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Don Shanahan

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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.

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On Swift Horses (2024) 52% 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) 98% 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) 89% 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) 71% 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) 88% 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 The Assessment (2024) 82% 2/5 “As "The Assessment" transpires, the intentional absurdity becomes unintentionally funny for all the wrong reasons. ” – Every Movie Has a Lesson Mar 22, 2025 Full Review Magazine Dreams (2023) 80% 4/5 “As frightful and grisly as Majors and Magazine Dreams get, there is an unmistakable lure to their intensity and damaged textures.” – Film Obsessive Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% 5/5 “Because of all of this glowing style and sensational suspense, Black Bag is never dull, meaning Steven Soderbergh and his avant-garde arthouse tendencies are never pedestrian either.” – Film Obsessive Mar 12, 2025 Full Review Queen of the Ring (2024) 73% 3/5 “The movie is entertaining and engaging evidence the genre’s stand-up-and-cheer formula does not always need reinvention or recalibration, just more diverse and meaningful stories for new spotlights. ” – Film Obsessive Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Picture This (2025) 45% 2/5 “No feet are being swept and that lack of extra energy shows. Nevertheless, with luck, Simone Ashley isn’t going anywhere. ” – Film Obsessive Mar 8, 2025 Full Review Riff Raff (2024) 59% 2/5 “Because so many of the performances fail to blend with the same intent or tone, the rising level of everyone’s insufferability stops being entertaining in a hurry. ” – Film Obsessive Feb 27, 2025 Full Review
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