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MOVIE REVIEW: The Dog Lover
MOVIE REVIEW: The Dog Lover

It is entirely fair to grant that, out of the many animal breeders in the world, operations exist that are completely on the up-and-up with proper care and humane treatment of animals.  No argument there.  Not every dog breeder is a cruel and incensed perpetrator of animal slavery any more than not every Muslim is an ISIS terrorist or not every German was a Nazi.  Advocating for such a truth is fine and dandy when the message is composed in a fair and balanced way.  A film like the “The Dog Lover” is not the way to correct that message.

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2016, ZERO STARS, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC South Barrington 302016, The Dog Lover, AMC South Barrington 30, independent films, James Remar, Lea Thompson, Sherry Stringfield, Allison Page, Jayson Blair, Christina Moore, A Time to Kill, PETA, dog movies, dogs in peril, ZERO STARS, animal cruelty Comment
MOVIE REVIEW: Minions
MOVIE REVIEW: Minions

I watch "Minions" and I don't see anything fresh or fun.  I see a bloated adventure film that steals good ideas from better films because its own originality is tremendously limited.  I hear and see repeated cliches around every corner that are only played for laughs because of mild physical comedy.  I see a movie so annoying that I would punch my own child in the face for wanting to watch it over and over.  I'll be the one that says it.  This film is terrible and we can do better with family entertainment.

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2015, MOVIE REVIEW, ZERO STARSDon ShanahanDespicable Me 2, Despicable Me, Minions, movie review, film review, film commentary, movie commentary, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Geoffrey Rush, movie sequels, Steve Coogan, Allison Janney, Unnecessary Censorship, Funny, 2015, 2015 Summer Movies, life lessons from films, life lessons from moviesComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Big Game
MOVIE REVIEW: Big Game

Bankrolled overseas for just under $10 million, the new film "Big Game," playing concurrently in limited theatrical release and Video On Demand, stars a sizable cast of Hollywood players stealing easy money and cashing quick paychecks.  "Big Game" is a dumpster fire.  It might be so incredibly terrible that it's too bad to ever become a "so-bad-it's-good" guilty pleasure and cult favorite.  This might be beyond the boys at RiffTrax to mock, and that's saying something.

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2015, Foreign Film, MOVIE REVIEW, Video on Demand, ZERO STARSDon ShanahanBig Game, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Stevenson, Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent, Victor Garber, Onni Tommila, Jalmari Helander, Ted Levine, Video On Demand, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, life lessons, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, movie commentary, film commentary, 2015, 2015 Summer MoviesComment