Dann Gire
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Coming attractions: Local film fests showcase indies, shortsDec 31, 2015 4:30 am - Serious filmgoers already know that Chicago is one toddling movie town with North America's oldest competitive fest, the Chicago International Film Festival. But the sub...
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'Teen Wolf' star grew up as one of 15 kids in Glen EllynDec 29, 2015 4:00 am - On MTV's “Teen Wolf,” Ryan Kelley plays a serious sheriff's deputy with supernatural powers. In real life, the Glen Ellyn native is a regular guy who hates the gym, beel...
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'Big' year: Dann Gire spotlights his top 10 films of 2015Dec 27, 2015 5:30 am - The movies of 2015 started out not very promising. But by the time autumn rolled around, Hollywood (and independent filmmakers) began hitting jackpot after jackpot with ...
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It's comedy vs. step-comedy in erratic 'Daddy's Home'Dec 25, 2015 4:45 am - It might sound odd to compliment a silly Will Ferrell comedy for its restraint, but here goes: Sean Anders' "Daddy's Home" shows such unusual restraint in its use of st...
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Reel life: Larson, DiCaprio give year's best performancesDec 24, 2015 5:30 am - The best of 2015 films My top 10 movies of 2015 will be published in Sunday's Time out! section. Meanwhile, here are other selected bests of the year in films: Best act...
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Great performances drive romance in 'Carol'Dec 23, 2015 10:00 am - We first see Carol when Therese, a young sales clerk, spots her across the busy floor of a New York department store in 1952. Carol, several years older than Therese, ap...
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Jennifer Lawrence movie falls short of 'Joy'Dec 23, 2015 5:00 am - There's not much joy in David O. Russell's movie until Bradley Cooper enters the story as QVC TV network executive Neil Walker. Up to then, the story about how a young, ...
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Tarantino goes vile, vile West for 'Hateful Eight'Dec 23, 2015 4:30 am - In Quentin Tarantino's nihilistic Western murder mystery "The Hateful Eight," killer cowboys chew and spit words the way baseball players expectorate tobacco wads. When ...
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Will Smith elevates formula underdog drama 'Concussion'Dec 23, 2015 4:00 am - A death occurs halfway through this fact-based, formula underdog drama. What dies is nothing less than American idealism, as perceived by a disillusioned immigrant. "Whe...
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Arlington Heights native 'Craigslist Joe' talks about his life-changing movieDec 21, 2015 12:00 am - What would happen if you woke up tomorrow, and didn't have anything? No job, no money, no family or friends to help you out - just your cellphone and laptop computer. Ho...