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MOVIE REVIEW: Our Souls at Night
MOVIE REVIEW: Our Souls at Night

Even from a different generation than the present day, you can’t get more Hollywood than Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.  Both are emeritus stars of Tinseltown royalty on multiple levels, respected and celebrated as award-winning performers, icons of style, sex symbols, and vigilant political personas off-screen.  To see the two of them together again, for the fifth time and the first time in 38 years in Our Souls at Night, is a revitalizing treat unto itself, but to see their shared film be staunchly non-Hollywood in stature is even more refreshing.

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2017, 4 STARS, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEW, Video on Demand, StreamingDon Shanahan2017, Netflix, Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf, The Sense of an Ending, Ritesh Batra, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern, Matthias Schoenaerts, Iain Armitage, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, The Fault of Our Stars, Elliot Goldenthal, movie review, film review, movie commentary, film commentary, independent film, independent films, life lessons, life lessons from movies, life lessons from film, life lessons from films, social commentary, romance, romantic dramas, film critic, movie critic, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
MEDIA APPEARANCE #4: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!
MEDIA APPEARANCE #4: Guest on "Day at the Movies" weekly radio show!

Fans of the website will know that "Every Movie Has a Lesson" frequently collaborates with "Day at the Movies" run by Lubbock, Texas blogger +Tim Day.  We commonly compare our reviews, interests, projects, and tastes to both of our groups of followers.  As a staff member of Lubbock Christian University, Tim hosts a one-hour weekly radio show on Chap Radio to showcase "Day at the Movies" and share his opinions on recent theatrical releases, upcoming films, the latest movie gossip, new Netflix and Redbox recommendations, and much more.

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2014, Editorial, Media AppearanceDon ShanahanTim Day, Day at the Movies, Every Movie Has a Lesson, LCU Chap Radio, Lubbock Christian University, movie commentary, MEdia, Radio show, Podbean, Podcast, summer blockbusters, summer movie, 2014 Summer Movies, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, 22 Jump Street, The Fault of Our Stars, Jersey Boys, Think Like a Man TooComment
COLUMN: 2014 Early Summer Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2014 Early Summer Movie Preview

After an extremely slow winter and spring 2014 movie seasons, we've finally come to the power part of the order filled with events, tentpoles, and blockbusters.  Outside of "The Lego Movie" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," this year has been starved for a new hit.  The front-loaded first half of the two-part summer season looks to change all that.

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Column, Editorial, 2014Don ShanahanThe Fault of Our Stars, Think Like a Man Too, Mom's Night Out, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Walk of Shame, Edge of Tomorrow, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Neighbors, Chef, Blended, Jersey Boys, Belle, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, maleficent, Million Dollar Arm, 22 Jump StreetComment
CHECKLIST: 2014 Early Summer Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Early Summer Movie Calendar

Before a full preview comes out, here's your calendar and checklist for films of coming to theaters in the early part of the summer movie season.  Print this and slap it on the refrigerator.  Always, check before you go for tickets as release dates shift all the time.

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2014Don ShanahanThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, Belle, Walk of Shame, Neighbors, Chef, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Mom's Night Out, Godzilla, Million Dollar Arm, Palo Alto, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Blended, Malificent, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault of Our Stars, 22 Jump Street, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Rover, Think Like a Man Too, Jersey Boys, Transformers: Age of ExtinctionComment