Dann Gire
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Reel life: Do you have a favorite 'U.N.C.L.E.' opening?Aug 13, 2015 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: • Each of the four seasons of NBC's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." opened with a different arrangement of Jerry Goldsmith's classic spy theme. So ...
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Travel show host from Naperville embraces 'Epic Attractions'Aug 11, 2015 5:30 am - Chris Perry rides the world's fastest roller coasters, flies down the scariest water slides and jumps into all sorts of other adrenaline-fueled adventures as host of...
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Spy series film not your father's 'U.N.C.L.E.'Aug 11, 2015 12:00 am - Instead of delivering an actual "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." motion picture - based on NBC's espionage TV series - director/writer Guy Ritchie and his "Sherlock Holmes" wri...
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'Gemma Bovery' teases out a baker's fantasy life with his neighborAug 06, 2015 6:30 am - Mini-review: 'Gemma Bovery' I think I have this straight: Anne Fontaine's sleek-looking "Gemma Bovery" is narrated by a middle-aged French baker named Martin (Fabrice Lu...
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'End of the Tour' visually dry, but intellectually stunningAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'End of the Tour' To find a movie as visually dull and as intellectually stimulating as James Ponsoldt's fact-based drama "End of the Tour," we'd have to go...
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Edgerton's directorial debut a 'Gift' to revenge thrillersAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - High school revenge fantasies will remain a viable, relevant movie genre for as long as hallway bullies victimize fellow students, but none will probably be as unnerving...
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Reel life: Seeking Jason Bateman's 'inner jerk'Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Australian actor Joel Edgerton burst onto the international movie scene in 2010's celebrated crime thriller “Animal Kingdom” after minor roles in “Star Wars” Episodes II...
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Rockin' 'Ricki' a flash in the dramatic panAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - What does it say about a motion picture when its entire plot, plus all its major emotional beats, can easily be squeezed into a two-minute. 31-second trailer? It says th...
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'Fantastic Four' more like fantastic boreAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - It's not so fantastic. Chicago film critics suspected this when 20th Century Fox booked its only press screening of Marvel's "Fantastic Four" on Wednesday after regular ...
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Suburban firefighters compete on 'American Ninja Warrior'Aug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Fellow firefighters like to razz Brandon Mears and Dan Polizzi about being contestants on "American Ninja Warrior." "Only every single day, seven days a week," said Mea...