Movie reviews of Don Shanahan

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

While the acting is inarguably impressive, not all of the chatty circles along the way maintain a strong interest level... Review

Brims with allegory and is strikingly shot. However, the film’s compelling qualities never seem to match its obscene effort towards the art. Review

Strides proudly and powerfully with every progressive step as one of the best MCU films we’ve ever seen. Review

The film may not be entirely sweeping and captivating, but all can marvel at Vega’s lead performance of pure poignancy. Review

Even with relaxing some standards for criticism, the outcome is amateur hour trying to pass itself off as prestige. Review

A trainwreck of a treat to behold... Review

Technical shortcomings aside, the influential and tangible messages emanating from the screen story conceived by Ayman Jamal are ever-present... Review

Nearly every portion of 42 Grams, edited leanly by David Burkhart, observes events as they transpired in their moments. Review

A genuine delight on multiple levels. Review

It is certainly cud to chew on with Hostiles. Review

Savvy styling is employed to tell this sordid biographical tale with deceptive flow and salacious wit. Review

Features tenderly audacious performances from the three main men. Review

The film could fill volumes of studies with its fascinating ruminations on a great many themes of all layers of meticulousness on display. Review

One will fail to find a genuine performance of dedicated clarity. Review

Chef de cuisine Ridley Scott employed his trusted and talented detail of sous chefs to mastermind this sharply effective thriller. Review