Dann Gire
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'Kedi' a cat-egorically lovable feline documentaryFeb 23, 2017 5:00 am - Without cats, the city of Istanbul would lose part of its soul. That's one of many poetically grandiose assertions to be found in Ceyda Torun's lovable, feline-friendly ...
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'Get Out' holds disturbing mirror to racism disguised as comic horrorFeb 22, 2017 1:00 pm - "Do they know I'm black?" Chris, played by Daniel Kaluuya, asks this question to his white girlfriend Rose, played by "Girls" star Allison Williams, as they depart for ...
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'Ghost Adventures' host recalls spooky suburban experiencesFeb 21, 2017 4:00 am - Travel Channel's “Ghost Adventures” host Zak Bagans wasn't yet aware of any paranormal gifts when he was a teenager living in Glen Ellyn. Yet he remembers some weird...
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Stock characters, dumb dialogue tear down ' Great Wall'Feb 16, 2017 2:45 pm - Seldom in motion picture history has such stylish, visual bombast been forced to service such dumbed-down, subtly racist storytelling. We find out early in Chinese direc...
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Sparse laughs assail thin sketches in comedy 'Fist Fight'Feb 16, 2017 11:00 am - The insipid high school comedy “Fist Fight” celebrates and exploits the very ideas that it should be ridiculing for comic effect, such as childish, lying, self-centered ...
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Down to the wire with Oscars and Gire as Academy Awards loomFeb 16, 2017 5:00 am - Movie Club predicts the Oscars twice more How will Denzel Washington's recent SAG award impact Casey Affleck's chances of winning the Best Actor Oscar? Will media backla...
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Fact-based marriage drama 'United Kingdom' comes up short on passionFeb 15, 2017 10:30 am - Amma Asante's "A United Kingdom" tells the true story of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams, whose controversial marriage makes the political conflicts in 2016's mixed-race...
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Highland Park 'Fist Fight' filmmaker inspired by the late John HughesFeb 14, 2017 4:00 am - Put Richie Keen and Charlie Day together and they act like two high school kids who've skipped class. They're old pals who've worked together many times, mostly on the F...
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How your son could star in a Steven Spielberg movieFeb 10, 2017 12:00 am - A 6-to-9-year-old suburban boy could be the star of the next Steven Spielberg movie. Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment will host an open casting call for the titular role...
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Hard-boiled, surrealistic 'John Wick 2' a ballet of bulletsFeb 09, 2017 6:00 am - We'll get to all the stabbing, punching, chasing, choking, shooting, screaming, beating, kicking, shouting, running and bleeding in a moment. When you see "John Wick: Ch...