Movie reviews of Don Shanahan

2017, Adventure, Animation

A visual feast with its heart in the right place.

2017, Drama

Gets everything right, from its timely messages and polished tone to its honest and affirming compassion.

2017, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Science fiction

Comes across like attempted course correction done on that Etch A Sketch.

2017, Drama, Comedy

Feldstein, Hedges, Rush, and Chalamet offer exciting fresh-faced performances with a wealth of nuances in each.

2017, Drama, Comedy

Does know to shut up when it needs to after laughing when it wanted to.

2017, Drama, Love

The sublime polish and volume of empathy amid this film’s themes is utterly magnetic.

2017, Comedy

For every time she is funny on purpose, she is funny by accident twice as often, in a brilliant balance of dark comedy.

2017, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Science fiction

A highly satisfying blast with much to love above the silliness of it all.

2017, Drama, Horror, Suspense, Mystery

Titillating ideas should titillate. Resonating themes should resonate. Neither occurs and madness takes over.

2017, Drama

Nothing short of a beautiful revelation and one of the year's finest films.

2017, Drama, Suspense, Crime, Mystery

Too much of that talent is wasted on asinine serendipity, aimless chattiness, and a social commentary that misses nearly every mark...

2017, Drama

Frighteningly topical and entirely conceivable no matter the workplace...

2017, Drama, History

A cinematic quilt collecting experiences from many different narrative themes.

2016, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Love

Moves nimbly with an artistic design that seeks the cartoonish in a positive and clever way.

Ratchets up palpable tension.

2017, Animation, Drama, Mystery

A marvelous moving picture.

2018, Comedy

An easy and worthwhile short hike to climb.

2017, Drama

An enormous victory of engaging movie entertainment.

2017, Drama

A dramatic thumbnail depiction of a growing section of this nation’s culture that many may not want to admit exists, let alone condone.

2017, Drama, Love

There’s a special simplicity to what Robert and Jane do that doesn’t require fluff, pomp, or melodrama.

2017, Drama

The journey’s brevity becomes a satisfying delight.

2017, Suspense, Science fiction, Mystery

May not have the volcanic fury of Sicario or the emotional punch of Arrival, but it resonates nonetheless on its own frequency.

2017, Drama

Te Ata is the kind of story young women of today need to see, hear, and experience.

2016, Comedy

Flabbergasted energy blasts out of both of them and it’s a hoot to watch.