Dann Gire
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'Allah Made Me Funny' at Century CentreOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Allah Made Me Funny" Three Muslim comedians perform their edgy stand-up routines in this standard HBO-like concert movie where no subject is taboo. Cops, President Bush...
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Schamburg resident recalls evening with Paul NewmanSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg resident Sharee Pemberton still remembers the night she was alone with Paul Newman. "He had such an energy and an aura," she said. In 2001, Pemberton was the ...
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Newman on Oscars, car racing, marriageSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: What follows is a reprint of an interview with Paul Newman by Daily Herald Firm Critic Dann Gire. The article ran on Dec. 3, 1982, just as "The Verdic...
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Newman, known for those eyes, remembered for his heartSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Nothing reveals more about Paul Newman than the time he suggested his own epitaph: "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown." Self-deprec...
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Third time's a charm for Lane and Gere's romantic chemistrySep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, people who like this sort of movie will find this the sort of movie they like. "Nights in Rodanthe" offers us two hurting souls healed by ...
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Lee's wannabe World War II epic not quite a 'Miracle'Sep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The most epic thing about the World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna" is Spike Lee's attempt to create an epic. His bloated, brutal, bloody account of an all-black U.S....
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Watch clips from the funniest movies everSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Join James Bond novelist/film historian Raymond Benson and me as we conclude our look at the greatest comedy movies made, from the 1950s to now. Clips from "Ghostbusters...
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Soldier buddy movie 'Lucky Ones' loses its waySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Either "The Lucky Ones" is an Iraq war drama masquerading as a buddy road movie, or a buddy road movie masquerading as an Iraq war drama. Either way, its heart and inten...
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On screen this weekendSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "Towelhead" This edgy, coming-of-age drama, directed by "American Beauty" writer Alan Ball, sports a perfectly pitched performance by Peter Macdissi as a materialistic C...
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'Outsider' status helps Ball create complicated filmsSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Being gay has its obvious political and social drawbacks in mainstream America, but for telling "straight" stories on film, it can be a huge asset. Ask Alan Ball, the un...