Dann Gire
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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 ...
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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...