GUEST CRITIC #19: Office Christmas Party

Say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Jake and Kimberly Narens! Kim is a former co-worker of mine from back in the day. She was the art teacher and I was a fourth grade teacher at the Lloyd Bond campus of Chicago International Charter Schools during its inaugural school year in 2009-2010. We have both moved on to other jobs since then and also become first-time parents. While I am still in Chicago, she and her husband now call the sultry heat of Chandler, Arizona home. I'm guessing they don't miss shoveling snow.

ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: Deadpool

If you are not a die-hard geek or comic book fan, there's a chance you've never heard of "Deadpool." After this Presidents' Day/Valentine's Day holiday weekend, you will never forget him. Take all of the pathos, mythology, gravitas, nobility, and world-rescuing heroism have you come to expect from a superhero film, throw them out the window, and light them on fire. "Deadpool" is the most red-faced and side-splitting movie of the comic genre to date.

2016, 5 STARS, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanFebruary 6, 2016ShowPlace ICON X at Roosevelt Collections2016, 2016 Winter Movie Preview, 2016 Winter Movie Calendar, 2016 Winter Movie Checklist, 2016 Winter Movies, Deadpool, Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Films, Wade Wilson, Ryan Reynolds, Van Wilder, Weasel, T.J. Miller, Morena Baccarin, Ajax, Ed Skrein, Tim Miller, Leslie Uggams, Stefan Kapicic, Colossus, Angel Dust, Gina Carano, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Brianna Hildebrand, Stan Lee, Green Lantern, X-Men Or, Woman in Gold, Self/less, Francis Freeman, X-Men, Superhero movies, Superhero films, comic book movie, comic book films, film review, film commentary, Movie review, movie commentary, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons, Life lessons, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment

MOVIE REVIEW: Big Hero 6

For the creative merging of Marvel and Disney to work right, they needed the right story and set of characters from the Marvel catalog. To get the best animated hit, Disney needed something new and fresh, yet clever and approachable for a kid-aged audience. They needed something that can be just theirs and not something shared with the adults. Disney and Marvel have done just that and struck gold with “Big Hero 6.”

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