Dann Gire
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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...
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Chicago-made 'Thrill Ride' keeps 10-year-old's spirit aliveNov 16, 2017 5:00 am - "Thrill Ride," a fantasy adventure written and directed by Woodstock filmmaker Chris Parrish, will get a limited release Dec. 1 through Dec. 8 at Classic Cinemas theater...
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'Three Billboards' a twisty, well-told, Coen-esque taleNov 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the name of Mildred's daughter. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" - ★ ★ ★ ★ You can consider Martin McDo...
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'Justice League' drags down superhero film franchise to 'Transformers' levelNov 15, 2017 9:00 am - “Justice League” - ★ ½ This must go down as the single stupidest, big-budget superhero motion picture ever unleashed upon an unsuspecting public by a major Hollywood stu...
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State lawmakers, inflatable rats call attention to Schaumburg union protestNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois state senators Laura Murphy and Cristina Castro probably thought they'd accidentally driven onto the set of a monster movie Friday. There, in front of Lifetime ...
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Critics groups used 'the Chicago way' to deal with DisneyNov 09, 2017 5:00 am - Film critic uprisings aren't all that common, so when they do happen, people tend to pay attention. Maybe you've already heard how the Los Angeles Film Critics Associati...
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Kenneth Branagh on point in star-stuffed 'Murder on the Orient Express'Nov 08, 2017 10:00 am - “Murder on the Orient Express” - ★ ★ ½ When it comes to mustaches, does size matter? It seems to in Kenneth Branagh's handsomely photographed, star-stuffed murder-myste...