Dann Gire
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Those voices you're hearing? They might be West Chicago's Jessica RauDec 20, 2016 4:40 am - Jessica Rau had been paying a softball game in 2014 Los Angeles when she received an urgent call from her vocal contractor. "I need you as soon as possible to record a s...
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Dann's naughty, nutty alternatives to traditional Santa moviesDec 15, 2016 6:00 am - Really bad Santas Call them alt.Santa movies. You know, subversive motion pictures that put jolly old St. Nick and holiday movies in a really bad, if not homicidal light...
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Chicago critics give 'Moonlight' top prize at awards dinnerDec 15, 2016 12:00 am - The Chicago Film Critics Thursday night named Barry Jenkins' daring, cutting-edge coming-of-age drama "Moonlight" best picture of 2016. The drama, following one main cha...
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'La La Land' a stunning blend of romance, dreams and all that jazzDec 13, 2016 2:00 pm - Prepare for amazement. The breathless 5½-minute opening musical number in Damien Chazelle's “La La Land” is worth the price of admission all by itself. This impossibly i...
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'Freaks and Geeks' actor Dave 'Gruber' Allen talks Naperville, comedyDec 13, 2016 4:00 am - Actor and comedian Dave "Gruber" Allen got his nickname at Naperville Central High School, where a classmate used to always greet him by saying, "What's up, groover?" "I...
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Latest 'Star Wars' goes 'Rogue' with more battles, less emotionDec 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Gareth Edwards' “Rogue One” is so “Star Warsy” that it uses 1970s camera lenses to replicate the visual texture of the 1977 original. It's so “Star Warsy” that it neatly...
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'Moonlight' dominates Chicago Film Critics nominationsDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Barry Jenkins' breakthrough drama "Moonlight" leads the 2016 Chicago Film Critics awards nominations announced Monday. Chicago critics gave Jenkins' movie 11 nominations...
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Jessica Chastain's media warrior takes no prisoners in 'Miss Sloane'Dec 08, 2016 5:00 am - Lobbying, as Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) tells us in sultry voice-over narration, "is about making sure you surprise them ... and they don't surprise you." Them ...
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Holiday movie events jam local theater schedulesDec 08, 2016 5:00 am - Tivoli holiday film fest Classic Cinemas' Tivoli Theatre presents its holiday film festival from Saturday, Dec. 10, through Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 5021 Highland Ave., Do...
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Portman a triumph as former first lady in insightful 'Jackie'Dec 07, 2016 11:30 am - "Jackie" opens with an assassination attempt. Not by Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby. By Mica Levi's overbearing score that batters its way into the drama, dominating the...