Dann Gire
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How a Downers Grove filmmaker turned being robbed into a 'success story'Mar 28, 2017 5:33 am - The first time Downers Grove filmmaker Matthew Aaron tried to take Los Angeles by storm, he nearly got blown away. He lived in his car for two months. One night while he...
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Pena, Shepard take 'CHiPs' off the TV blockMar 24, 2017 6:00 am - Pena, Shepard let the 'CHiPs' fall Actor/director/writer Dax Shepard and Chicago actor Michael Pena breezed into the Windy City earlier this month to promote their new c...
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'CHiPs' are down: Ponch goes raunch in R-rated revampMar 23, 2017 12:00 pm - What we get with "CHiPs" - Dax Shepard's randy, R-rated take on the blandly inoffensive 1977 NBC TV series - is the sort of lowbrow action comedy usually released in the...
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Supernatural 'Dig Two Graves' a stylish gothic film set in Southern IllinoisMar 23, 2017 6:00 am - If the young Coen brothers had been turned loose in Southern Illinois to create an ultra-low-budget, 1970s supernatural horror tale reeking of EC Comics vibes, it might ...
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Woody Harrelson's curmudgeonly charm fails misanthropic mess 'Wilson'Mar 23, 2017 6:00 am - Woody Harrelson has curmudgeonly charm built into his acting DNA, but he can't quite humanize the misanthropic mess at the heart of Craig Johnson's choppy character stud...
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Palatine songwriter Andrew Ripp's career got help from Bears' SingletaryMar 21, 2017 5:34 am - One of the people Andrew Ripp credits with launching his singing/songwriting career is ... Mike Singletary? Yes, the Chicago Bears football legend played a key role in R...
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Facets Kids Film Camp finally invades suburbs!Mar 16, 2017 6:00 am - For more than 20 years, Chicago's not-for-profit arts organization Facets Multimedia has presented its Kids Summer Film Camp so that students ages 7 to 14 can learn all ...
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'Beauty and the Beast' a faithful but less magical remake of Disney classicMar 15, 2017 10:00 am - In Bill Condon's good, but not great, live-action remake of Walt Disney's animated musical fantasy "Beauty and the Beast," Emma Watson constantly smiles as dancing dishe...
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Animator from West Chicago gives 'Beauty and the Beast' a visual boostMar 14, 2017 5:30 am - Visual effects artist Matthew Doll hails from a West Chicago family of MDs. His parents, Mark and Marie, plus his brothers, Merrick and Mike, all share the initials MD. ...
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Red alert! Realistic films need realistic blood effectsMar 09, 2017 5:00 am - Dann checks his email Dann: I enjoyed your review of "Logan," although reading "R-rated" and "Marvel Comics" in the same sentence was a little weird. I liked your remark...