Dann Gire
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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, ...
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Disney's snappy, scary remake of 'Pete's Dragon' soarsAug 09, 2016 8:00 pm - Here's the terrific kids fantasy adventure that Steven Spielberg intended to make when he directed “The BFG.” Sure, Spielberg's tale of English giants arrived in theater...
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Hawthorn Woods native is nation's hottest pop song writerAug 09, 2016 5:10 am - "Sorry" by Justin Bieber. "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE. "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy. "Good for You" and "Hands to Myself" by Selena Gomez. These chart-topping pop hits, p...
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They're all back: 'Big Trouble,' Dann & Raymond, Flashback horror conventionAug 04, 2016 6:30 am - • Join me at the opening night festivities for the Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention. The event runs Friday, Aug. 5, through Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Crowne Plaz...
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Mindless 'Mind's Eye' a cheesy, low-budget horror taleAug 04, 2016 6:00 am - If Joe Begos' cheesy, low-grade, bargain-basement-budgeted horror tale "The Mind's Eye" teaches us anything, it might be that super-telekinetic powers don't necessarily ...
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PG-13 rating blunts twisted super villains 'Squad'Aug 02, 2016 3:00 pm - Taking a cue from its title, “Suicide Squad” self-destructs in a furiously frenzied, freakishly flat action film with an ending so reminiscent of “Ghostbusters” that Col...
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New documentary coincides with band Chicago's 50th anniversaryAug 01, 2016 1:00 am - There's a lot of positive buzz about a new documentary film on the band Chicago, "Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago," due out later this year on the eve of the ...
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Dann defends review of 'Hillary's America'Jul 28, 2016 5:00 am - Dann's email bag's full I dunno Dann. Did we watch the same movie "Hillary's America"? Your review, which was lathered in unspeakable political bias, was not respectful...
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'Jason Bourne' overstuffed with confusing action, plot holesJul 27, 2016 10:00 am - So, this is how an action movie franchise dies. To thunderous flaws. Disorienting, repetitious flashbacks. Confusing, strobe-light-edited fight scenes. Numbing, blurry c...
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Paranoid social media thriller loses its 'Nerve'Jul 27, 2016 5:00 am - In one of the weirdest, most presciently timed releases in movie history, the neon-glowing social media thriller "Nerve" invades theaters not only as a cautionary peer-p...