smith strikes back with a tastelessly funny 'Zack and Miri'Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - With a title like "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," you know right away we're not talking about a movie you can drop the kids off to see at the mall while Christmas shopping...
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A taste for horror: Treat yourself to 31 fearful films this HalloweenOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Ah, Halloween is upon us and we've got just the treat for you! Thirty-one tasty flavors of fear made from the scariest movies in history. To help me out, I summoned fort...
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Gire, Benson to break down BondOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Join me and novelist/film scholar Raymond Benson as "Dann and Raymond's Movie Club" looks at the 007 films in "No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Die!" Clips from 16 films pl...
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Eastwood's 'Changeling' a superbly crafted mystery with surprisesOct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," we have a superbly crafted period drama that begins as a simple missing child case before it effortlessly shifts gears into something m...