Dann Gire
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Glenbard North grad wanted 'big risk,' so he made a movieAug 29, 2017 5:30 am - Michael MacRae used to tell friends at Glenbard North High School, "I'm going to L.A. one day and I'm going to make it in the movies!" Their reactions: Sure, Mike. We'll...
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Buffalo Grove author critiques 'Dead End,' Dann remembers real Brinks job robbersAug 24, 2017 6:00 am - Buffalo Grove writer talks 'Dead End Street' Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre caters to all crowds. If you don't believe that, consider its upcoming midnight showing...
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Bautista's surprising performance a highlight of violent 'Bushwick'Aug 24, 2017 6:00 am - It takes 50 minutes into this movie before we finally find out why unidentified military units dressed in black uniforms invade, shoot up and blow up the Brooklyn neighb...
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Witless screenplay, creepy humor distract from colorful animation in 'Leap'Aug 24, 2017 6:00 am - Pixar animated films tend to be intelligent, challenging and educational for children, as opposed to the Weinstein Company's animated Euro-ballerina fantasy "Leap!", whi...
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Jerry Lewis: Would you have me any other way?Aug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: The following is a lightly edited reprint of Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire's Oct. 15, 1982, interview with the late comedian/filmmaker Jerry Lewi...
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Dann Gire: My wild, wacky afternoon with Jerry LewisAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com If I had to choose my all-time craziest interview experience, Jerry Lewis would be it. I first met Lewis in 1982 when he c...
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'Only Living Boy' a pretentious, emotionally barren coming-of-age dramaAug 18, 2017 6:00 am - If you can't tell that men wrote and directed the pretentiously literary, emotionally barren, coming-of-age drama "The Only Living Boy in New York," here are some clues:...
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South Elgin High School students win top honors at Teen Film FestivalAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - Congratulations to South Elgin High School students Jeevan Acharya and Kevin Czasca for winning the Best Overall Film Award at the 11th annual Teen Film Festival, sponso...
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Comically brutal 'Hitman's Bodyguard' caters to low expectations, no moreAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - In the comically brutal buddy action road movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard," Ryan Reynolds' professional bodyguard tells Samuel L. Jackson's professional assassin that he h...
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Soderbergh directs superfun Southern heist comedy 'Logan Lucky'Aug 15, 2017 11:00 pm - One of the many joys in Steven Soderbergh's breakneck-speed, Red-State-seeded heist comedy “Logan Lucky” has to be Daniel Craig's overt nod to 007's muscled, white-haire...