Dann Gire
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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' the most operatic, conflicted chapter in seriesDec 12, 2017 10:00 am - “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Spectacular and overwhelming, humorous and sorrowful, despairing and hopeful, smart and silly, unpredictable and familiar, thrilling...
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'Call Me By Your Name,' 'Shape of Water' lead Chicago Film Critics nominationsDec 10, 2017 12:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com "Call Me By Your Name," Luca Guadagnino's drama based on Andre Aciman's novel about a relationship between a 17-year-old a...
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'Darkest Hour' a victory for Gary Oldman's crusty Winston ChurchillDec 06, 2017 10:00 am - “Darkest Hour” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Gary Oldman's transformative portrayal of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's historical drama “Darkest Hour” achieves the same rarefied orbit as ...
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Local author looks at Red Scare moviesNov 30, 2017 5:00 am - In 2014, longtime Arlington Heights resident David J. Hogan wrote "The Wizard of Oz FAQ," an exhaustively researched look at the classic movie that has spawned inferior ...
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Glenview native a teacher, rocker, guitar makerNov 28, 2017 4:30 am - Del Breckenfeld's long and winding music career took him from suburban guitar teacher to rocker to guitar designer. And the Glenview native has accumulated some great st...
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Controversies hover over holiday releases including 'Last Jedi,' Spacey filmNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Controversy and movies have gone together since the dawn of cinema. This holiday season, controversies before and behind the camera seem to dominate the traditional mess...
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Pop-Up Film Festival brings independent movies to OaktonNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - The fourth annual Pop-Up Film Festival will show four independent movies Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at Oakton Community College's Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines....
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Bah! Film offers hum-dinger of a tale behind 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 21, 2017 10:00 pm - "The Man Who Invented Christmas" - ★ ★ ★ Using utilitarian apparitions and hilarious epiphanies, "The Man Who Invented Christmas" explores British author Charles Dicken...
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Pixar's 'Coco' a brightly colored tale of joyous bromidesNov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - “Coco” - ★ ★ ★ The idea that a family would ban all music for generations because a musician member of their clan once walked out on his wife and child seems like a thin...
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Scott Adsit reprises role of Baymax in 'Big Hero 6' sequelsNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - He didn't know it, but when comedian and Northbrook native Scott Adsit did a one-night performance of his comedy show "Celebrity Autobiography" in Los Angeles, Disney ca...