Dann Gire
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Scorsese shunned, Gibson embraced as diverse Oscar noms announcedJan 23, 2017 10:00 pm - Marty, why isn't your “Silence” golden? Amy, where'd you go after making such an impressive “Arrival”? Martin Scorsese's historical epic and longtime personal pet projec...
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Shyamalan's suspense-challenged 'Split' showcases McAvoy's versatilityJan 19, 2017 5:00 am - James McAvoy plays 24 personalities in “Split,” and you can't be sure if M. Night Shyamalan intended this to be a suspense-diluted horror film or a professional resume r...
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Triton film teacher shoots a doc about Native AmericansJan 19, 2017 5:00 am - Triton teacher directs Native American doc Oak Park resident Seth McClellan teaches film history and video production at Triton College in River Grove. He's also a docum...
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Keaton cooks up manic portrait of Arlington Heights' Ray Kroc in 'The Founder'Jan 18, 2017 5:00 am - A magic moment in John Lee Hancock's biopic “The Founder” unfolds when Northwest Suburban salesman Ray Kroc, played with subdued manic brilliance by Michael Keaton, sees...
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How Ray Kroc movie 'The Founder' replicated suburban sites in GeorgiaJan 18, 2017 4:00 am - In John Lee Hancock's bio-drama “The Founder,” Northwest suburban businessman Ray Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, beholds an empty tract of land on Lee Street in Des Pla...
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Lake Zurich native now a celebrity fashion designerJan 17, 2017 4:30 am - She might have worn a uniform for nine years at St. Francis de Sales School in Lake Zurich, but Amber Doyle still made it look fashionable, adding crazy tights, stylish ...
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Gire recalls Gene Kelly interview on 'Singin'' co-star Debbie ReynoldsJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - Gene Kelly on 'Singin'' "Singin' in the Rain," one of the greatest movie musicals ever made, returns to the silver screen at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, and Wednesd...
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Thin characters, dumbed-down script stall 'Monster Trucks'Jan 12, 2017 5:00 am - The idea for this boy-and-his-blob fantasy adventure reportedly came from the then-4-year-old son of Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman shortly before the studi...
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Affleck takes himself too seriously in ponderous 'Night'Jan 11, 2017 9:00 am - The first thing that director Ben Affleck should have suggested to his screenwriter, Ben Affleck, would be to lose the voice-over narration lifted from his source materi...
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Brotherly advice pushes Wheaton native toward opera careerJan 10, 2017 4:30 am - Growing up in Wheaton, music was a big part of brothers Steve and David Govertsen's lives. "We didn't have that athletic thing going for us," David said. "It's kind of w...