Dann Gire
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Quirky, comic book action thriller sums up 'Accountant'Oct 12, 2016 12:30 pm - "The Accountant" figures to be a quirky, comic book-inspired, character-driven action thriller riddled with as many jack-in-the-box surprises as bullets, kicks and punch...
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How war and suburbia shaped a Hollywood writerOct 11, 2016 5:15 am - Adi Hasak enjoyed an idyllic upbringing in Highland Park, but his Israeli military service in Beirut ultimately defined his work as a Hollywood screenwriter and producer...
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Images: Icons of South BarringtonOct 09, 2016 1:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Upscale. Downscale. South Barrington blends them both in entertainment and culture as well as in shops, goods and services...
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Should filmmaker's past be factored into movie reviews? Gire says noOct 06, 2016 6:00 am - 'Filmmaker' critics? By now, most people who follow movies know that in 1999 “The Birth of a Nation” director/writer/star Nate Parker was accused of raping an 18-year-ol...
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Lack of suspense, boring characters derail 'Girl on the Train'Oct 06, 2016 6:00 am - By the time all the confusing, chronologically shifted fragments finally come together in Tate Taylor's muddled murder mystery "The Girl on the Train," our own train of ...
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Parker's bold 'Birth of a Nation' celebrates resilience of human spiritOct 05, 2016 6:00 am - The most haunting image in Nate Parker's ambitious, spiritually florid slave revolt drama "The Birth of a Nation" shows a little white girl laughing and skipping in fron...
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Comically challenged 'Masterminds' exhibits neither mastery nor a mindSep 29, 2016 11:00 am - The release date of this disappointingly anemic comedy has been pushed back two times since August 2015. Would once more have killed anyone? “Masterminds” won't rank as ...
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Reel life: Catch 'Blues Brothers' in Arlington HeightsSep 29, 2016 6:00 am - Singin' the 'Blues' The Blue Whiskey Cinema Series returns with a silver-screen presentation of the classic Windy City comedy "The Blues Brothers" (shot in Chicago starr...
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'Deepwater' an engaging if shallow disaster film thrillerSep 27, 2016 11:00 pm - "Deepwater Horizon" doesn't delve very deeply into the explosion of a floating BP oil rig that killed 11 workers and spilled 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gu...
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Reel life: Elgin shows its shortsSep 22, 2016 6:00 am - The 8th annual Elgin Short Film Festival rolls into the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin, with six finalists being shown, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, ...