Dann Gire
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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, ...
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'Magnificent Seven' remake lacks smarts, cool cast of originalSep 21, 2016 10:45 am - Antoine Fuqua's "The Magnificent Seven" lacks two key components that made John Sturges' 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "The Seven Samurai" a favorite West...
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What it's like to be one of the world's top Obama impersonatorsSep 20, 2016 5:30 am - Strangers have spit in his face and thrown punches at him. Others have tearfully hugged him, handed him babies or fainted in his presence. People have taken his photo mo...
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Strange and fantastic fall filmsSep 17, 2016 7:15 am - The up-and-running fall film season offers a smorgasbord of tempting cinematic tidbits through Nov. 18. Here are 10 movies that have piqued my curiosity. 1. “The Birth ...
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Singalongs in movies hit a flat note for critic Dann GireSep 15, 2016 6:18 am - No more singalongs! In the thriller "I.T." opening this weekend, actor James Frecheville plays a villainous computer expert who breaks into a singalong with a tune play...
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Naperville native composes music for animated movies, TVSep 13, 2016 5:40 am - He laughs about it now, but Michael Kramer had a teacher at Naperville Central High School who tried talking him out of a career as a Hollywood music composer. It will b...
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Actress Lana Wood comes to Park Ridge for 'The Searchers'Sep 08, 2016 6:20 am - Wood at the Pickwick Actress Lana Wood, sister of the late Natalie Wood, will appear at a 60th anniversary screening of John Ford's classic western "The Searchers" at 7 ...
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Dramatic 'Sully' soars as thrilling salute to critical thinkingSep 06, 2016 10:00 pm - "Sully" represented something of a "Titanic" challenge for director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Todd Komarnicki: Most people already know the story. Well. On Jan. 15...