Dann Gire
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'The Dinner' a shapeless morality play salvaged by excellent performancesMay 04, 2017 6:00 am - Director Oren Moverman adapted a Herman Koch novel for his dark, provocative morality play "The Dinner," yet the drama plays like a set stage piece clumsily opened up wi...
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Frenetic, frequently funny 'Guardians' sequel propels viewers into near-sensory overloadMay 02, 2017 4:00 pm - Propelled by an ultra-snarky attitude and a retro soundtrack laden with baby boomer hits, “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2” tosses characters, explosions, fights, effect...
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Filmmaker claims violent action film 'Free Fire' is 'a study in empathy'Apr 27, 2017 6:00 am - I caught up with British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, director/co-writer of the new action black comedy “Free Fire,” by phone as he was being driven to an airport. His movie,...
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'The Devil's Candy' visually lush, but short on scriptApr 26, 2017 11:00 am - With long tresses and a wiry beard, Ethan Embry's heavy-metal-loving painter Jesse Hellman resembles a blue-eyed Jesus Christ. But his last name hints at something else....
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Boom mic operator from Elk Grove wants work to be heard, not seenApr 25, 2017 5:30 am - Elk Grove Village native Eric Anthony wanted to be a film director when he was studying at Chicago's Columbia College. That all changed when a classmate asked him to "bo...
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Documentary screening on opioid addiction draws emotional crowdApr 24, 2017 1:00 am -
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Cult fave 'Donnie Darko' returns to big screen in double-bill 4k restorationsApr 20, 2017 6:00 am - Cult pic 'Donnie Darko' lights big screen again Explaining the plot of Richard Kelly's mind-bending, time-shifting, coming-of-rage teen tale "Donnie Darko" would be like...
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Gere's 'Norman' a study in opaque emotions and empathyApr 20, 2017 6:00 am - Richard Gere's natural cool often translates into characters with opaque emotions and empathy, ideal qualities for his enigmatic Norman Oppenheimer in Joseph Cedar's "No...
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Characters get lost in distanced historical epic 'The Promise'Apr 20, 2017 6:00 am - Terry George's distanced historical drama "The Promise" falls so much in love with its own epic grandness that its dramatic heart gets lost among sweeping vistas and end...
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Exquisitely shot 'Lost City' salutes drive for knowledge, explorationApr 20, 2017 6:00 am - "The Lost City of Z" does not involve zombies. But it does offer cannibals, shrunken heads and a jungle obsession so feverish, you might swear you stepped into a Werner ...