Dann Gire
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'It Comes at Night' filmmaker on how he tapped into 2017's political zeitgeistJun 08, 2017 6:00 am - How filmmaker created political zeitgeist Native Texas filmmaker Trey Edward Schults scored a critical hit with his dark 2016 indie family drama “Krisha.” His seco...
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Worthington worthy as drug-addicted assassin in 'Hunter's Prayer'Jun 08, 2017 6:00 am - In Jonathan Mostow's boilerplate action thriller "The Hunter's Prayer," Sam Worthington plays a professional assassin named Lucas, a hunky junkie who sticks needles into...
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'It Comes at Night' takes less is more approach to horrorJun 08, 2017 6:00 am - Effective but slightly misleading trailers make Trey Edward Shults' tight, visceral psychological dramatic thriller "It Comes at Night" look scarier than "Night of the L...
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'Megan Leavey' a touching story about a Marine and her dogJun 08, 2017 6:00 am - "Megan Leavey" tells the commercially apolitical, fact-based story of a lost soul, a young woman who pulls up from a self-destructive spiral and, through luck or fate, f...
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'Mummy' reboot goes for laughs and action over horrorJun 07, 2017 12:45 pm - Forget the atmospheric horror of Universal Pictures' 1932 original “The Mummy” starring the skeletal Boris Karloff. Alex Kurtzman's “Dark Universe” series reboot of the ...
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DJ Kaskade reminisces about suburban upbringingJun 06, 2017 5:30 am - Kaskade, aka Northbrook native Ryan Raddon, is one of the most popular DJs in the world. With six Grammy nominations, sold-out worldwide tours and millions of social med...
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Can you guess a movie's 'mystery' villain? Here's howJun 01, 2017 6:00 am - Can you guess the 'secret' bad guy? Sure! We live in an entertainment age when cutting-edge television network series such as “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” constantl...
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Grand, ambitious 'Wonder Woman' gives DC Universe a much-needed joltMay 31, 2017 11:00 am - Patty Jenkins' “Wonder Woman” ranks as the most ambitious superhero movie in recent memory, a grand and splashy World War I epic unafraid to pose heady philosophical que...
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Maine West 'Queen of the Geeks' rules as Hollywood producerMay 30, 2017 5:30 am - Carrie Lynn Certa's life at Maine West High School revolved around three activities: the speech team, the choir and the campus radio station. And she had a dream. "I wan...
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'Casket' buries competition at first Barrington Area Local Film FestivalMay 25, 2017 6:00 am - 'Casket' buries competition at local fest “The Casket,” a short film from Huntley resident Danial A. Miller and Elgin resident Timothy Morgan, won first prize (and ...