Movie reviews of Don Shanahan

Tediously balancing easy charm with the uncomfortable gravity of unintended consequences...

The escalating tension is phenomenal, guiding heavy lessons and postures, all led by quite possibly the best performance to date from Ethan Hawke.

To those with appreciative tastes for the talent involved, they will find satisfying enjoyment in watching these women shine as they do best.

Welcome to most rambunctiously entertaining unnecessary movie you may ever like or love.

Light horror fans will find some clever chills and spills on Island Zero.

The flames are fattened, the bloodshed is bolstered, and the hail of hot lead is heightened as all of these wild elements compose a parade of profanity and dirty delights.

The results are gleefully glorious. Look no further than Juno and Young Adult.

Gorgeously shot and rare with rural vigor...

Carries itself with equal parts heroic grandeur and hardscrabble ethics that can still resonate and draw audience appreciation today, 65 years later.

It’s hard to see where any character, major or minor, in this film thinks about consequences before they act...

Efficient and effective for education through charm.

This saga’s newest peak is an expanse of scorched earth that stings, shocks, lingers, and satisfies.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A moving artistic interpretation of one of those such moments.

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

Exudes strong themes of guilt across several points of view.

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

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

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