Dann Gire
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Dann Gire revisits 1982 interview with original 'Blade Runner' Harrison FordOct 06, 2017 11:00 am - Editor's note: The following is Film Critic Dann Gire's 1982 interview with original "Blade Runner" Harrison Ford and director Ridley Scott. It has been slightly edi...
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Dann Gire presents 'Great Horror Movies' at Palatine libraryOct 06, 2017 6:00 am - Just in time for Halloween! Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "Oh, the Horror! The Great Horror Movies, Part 1 - From the Silent Era to the 1950s." It's at 6:30 p.m. ...
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'Blade Runner' movie trailers should offer spoiler alerts, Dann saysOct 05, 2017 6:00 am - At Chicago press screenings for “Blade Runner 2049” last week, a Warner Bros. representative read a request from director Denis Villeneuve asking critics to preserve the...
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Liam Neeson's 'Mark Felt' commands underwhelming Watergate dramaOct 05, 2017 6:00 am - In the fact-based drama "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House," Liam Neeson plays a powerful person with a particular set of skills. As second-in-command ...
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'Osiris Child' falls prey to phony-looking monsters, bad dialogueOct 05, 2017 6:00 am - It begins as a hard-bitten science-fiction survival epic with blood, beatings and marauding monsters. It ends as a weird homage to the children's book "Where the Wild Th...
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New 'Blade Runner' a mind-blowing replicant of original sci-fi classicOct 02, 2017 11:00 pm - “Blade Runner 2049” explodes on the silver screen as a stunning achievement, a sequel that does far more than merely recycle elements from Ridley Scott's 1982 original s...
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Dann Gire's 5 films to watch out for this fallOct 01, 2017 7:15 am - 1. “Justice League” (Nov. 17) — Can the DC Comics universe parallel the success of Marvel's “Avengers” with its all-star superhero team? Or will it go the way of Sup...
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Rally participants support Arlington Heights library after controversySep 30, 2017 1:00 am - It wasn't exactly the 21st century version of a Flower Power protest from 1967's Summer of Love. But close enough. "Love is Power!" one sign shouted. "Hate has no home h...
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Down for the cause: Rappellers aid Habitat for HumanitySep 30, 2017 1:00 am - Maybe they secretly wanted to be Batman. Or maybe they've seen "Die Hard" too many times and wanted to know what Bruce Willis felt like when he jumped off the rooftop of...
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Is Darth Vader the greatest movie villain of all time?Sep 29, 2017 6:00 am - The greatest movie villain? A countdown! Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents “The Greatest Villains of the Silver Screen” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Sch...