Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows
Critics list

Don Shanahan

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Don Shanahan is a Chicago-based film critic serving Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson, and is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical.

Critics' Group:
, ,

Reviews

Movies 온라인카지노추천 Shows
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% 4/5 “This movie is an anaconda. It's long, wild, regurgitates a dead Jon Voight, and takes your breath away.” – Film Obsessive May 14, 2025 Full Review Nonnas (2025) 80% 3/5 “With frankness and heart, the collected actresses show precisely why this film is rightfully theirs more than Vaughn’s.” – Film Obsessive May 9, 2025 Full Review The Trouble with Jessica (2023) 64% 3/5 “Like any sure-handed cinematic riddle, Matt Winn keeps pushing the teeter-totter at the right times, dropping question marks all the way until the end.” – Film Obsessive May 3, 2025 Full Review Ghost (1990) 75% “Better than life itself.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Apr 30, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% 2/5 “By embracing the joke of being jokes themselves, it all too often still becomes or stays a joke. Thunderbolts* goes to show that when you make something about cheap heroes, you get a cheap return. ” – Film Obsessive Apr 29, 2025 Full Review The Legend of Ochi (2025) 78% 4/5 “In all respects, The Legend of Ochi is odd and uncool, maybe, but it’s forthright, meaningful, and prudently PG-rated with intentions, lessons, metaphors, and magic all its own. ” – Film Obsessive Apr 27, 2025 Full Review On Swift Horses (2024) 51% 2/5 “All of this period-accurate taboo melodrama in On Swift Horses happens side-by-side to the risks of gambling as a narrative foil. That blending is haphazard, both emotionally and artistically.” – Every Movie Has a Lesson Apr 24, 2025 Full Review The Wedding Banquet (2025) 88% 4/5 “It’s the sweet affection and renewed declarations of love, no matter the acronyms involved, that will endear its complementary place next to Ang Lee’s original.” – Film Obsessive Apr 19, 2025 Full Review The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) 85% “The dark decandence on display is second to none.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Apr 18, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 5/5 “The ghastly fantasies and impactful fables concocted by Sinners have never looked and sounded this dashing, lustful, and audacious.” – Every Movie Has a Lesson Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Darkest Miriam (2024) 85% 2/5 “Even though the scrupulous visual edge is present, we’re trapped waiting and wondering with an unsatisfied curiosity.” – Film Obsessive Apr 14, 2025 Full Review Pride & Prejudice (2005) 87% “Stately, emotional, sumptuous, and perfect in every way. ” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Apr 12, 2025 Full Review The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) 67% “This era's of pearl-clutching domestic horror or privileged peril was fascinating.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Apr 12, 2025 Full Review The Iron Giant (1999) 96% “Every bit deserving of its instant classic standing.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Apr 12, 2025 Full Review Sacramento (2024) 84% 3/5 “Balancing the adventurous sweetness and the aged sourness happening in Sacramento is made possible by the chemistry between the Michaels of the picture. ” – Film Obsessive Apr 12, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 93% 4/5 “The wide array of teamwork on display is downright inspiring to watch, with no glorious glows of assistive hero worship.” – Film Obsessive Apr 3, 2025 Full Review A Minecraft Movie (2025) 48% 3/5 “Thanks to the exuberant cast and the kind of contagious entertainment they dispensed, you may just come to love something you didn’t know a lick about 101 minutes earlier.” – Film Obsessive Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Liquor Bank (2025) 100% 4/5 “Through his sharp script to stay on message and breathe within this difficult encounter, writer-director Marcellus Cox (Mickey Hardaway) puts true struggle on display with fortitude, unquestionable integrity, and impressive poise. ” – Every Movie Has a Lesson Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Eric LaRue (2023) 69% 3/5 “We’re watching a wringer that doesn’t wring us out in return because we come to understand and care so deeply for this broken woman at odds.” – Every Movie Has a Lesson Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Audrey's Children (2024) 81% 3/5 “As a film aiming for audience education and entertainment, Audrey’s Children hangs its hat—just like the good doctor did—on heart.” – Film Obsessive Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Anora (2024) 93% “Baker proves his point in a movie of split motivations held together by the revelation that is Mikey Madison.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Mar 23, 2025 Full Review Pretty Woman (1990) 65% “Earns its classic status with its mature take on an unlikely fairy tale spawning from less-desirable origins.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Mar 23, 2025 Full Review Under Siege (1992) 83% “There are more warheads in this movie than the missles being offloaded by these nefarious criminals.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Mar 23, 2025 Full Review Tron (1982) 74% “Utterly revolutionary visual splendor and a time capsule to the ingenuity given to movies.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Mar 23, 2025 Full Review To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 88% “Friedkin is a master making the sweaty and seedy suspenseful.” – Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast Mar 23, 2025 Full Review
No Reviews Yet
Load More