Dann Gire
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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...
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Exotic 'Kubo' gives us a Knight to rememberAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Travis Knight makes his feature film directorial debut this weekend with the Japanese-inspired animated "Kubo and the Two Strings." He's the president and CEO of the Ore...
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Jonah Hill's bravado compensates for dumbed-down narration in 'War Dogs'Aug 17, 2016 11:00 am - The award for Laziest Major Screenplay of 2016 So Far goes to "War Dogs," a comedy so rife with voice-over narration you could close your eyes and let actor Miles Teller...
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Simon Helberg gets 'Big Bang' out of actingAug 13, 2016 6:00 am - CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" made an instant star out of actor Simon Helberg, now famous for his deft characterization of nerdy Howard Wolowitz in 231 episodes (so far). S...
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'High Water' marks keenly observed modern westernAug 12, 2016 6:00 am - "Hell or High Water," British director David Mackenzie's keenly observed Wild West tribute to "Bonnie and Clyde" transplanted into the 21st century, comes from the compu...
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Hot dog! Gross R-rated 'Sausage Party' meats with approvalAug 11, 2016 6:00 am - Out of the 50 funniest jokes in this hard-R-rated animated comedy, not one can be repeated in a family-friendly news outlet. Parents foolish enough to let kids see "Saus...
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Meryl Streep leads superb cast in lovable 'Florence Foster Jenkins'Aug 11, 2016 6:00 am - "Florence Foster Jenkins" may not intentionally be a merry metaphor for the sometimes vast divide between the public and critics on matters of the performing arts. Yet, ...
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Count smart screenplay, female lead among 'Equity' assetsAug 11, 2016 6:00 am - Meera Menon's high-finance drama "Equity" offers two extremely strong assets in its impressive portfolio of boardroom betrayals and dog-eat-dog survival tactics. First, ...