Dann Gire
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Bill Nighy sherlocks up serial killer caper 'Limehouse Golem'Sep 07, 2017 6:00 am - If "Love, Actually" rock star Bill Nighy would ever be cast in a Sherlock Holmes movie, he'd surely be the affably addled sidekick, Dr. Watson. Not after this movie. In ...
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Freakishly effective jump-scares fan fears in Stephen King's 'IT'Sep 06, 2017 12:00 pm - The preposterous premise behind the horror film “IT” would have us believe that an extremely old clown with orange hair spreads lies, chaos and confusion to feed off the...
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Dann Gire revisits 'Close Encounters' 40 years laterAug 31, 2017 6:00 am - 'Close Encounters' with a 40-year-old film Steven Spielberg's “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” came on the cinematic heels of “Star Wars” back in 1977 (when I worked...
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'I Do' doesn't: Capable comic cast encumbered by clumsy cuttingAug 30, 2017 11:00 am - “I Do ... Until I Don't” boasts a crackerjack cast of comic actors struggling to spin gold from the straw-dry dialogue of a lackadaisically edited, visually compromised,...
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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...