Dann Gire
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Charlize Theron kills it as sleek assassin in action-packed 'Atomic Blonde'Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - "Atomic Blonde" may be confusing, empty and disappointing, but when sleek and sinewy British MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton goes DEFCON-1 on the bad guys, boredom dies fir...
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Aren't we done with slow motion visuals yet?Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - Slow-mo action device a passing fad cliché? During the late 1960s and early '70s, almost every movie seemed to include the same transitional shot: a single flower, grass...
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Bigelow's 'Detroit' depicts real-life horror tale of racism, abuse of powerJul 26, 2017 11:45 am - Kathryn Bigelow's tough docudrama “Detroit” begins as a frightening, authentic re-creation of the Motor City's 1967 race riots, then roller-coasters into scenes of claus...
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Highland Park grad practices 'invisible art' as Hollywood music editorJul 25, 2017 5:30 am - Will Kaplan prides himself on being the practitioner of an "invisible art." "If you notice what I've done," the 1976 Highland Park High School grad said, "then I haven't...
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Sci-fi fantasy 'Valerian' done in by bad casting, convoluted plotJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - French filmmaker and avid comic book aficionado Luc Besson has made some doozy movies in his career, but none matches the effervescent incoherence and dumbfounding misca...
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Jane Fonda to accept prestigious Gold Hugo Award in ChicagoJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - During the 1980s, Hollywood legend Henry Fonda revealed in American Film magazine his measure for success as an actor. "It's not how good you are that counts," he said. ...
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Searing documentary 'City of Ghosts' honors Syria's citizen journalistsJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - American journalists think they've got it tough by being occasionally manhandled or denied press credentials at political gatherings. Meanwhile, the citizen journalists ...
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Christopher Nolan's well-crafted 'Dunkirk' an immersive, tempered World War II dramaJul 18, 2017 11:00 am - London-born Christopher Nolan - who grew up in Evanston - has never been a touchy-feely blockbuster filmmaker like Steven Spielberg. Nolan's fact-based, World War II dr...
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Suburban native designs Fender guitars for Clapton, other starsJul 18, 2017 5:33 am - When he walked into the recording session and handed Eric Clapton the Fender guitar he'd custom-designed for him, George Blanda apologized. The La Grange native and Fend...
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Dann Gire recalls talking zombies with filmmaker George RomeroJul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Horror pioneer George Romero created the modern zombie movie with his 1968 renegade black-and-white classic "Night of the ...