Dann Gire
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A-minus at Loyola Academy fueled 'Westworld' creatorOct 18, 2016 5:00 am - An A-minus on a freshman high school creative writing assignment may not seem like such a big deal, but for future filmmaker Jonathan Nolan, that grade changed his life....
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'Confessions' a gross, dimwitted rom-comOct 14, 2016 6:00 am - The nonromantic comedy "Confessions of a Womanizer" opens with studly young protagonist Ritchie (Andrew Lawrence) stuck in a jail cell with a transgender hooker named Gi...
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Reel life: Two suburban students win honors at 'Say It In 8' film festOct 13, 2016 6:00 am - They 'Say It In 8' Two suburban students won honors in the upcoming "Say It In 8" student film festival sponsored by the After Hours Film Society. Brian Chval of the Col...
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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 ...