Dann Gire
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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...
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Original 'Planet of the Apes' back, Blue Whiskey film fest turns 7Jul 22, 2016 6:00 am - Blue Whiskey No. 7 The seventh annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival runs July 24 to 31. And it's moved to the Randhurst 12 theaters in Mount Prospect. "Randhurs...
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Humorous, engaging 'Trek' reboot goes 'Beyond' with chases, fights and explosionsJul 21, 2016 10:15 am - The joys of “Star Trek Beyond” include more mano-a-alieno fights than an intergalactic WWE cage match, an interplanetary bromance between Spock and Kirk, a kung-fuing ne...
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Science fiction thriller 'Beta Test' needs tech supportJul 21, 2016 5:15 am - In the near-future science fiction thriller "Beta Test," video game wizard Max Troy (producer Larenz Tate) receives a mysterious package: a first-person shooter game in ...
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Filmmaker juggles mind-boggling conspiracy theories in 'Hillary's America'Jul 21, 2016 5:15 am - Perhaps the best way to endure Dinesh D'Souza's bumpy, off-the-rails train to Paranoia Town would be to imagine that Mel Brooks or Monty Python directed "Hillary's Ameri...