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MOVIE REVIEW: Wind River
MOVIE REVIEW: Wind River

Through every snowflake and gunshot, Taylor Sheridan cuts to the marrow and keeps Wind River firmly on track with its layered stages of discovery.  Tighter than Hell or High Water and more humane than Sicario, this film creates a tone of toughness balanced adroitly by human realities occurring in a dangerous place with a different set of rules.  The end result is a highly engrossing mystery with the edge we have come to appreciate and admire from Sheridan.

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2017, 4 STARS, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanLandmark Century Centre CinemasWind River, 2017 Summer Movies, 2017 Summer Movie Challenge, summer movies, independent film, indie film, Taylor Sheridan, Sicario, Hell or High Water, Wind River Indian Reservation, Kelsey Chow, Gil Birmingham, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Ben Richardson, Gary D. Roach, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Hurt Locker, movie review, film review, movie commentary, film commentary, life lessons, life lessons from movies, Life lessons from movies, life lessons from film, life lessons from films, CIFCC, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don ShanahanComment
MOVIE CLASSROOM: Spider-Man: Homecoming
MOVIE CLASSROOM: Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming, starring Tom Holland as a true and proper teenage Spider-Man/Peter Parker, is a welcome and refreshing clean slate for the character.  It's too bad it took three franchise attempts to get here.  Filled to the brim with both easter eggs, supporting characters, swell touches of character, and zesty heart, this is the Spider-Man film you've always hoped for.  Enjoy my full spoken review layered with an interactive whiteboard lesson for the latest "Movie Classroom" video review on this website's YouTube channel:

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Social Media, SPECIAL, VIDEO REVIEWDon Shanahan2017, 2017 Summer Movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland, John Watts, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, Iron Man, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony Pictures, YouTube channel, YouTube, film review, movie review, video review, film commentary, movie commentary, summer movies, comic book movies, comic book films, film franchises, life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment