Movie reviews of Don Shanahan

The culminating dreadful tension and high intrigue created by Weisz and McAdams is incredibly palpable... Review

The frazzled and twitchy traits come forth from committed performances especially from the three case subjects. Review

An excellent place for teens to soak in some much-needed empathy against the more mindless American animated offerings. Review

Frozen by disturbing memories, the blunt object that is Lynne Ramsay’s award-winning potboiler is far more hulking than a quick death by bullet. Review

It banks on mixing sentiment built on pleasantries laced with profanity. Review

Johnson has the charisma and clout to hit the cinematic strongman game enough to make a terrible movie OK when it comes to Rampage. Review

A moving artistic interpretation of one of those such moments. Review

Combining a slick creature-feature with a chamber piece of deadly silence that immerses the audience in compelling thrills. Review

Exudes strong themes of guilt across several points of view. Review

Plays smart with its narrative development where wit wins over gross-out humor every time. Review

Stands as one of the most unafraid and imaginative films of recent memory to portray the thorny truths of teen depression. Review

Spielberg and company have created a grand quest with a marching band’s worth of bells and whistles. Review

Proves big budgets are far from necessary to produce thrilling heat and an aura of tenacity. Review

Hyatt’s film comports itself well to share these beliefs in an artful and compelling fashion. Review

The most fitting and laudable word to compliment the Journey’s End ensemble is maturity. Review

The challenge remains the wanton recklessness of the character arcs that make for a scattered story... Review

Stanley Tucci is a cinematic treasure of sarcasm. Review

Wears a giant badge of pride next to a tiny medallion of shame on its cinematic uniform on being banned in four nations... Review

Asks a great deal of its audience for the allowance of disbelief. Review

The compassion Doran's film stirs for economic and social challenges is genuine and resolute. Review

Weaves an intellectual web to test these limits inside a unique psyche better than films ten times its length. Review

A film that probably needed to stretch its world-building into a richly-detailed TV mini-series with a step up in maturity... Review

You will undoubtedly get your mind’s worth and your money’s worth stepping up the cerebral challenge of this film. Review

The premise may be innocent enough, but the hijinks that ensue jolt with their own sinisterly comedic glee. Review