Dann Gire
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Kids fest comes to the suburbsSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - The 34th annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival has a suburban hook this fall: A portion of the festival will play Nov. 3-5 at the Wilmette Theatre, 1122 ...
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'Battle of the Sexes' a sharp cultural snapshot of inequality, chauvinismSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - "Battle of the Sexes" provides more than a crowd-pleasing, fact-based, formula sports drama about a strong character overcoming personal and social barriers much bigger ...
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Naperville's Cheena to host 'Tiger Hunter' screening Saturday in WarrenvilleSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - Actor, comedian and writer Parvesh Cheena, a graduate of Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, will host the 7:05 p.m. showing of his new comedy film "The Tiger Hunter...
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'Kingsman' sequel an action-packed but preposterous horror/spy mashupSep 20, 2017 6:00 am - You can tell an action movie has jumped the sprocket holes when its best scene offers peacock-attired Elton John going full-out Kung Fu Panda all over a poor villainous ...
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How Parvesh Cheena went from Naperville 'class clown' to 'Tiger Hunter' movieSep 19, 2017 5:00 am - Parvesh Cheena blames himself for the extra takes and time it took to shoot a bedroom scene with his fellow Indian actors during their new movie "The Tiger Hunter." The ...
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5 weird and creepy movie clowns with the 'IT' factorSep 14, 2017 6:00 am - Now that Bill Skarsgård's sinister demon clown Pennywise has made the horror film "IT" an instant box office smash ($123 million during its opening weekend), it's time f...
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Aronofsky's 'mother!' takes star Jennifer Lawrence on savage, surreal tripSep 13, 2017 1:30 pm - Normally, I avoid watching trailers and reading production notes prior to viewing a movie, but my curiosity won out on “mother!” especially after a Paramount Pictures fi...
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Mom of teen found dead in freezer: How did she unlock both double doors?Sep 11, 2017 1:00 am - The mother of Kenneka Jenkins questions whether the 19-year-old had the strength to open the heavy door of a walk-in freezer where she was found dead Sunday at a Rosemon...
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Boy's plea may have saved family from Gurnee explosion that killed 1Sep 09, 2017 1:00 am - Cool temperatures Friday afternoon persuaded Ludek Fohler and his family not to hang out on the backyard deck he'd finishing building last weekend. They went inside his ...
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Dann Gire goes ape over 1933's classic 'King Kong'Sep 07, 2017 6:00 am - CFCA to show the best planet of the ape film How tall did the actual gorilla in 1933's original classic monster movie “King Kong” stand? Why does this black-and-white, o...