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MOVIE CLASSROOM: Updated archive on YouTube channel
MOVIE CLASSROOM: Updated archive on YouTube channel

In returning to my "Movie Classroom" series of interactive whiteboard video reviews with new vigor, new skills, and new tools, I wanted to bring back and upload my old video attempts to my Every Movie Has a Lesson YouTube channel.  In a massive file drop, I recently uploaded 29 of my past Movie Classroom videos from 2014, including winners like Whiplash and Birdman.  Head over and reminisce on some fine films and commentary by yours truly.

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2014, 2015, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEW, Social Media, SPECIAL, VIDEO REVIEWDon Shanahan2014, 2015, Movie Classroom, interactive whiteboard app, interactive whiteboard, video review, movie commentary, film commentary, YouTube, ShowMe, social media platform, social media, film critics, movie critics, critics reactions, movie review, film review, life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Birdman, Boyhood, Calvary, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chef, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Draft Day, Edge of Tomorrow, The Equalizer, Get On Up, Godzilla, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Happy Christmas, Magic in the Moonlight, A Most Wanted Man, Neighbors, The One I Love, Sex Tape, Snowpiercer, St. Vincent, They Came Together, Whiplash, The Zero TheoremComment
COLUMN: 2014 Spring Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2014 Spring Movie Preview

This year's slate of spring releases offers a pretty eclectic menu of choices, especially compared to the winter, and even a few blockbusters that want to beat the summer big boys to the punch of box office dollars.  Here's my final breakdown of this spring's upcoming releases to enjoy. 

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Column, EditorialDon ShanahanBrick Mansions, The Quiet Ones, The Other Woman, Bears, Heaven is Real, Transcendence, St. Vincent, St. Vincent de Van Nuys, Rio 2, Draft Day, Frankie and Alice, Nymphomaniac: Volume I, Nymphomaniac: Volume II, Dom Hemingway, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Breathe In, Cesar Chavez, Sabotage, Noah, Muppets Most Wanted, Bad Words, Divergent, The Art of the Steal, Enemy, Veronica Mars, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Single Moms Club, One Chance, Need for Speed, Fading Gigolo, Grand Piano, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, 300: Rise of an EmpireComment
CHECKLIST: 2014 Spring Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Spring Movie Calendar

Here's a bare-bones calendar checklist of the upcoming movies hitting theaters for the months of March and April of 2014.  Print this out and slap it on the refrigerator.  Be sure to check ahead as release dates shift all the time.  A full seasonal preview is coming soon!

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2014Don Shanahan300: Rise of an Empire, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Grand Piano, Need for Speed, One Chance, Single Moms Club, Veronica Mars, Enemy, The Art of the Steal, Divergent, Bad Words, Muppets Most Wanted, Nymphomaniac: Volume I, Noah, Sabotage, Cesar Chavez, Breathe In, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Nymphomaniac: Volume II, Draft Day, Rio 2, Oculus, St. Vincent, Transcendence, Heaven is Real, Bears, Fading Gigolo, Frankie and Alice, The Other Woman, Walk of Shame, The Quiet Ones, Brick MansionsComment
ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: Draft Day
ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: Draft Day

Rest assured, thanks to his endless versatility and charm, Costner proves again that he is a comfortable and lifting presence to any sports film, even a football one.

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2014, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEW, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEWDon Shanahanmovie commentary, Terry Crews, Sean Combs, Ivan Reitman, Chadwick Boseman, Sam Elliot, Ellen Burstyn, P-Diddy, Tom Welling, NFL, Arian Foster, Don Shanahan, Cleveland Browns, National Football League, ESPN, Moneyball, movie review, Roger Goodell, 2014 NFL Draft, Frank Langella, Ghostbusters, 2014 Spring Movies, Jennifer Garner, Draft Day, Denis Leary, Donald Shanahan, Kevin Costner, Stripes, No Strings Attached, Josh Pence, Every Movie Has a LessonComment