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MOVIE REVIEW: Maybe I Do
MOVIE REVIEW: Maybe I Do

Familiar premises need a little wrinkle or twist to not be another retread. Thanks to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Guess Who, the Meet the Parents franchise, and even the new You People, audiences have attended more than enough awkward meetings and dinners between contradictory parents trying to prevent a future marriage between their cherished children. Longtime Boy Meets World TV writer Michael Jacobs, making his feature directorial debut with a laudable cast, conjured an enticing sprinkle of spice towards this familiar setup with Maybe I Do.

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2 STARS, 2023, MOVIE REVIEW, StreamingDon ShanahanMaybe I Do, Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, William H. Macy, Susan Sarandon, Luke Bracey, Emma RobertsComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Dory
MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Dory

Unless the title begins with "Toy Story," Disney/Pixar has not had very good luck with effective sequels.  "Cars 2" aimed too high for a bigger international stage and "Monsters University" failed as a bonding origin story prequel.  Thirteen years after the original, "Finding Dory" changes that weak trend with a winning flourish.  Teeming with plenty of vibrant energy and anchored by Pixar's signature punch of finely tuned emotional storytelling, this sequel will delight audiences young and old and earns its mature place as a companion piece to the classic "Finding Nemo."

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2016, 4 STARS, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanRegal City North Stadium 14 IMAX2016, 2016 Summer Movies, Disney, Disney/Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton, Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Kaitlin Olson, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Hayden Rolence, Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, The Hangover 2, Cars 2, Monsters University, Toy Story, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sigourney Weaver, Minions, Room, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons, movie review, Best Animated Feature, movie sequels, film review, movie commentary, film commentary, family films, PG, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don ShanahanComment