Dann Gire
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Dann & Raymond highlight kids' fantasy filmsSep 01, 2016 6:00 am - Fantastical films Join me and Buffalo Grove film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "We're Off to See the Wizard: The Great Fantasy Films" ...
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Van Damme back in nostalgic action-jammed 'Kickboxer: Vengeance'Aug 31, 2016 11:00 pm - We know what we're getting with a movie titled "Kickboxer: Vengeance," don't we? So, let's skip the kung-fooey actors, all graduates of the Chuck Norris Drama School for...
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Strong performances can't save dark, sluggish 'Light Between Oceans'Aug 31, 2016 6:00 am - Give credit to writer/director Derek Cianfrance for attempting to become the next David Lean with his ambitiously mounted, well-acted, literature-credentialed Australian...
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Gire: Comedy icon Gene Wilder credited Mel Brooks for his movie careerAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - "If it hadn't been for Mel Brooks putting me into 'The Producers,' I don't know if you and I would be talking today," Gene Wilder told me during an August 1984 interview...
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'Don't Breathe' director: 'I like to provoke'Aug 25, 2016 6:20 am - 'Don't Breathe' director: 'I like to provoke' Uruguayan film director and screenwriter Fede Alvarez directs the new home invasion suspense thriller "Don't Breathe." I hi...
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Music-infused 'Morris' a winning coming-of-age celebrationAug 25, 2016 6:15 am - The joys of the humanistic, coming-of-age comic drama "Morris From America" include well-rounded characters suggesting they possess lives beyond what we see, understated...
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Taut home invasion thriller 'Don't Breathe' will leave you breathlessAug 25, 2016 6:00 am - Fede Alvarez's taut home invasion thriller "Don't Breathe" achieves levels of perverse dread and unrelenting threat missing from most similar risk-averse PG-13 suspense ...
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'Southside With You' a sweet take on Obamas' first dateAug 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Obama haters will hate "Southside With You," just because it humanizes the pre-First Couple and allows them to win us over with sincerity, optimism, first-date awkwardne...
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'Kubo' animator uses an artist's eye and a mathematician's mindAug 23, 2016 5:33 am - Suburban native Mike Laubach's job as an animator requires an artist's eye and a mathematician's mind. "I love it because it's unusual for you to find a position that re...
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Mount Prospect teen's 1976 disappearance still haunts family, cop, reporterAug 21, 2016 6:15 am - Forty years ago today, 14-year-old Barbara Glueckert left her Mount Prospect home after telling her mom she and a friend wanted to go to a party down the block. “I can s...