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EDITORIAL: Movies and the 9/11 impact
EDITORIAL: Movies and the 9/11 impact

UPDATED:  September 11, 2015 with updated and new movie inclusions (after original post on the 10th anniversary in 2011) and a new section of faded and relaxed sensitivity.  I plan to make this an annual post and study.

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2015, Column, Editorial, SPECIALDon Shanahan9/11, 9/11 movies, 9/11 films, Movie based on 9/11, Films based on 9/11, Films affected by 9/11, Movies affected by 9/11, September 11th, War on Terror, World Trade Center, New York, The Walk, Man on Wire, United 93, Zero Dark Thirty, American Sniper, The Last Castle, The Siege, King Kong, 25th Hour, Spider-ManComment
MOVIE REVIEW: The Theory of Everything
MOVIE REVIEW: The Theory of Everything

"The Theory of Everything" elected for the safe side of risk as a biographical film.  Adapted from "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen," the memoirs of Jane Wilde Hawking, the first wife of renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking, by New Zealand playwright Anthony McCarten, the film is the second feature effort from Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker James Marsh ("Man on Wire").  To its credit, "The Theory of Everything" takes decidedly different route than one would expect from a documentarian telling the life story of a world-famous scientist.

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2014, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanStephen Hawking, Jane Wilde, Jane Wilde Hawking, Dr. Stephen Hawking, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, James Marsh, Anthony McCarten, Man on Wire, The Theory of Everything, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox, Biopics, Biographical films, ALS, Oscar contenders, Oscar hopefuls, life lessons, life lessons from films, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, film review, film commentary, Movie review, movie commentaryComment