Posts tagged Ike Barinholtz
GUEST CRITIC #23: Snatched
GUEST CRITIC #23: Snatched

For his debut GUEST CRITIC appearance on Every Movie Has a Lesson, please welcome Steve Pulaski, a fellow member of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle.  This young man has been a film critic since 2009, self-taught and reviewing films throughout his academic career.  Steve Pulaski currently writes for his personal forum, The Steve Pulaski Message Board, as well as Influx Magazine, where he serves as the lead film critic of the website.  The guy cranks out 300 reviews a year, which is an insane pace and triple what I do over here in the same amount of time.

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2017, GUEST CRITIC, Social Media, VIDEO REVIEW, SPECIALDon Shanahan2017, Snatched, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, The Banger Sisters, Kate Dippold, Trainwreck, Guest Critic series, guest review, Guest Critic, guest critic, Steve Pulaski, Steven Pulaski, The Steve Pulaski Message Board, YouTube, video review, social media, Influx Magazine, Every Movie Has a Lesson, WONC, 89.1 FM, Radio show, blogger, blogging, mixtapes, Movie Man, Judd Apatow, Ike Barinholtz, movie review, film review, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, CIFCCComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Suicide Squad
MOVIE REVIEW: Suicide Squad

In the words of professional wrestling Hall of Famer Razor Ramon, “Say hello to the bad guy!”  Warner Bros. and their DC Entertainment wing need a rebound from the maligned “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and are banking getting you to cheer for villains instead of heroes with “Suicide Squad.”  Packed with a head-turning cast of wild cards and very little shame for spectacle, this film aims to combine the delicious referential villainy you loved in “Deadpool” with the anti-hero team dynamics of “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

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2016, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanDC Comics, Jai Courtney, Steven Price, John Gilroy, 2016, Roman Vasyanov, Jared Leto, Focus, Life lessons, Batman, DC Universe, summer blockbusters, Summer Movies, film review, Don Shanahan, Heath Ledger, 2016 Summer Movie Preview, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Scott Eastwood, Margot Robbie, life lessons, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, Jay Hernandez, film commentary, Suicide Squad, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, movie review, 2016 Summer Movie Checklist, summer movie, 2016 Summer Movies, Ike Barinholtz, David Ayer, The Joker, Will Smith, Donald Shanahan, John Ostrander, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, life lessons from film, movie commentary, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Sisters
MOVIE REVIEW: Sisters

The newest collaboration of former "Saturday Night Live" BFFs Amy Poehler and Tina Fey proves that smart people cannot always escape cliche.  "Sisters" has an implausible, though energetic concept for the comedy-hungry forty-something crowd.  Unfortunately, "Sisters" has no ability to buck predictable formula.  Even a go-for-broke, R-rated potty-mouthed jolt from two of our favorite, and normally buttoned-up, comediennes can save this film.

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2015, 2016, 2 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 212015, 2016, 2015 Holiday Movies, 2015 Holiday Movie Preview, Sisters, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph, John Leguizamo, John Cena, Bobby Moynihan, R-rated comedy, Madison Davenport, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Santino Fontana, Britt Lower, Trainwreck, Movies about siblings, Movies about sisters, Ranker, life lessons, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, movie review, movie commentary, film commentary, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don ShanahanComment