Posts tagged Maps to the Stars
COLUMN: 2015 Winter Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2015 Winter Movie Preview

It has to be said every year, but the slowest season of the box office year are the months of January and February.  It's a dumping grounds for studios in slow months of cold weather and foot traffic at the multiplexes.  These are movies that aren't good enough for awards qualification and the holiday audiences of December or for the chipper personality of spring.  It's cold, slow, and drop off from awards frenzy.

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2015, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanWinter Movie Preview, 2015 Winter Movies, 2015 Winter Movie Preview, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Leviathan, A Most Violent Year, Taken 3, Selma, Blackhat, The Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Spare Parts, Still Alice, American Sniper, Mordecai, The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Black Sea, Red Army, Wild Card, Jason Statham, Mark Wahlberg, Liam Neeson, Jupiter Ascending, Sevent Son, Seventh Son, Shaun the Sheep Movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fifty Shades of Gray, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Last 5 Years, The Last Five Years, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, MacFarland USA, Lazarus, Wild Tales, Focus, Maps to the Stars, Little BoyComment
CHECKLIST: 2015 Winter Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2015 Winter Movie Calendar

Here is your lineup of films coming your way in the slow months of January and February.  Add these to your calendar or print and slip this list on the fridge.  As always, release dates shift all of the time, so be aware.  Enjoy!

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2015, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanChecklist, Calendar, 2015 Winter Movies, 2015, 2015 movies, Winter Movies, Winter Movie Preview, A Most Violent Year, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Leviathan, Taken 3, Selma, Blackhat, The Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Spare Parts, Still Alice, American Sniper, Mordecai, The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Black Sea, Red Army, Max, Coming Home, Seventh Son, Shaun the Sheep, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fifty Shades of Gray, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Last 5 Years, The Last Five Years, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, MacFarland USA, MacFarland, Lazarus, Janes Got a Gun, Wild Tales, Focus, Maps to the Stars, Little Boy, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald ShanahanComment
SPECIAL EVENT GUEST CRITIC: Toronto Film Festival
SPECIAL EVENT GUEST CRITIC: Toronto Film Festival

In this special edition of my "Guest Critic" series an old college friend and fellow student newspaper veteran had the wonderful opportunity to attend this year's Toronto International Film Festival.  Inside are her reviews of "Rosewater" and "Map to the Stars."  Enjoy!

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2014, Column, GUEST CRITIC, SPECIALDon ShanahanRosewater, Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, Gael Garcia Bernal, Toronto International Film Festival, Heather Hagan McVeigh, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Guest Critic series, Guest Critic, Special Event Guest Critic, Maps to the Stars, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg, Olivia WilliamsComment