Dann Gire
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'Family Fang' keeps characters at arm's lengthMay 05, 2016 5:00 am - "You think we damaged you?" Christopher Walken's Dad says to his kids, played by Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman. "So what? That's what parents do." "The Family Fang," B...
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'Infinity' figures to be a trite tale of two mathematiciansMay 05, 2016 5:00 am - Matthew Brown's biopic "The Man Who Knew Infinity" joins the ever-growing list of fact-based motion pictures that adjust screenplays so that white protagonists can share...
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'Civil War' divides Avengers in action-packed sequelMay 03, 2016 3:00 pm - The superhero-stuffed "Captain America: Civil War" - an engaging if overwrought series of vibrant visual effects sequences featuring furiously fast fights choreographed ...
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Actor from Aurora marks 30 years on stage with Goodman roleMay 02, 2016 1:00 am - Aurora native Phillip Edward Van Lear remembers first stepping out on Goodman Theatre's stage in 1986 as if it happened last night. "I was absolutely terrified!" Van Lea...
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Half-baked comedy 'Dough' fails to riseApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - The title "Dough" offers a double meaning in John Goldschmidt's stylistically unstable culture-clash comedy about an old-school Jewish baker, curmudgeonly widower Nat Da...
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Insipid, tasteless 'Mother's Day' comedy a waste of talentApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - Warning: Side effects of watching Garry Marshall's "Mother's Day" may include, but are not limited to, symptoms similar to an overdose of artificial sweeteners. I can't ...
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Reel life: 'Meddler' creator talks truth, mom and griefApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Actress, writer, director Lorene Scafaria, 37, is best known for her bitey adapted screenplay to “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.” In 2012, Scafaria, Lemont native Dia...
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'Papa' not a novel approach to Hemingway or his workApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Bob Yari's "Papa: Hemingway in Cuba" is the first Hollywood movie to be shot in Cuba since its 1959 revolution, It's such an emotionally vacant and sterile work of drama...
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'Meddler' a comic drama full of AARPish joyApr 27, 2016 11:15 am - Marnie Minervini is a champion meddler. She can really put the pedal to the meddle. She calls her poor TV writer daughter Lori almost hourly, leaving a trail of phone me...
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Arlington Heights native produces laughs for James Corden, Jimmy KimmelApr 25, 2016 1:00 am - You've got two hours to find a snowblower. In Los Angeles. And it needs to hold a life-size cutout of Kim Kardashian. Next, you have to persuade a woman on Hollywood Bo...