Dann Gire
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Gun deal gone bad triggers epic shootout in black comedy 'Free Fire'Apr 19, 2017 11:00 am - If Sam Peckinpah remade “The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight,” you'd get something like Ben Wheatley's ode to the cinema of comic cruelty “Free Fire.” A bunch of sleaz...
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Food Network's 'Sandwich King' cherishes life in the suburbsApr 18, 2017 6:00 am - Even as a teen at Oak Park and River Forest High School, Food Network star and "Sandwich King" Jeff Mauro knew a thing or two about how to make a good sandwich. He'd pa...
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Not-so-funny bunnies: 'Watership Down' among films in 'Not Quite for Kids' festApr 13, 2017 6:00 am - 'Not Quite for Kids:' a grown-up film fest Chicago's Music Box Theatre presents a special film festival designed for more mature children, the “Not Quite For Kids” fest ...
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Staid 'Tommy's Honour' par for the dramatic courseApr 13, 2017 6:00 am - As far as dramatic excitement goes, movies about playing golf rank just above movies about playing chess. Both attempt to dramatize mental processes: chess with its step...
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'Furious' No. 8 - fast, spectacular and a tad too longApr 12, 2017 12:45 pm - At some point during the chasing, racing “The Fate of the Furious,” you might be inclined to stop rooting for the good guys and start feeling sorry for the bad ones. Aft...
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What food scares Food Network star Jeff Mauro?Apr 11, 2017 5:30 am - Celebrity chef and River Forest resident Jeff Mauro, co-star of Food Network's "The Kitchen," loves food. But there is one type of food he doesn't like. "I'm afraid of c...
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Stars make compelling 'Case for Christ' based on life of Arlington Heights nativeApr 07, 2017 4:00 pm - Look in the background of many scenes in Jon Gunn's faith-based drama “The Case for Christ” and you will see a bright, white light streaming in from the windows. It's in...
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Zach Braff directs a breezier, geezier remake of comedy 'Going in Style'Apr 06, 2017 12:00 pm - In Martin Brest's 1979 original “Going in Style,” George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg played senior citizens on welfare who decide to improve their financial stat...
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Sensory-friendly 'Smurfs' screening among upcoming movie eventsApr 06, 2017 6:00 am - 'Smurfs' for special needs audiences The lights go up, the sound goes down, and kids are free to wander around. The Paragon Theater at 53 S. Evergreen Ave., Arlington He...
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'Beast' star Dan Stevens dominates stylish morality tale 'The Ticket'Apr 06, 2017 6:00 am - “Beauty and the Beast” star Dan Stevens (he plays the Beast) supplies Ido Fluk's problematic, but courageously experimental morality play “The Ticket” with one of the ye...