Dann Gire
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Spielberg channels Capra in patriotic 'Bridge of Spies'Oct 14, 2015 9:00 am - A U.S. government official tells insurance attorney James B. Donovan that there's no rule book on the secret mission he's about to undertake. Donovan, played by Tom Hank...
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Idea for HBO's 'Project Greenlight' came from Stevenson alumOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - It started over lunch. Stevenson High School alumnus Alex Keledjian met a Miramax television executive for sushi, to pitch him on an animated version of Kevin Smith's m...
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Former Lake Forest resident relishes 'pivotal' role in '99 Homes'Oct 11, 2015 7:30 am - Ramin Bahrani's hard-hitting drama "99 Homes" goes wide in local theaters this weekend. If you see it, you'll notice actor Tim Guinee as a dad struggling to keep his hou...
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Young star soars in bloated 'Pan' prequelOct 09, 2015 5:00 am - Joe Wright's ridiculously revisionist, fun-challenged and visual-effects-choked J.M. Barrie fantasy "Pan" gets one element right. His name is Levi Miller. He hails from ...
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'Final Girls' way more clever than one might expectOct 08, 2015 5:45 am - In the surprisingly clever 1980s mad slasher parody "The Final Girls," five unsuspecting filmgoers become magically transported into the 1986 cult maniac movie "Camp Blo...
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'Endgame' plays like an after-school specialOct 08, 2015 5:15 am - Fans of “Modern Family” TV star Rico Rodriguez (he plays young Manny) might be tempted to check out his starring role in the comic high school chess drama “Endgame.” His...
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'Freeheld' hits all the right emotional buttonsOct 08, 2015 5:00 am - Peter Sollett's fact-based drama "Freeheld" stars Julianne Moore as a terminally ill New Jersey police detective fighting to leave her pension to her domestic partner (E...
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Chicago Bliss players from suburbs part of new reality TV showOct 06, 2015 5:11 am - They're athletic, attractive women who play football in bikinis and have lots of drama in their personal lives. Perfect recipe for reality TV, right? The Oxygen network...
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Andrew Garfield faces hard times in morality tale '99 Homes'Oct 01, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: '99 Homes' Ramin Bahrani's blistering contemporary morality tale "99 Homes" stars erstwhile Spider-Man Andrew Garfield as a young single father who loses hi...
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Neo-noir 'Shanghai' never really comes to lifeOct 01, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Shanghai' In the neo-noir murder mystery/historical epic/espionage drama "Shanghai," John Cusack wears an ill-fitting gumshoe's suit and fedora while utter...