Dann Gire
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Costner's comic 'Swing Vote' a lesson in citizenshipJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - "Swing Vote" never quite achieves the high level of convincing schmaltz of a Frank Capra classic - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" becomes the obvious example - but in th...
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'Tomb' should be a fitting finale for the 'Mummy' moviesJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - At the most ludicrous point in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," an abominable snowman protects the heroes from villainous Chinese soldiers on a snowy mountain to...
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'Baghead' worth baggingJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Bag this "Baghead" The Duplass brothers, those indie filmmaking guys who gave us the ultra-low-budget "The Puffy Chair," return with a would-be comic horror tale about f...
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Carradine, Jeremy at 'Erectus' openJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "Homo Erectus" live! Personal appearances don't get nuttier than this. "Kill Bill" star David Carradine joins porn legend Ron Jeremy, actor Hayes MacArthur and Chicago's...
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Our readers run the gamut on their favorite bad guysJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Dark Knight" continues to break box office records in Hollywood, but a record was also broken this week at the Daily Herald, where I received a landslide of reader ...
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'Brothers' a step up from the usual crass, adolescent comedyJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Before I review "Step Brothers," the latest movie to come out of the Judd Apatow School of Painfully Poignant and Funny Crass Comedies, I must make an appeal to the stud...
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Chicago movie happenings this weekendJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Meet the real 'Parents' Chicago filmmaker Greg Glienna will present a rare showing of his original 1992 comedy "Meet the Parents" before it became a 2000 studio film sta...
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Flawed 'Mamma Mia' still funJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As a movie musical, "Mamma Mia!" is a mess. But a most amusing mess. It features Hollywood icon Meryl Streep bouncing around the Greek islands like a giddy teenager, eff...
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Chicago stands in for Gotham in 'Dark Knight'Jul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - It took six weeks of careful calculations before stunt coordinator Chris Corbould thought he could safely flip a 40-foot 18-wheeler on its back. He tested the calculatio...
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Does Heath Ledger's Joker measure up to Hollywood's greatest villains?Jul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Could Heath Ledger win a posthumous Academy Award for playing the Caped Crusader's most celebrated villain, the Joker, in the new movie "The Dark Knight"? Sure he could....