MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "You'll Probably Agree" YouTube show talking about movies that make us cry

When my Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast partner Will Johnson was in town, Mike Crowley of the You’ll Probably Agree website (and fellow 25YL film critic) was kind enough to be the video host for some collaborative crossover content among a gathering of mutual friends. Cati Glidewell of The Blonde in Front and freelancer Hayden Mears of Collider joined us with the plan of recording two sessions of shared video and audio content. Shot inside Chicago’s The Laugh Factory, this first episode is a discussion on movies that make us cry. Enjoy this energetic and emotional conversation and be sure to follow Mike’s work on 25YL.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "DC League of Super-Pets"

Three months and change into a year-long commitment of abstaining from new comic book films and TV shows, Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel has arrived at moment of his one called-in-advanced exception. With Warner Bros.’s DC League of Super-Pets, he’s doing it for the kids. Ian earmarked this animated comedy to be his youngest son’s first ever trip to a movie theater and, boy, did he pick a winner. Ian’s enlisted buddies of “Earth’s Mightiest Critics” gather to celebrate the film and future milestone.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Contributor in "The Inspiring World of Horror: The Movies That Influenced Generations"

I've been overdue advertising this on behalf of my film critic peer Caillou Pettis. Earlier this year, he invited me to contribute to his new book "The Inspiring World of Horror: The Movies That Influenced Generations," collecting formative horror film experiences from writers, creators, and fellow critics. I was greatly honored by the invitation and did my best to give him a solid story. I've got a section in there celebrating the original Candyman. Horror movie afficionados, grab it for your Kindle and support a good author! It’s quickly become a best seller!

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Awesome Friday Podcast" Bonus Episode on Favorite Marvel Movies

Being part of the new Banana Meter has expanded my professional circle to meet new creators and people. I recently answered an open call to submit a recorded blurb for the “Awesome Friday” podcast, hosted by Matthew Simpson and Simon Best. They were collecting selections of people’s favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe films for special Bonus Episode. I was glad to chime in with my thoughts on my #1 favorite of the bunch, 2014’s Captain America: The First Avenger and represent my many outlets.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "Spider-Man 3"

While I fully support my friend Ian Simmons’ year-long moratorium on “new” comic book films and TV shows, I like the chances he’s chosen to reflect on old titles for his Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel. Ian requested “Earth’s Mightiest Critics” to revisit the 15-year-old Spider-Man 3 from director Sam Raimi with fresh eyes and an open heart. I tried my best with a rewatch, but the movie only got worse for me. With many absentees from the usual crew, it ended up being Ian hosting Will Johnson and myself representing the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast for this lovely conversation on all the emotions of success and failure that came from Spider-Man 3. Enjoy!

Media Appearance, Podcast, Social Media, SPECIAL, 2020Don ShanahanJuly 21, 2022AMC River East 21Kicking the Seat, Lightyear, Toy StoryComment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "Thor: Love and Thunder"

As he announced in May, Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel has begun a one-year moratorium on watching new comic book-based movies and TV shows (with DC League of Super Pets as his one caveat to take his young son to his first movie). While he may not be leading his usual YouTube roundtables, he still invited and welcomed participants for the team of “Earth’s Mightiest Critics” to still get the good and bad words out there for Thor: Love and Thunder.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest for "Feelin' Film" FF+ podcast on Most Anticipated Movies for July-December 2022

It’s great getting to talk to good friends! This week, I was invited to join fellow film critic and longtime collaborator Aaron White on an FF+ episode of the Feelin’ Film Podcast. This show opens with Aaron’s spot-on review of Thor: Love and Thunder and a disc release review of the 4K Edge of Tomorrow hitting store shelves July 5th. I join Aaron for the third and closing segment. With 2022 halfway over, he and I recapping our favorites from the first half of the year while gazing down the calendar to the upcoming releases we are looking forward to the most from July through December to close 2022.

Podcast, Social Media, Media Appearance, SPECIAL, 2022Don ShanahanJuly 5, 2022Media Appearance, Podcast, Feelin' Film PodcastComment

MOVIE REVIEW: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is emphatically wholesome to no end. Revealing so much wonderment in plain domesticity, this movie decorates the micro-ordinary in wildly unique ways worth celebrating. It may not be your children’s shiny new favorite movie for endless replay, but, when absorbed with receptiveness and appreciated for its singularity, Marcel the Shell With Shoe On will become a charming and formative right of passage experience held dear and passed down for generations to come.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "Lightyear"

It’s not often that my fellow Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast host Will Johnson and I find ourselves alone in a room defending a popular movies, but that was the case this on Ian Simmons’ Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel and his critics roundtable for Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear. Hear our passionate defense! Watch and listen to Ian, Will, myself, David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, Mark Krawczyk of Special Mark Productions, and Annie Banks from Chuck Load of Comics.

Media Appearance, Podcast, Social Media, SPECIAL, 2020Don ShanahanJune 21, 2022AMC River East 21Kicking the Seat, Lightyear, Toy StoryComment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "Jurassic World Dominion"

With a roar, “Earth’s Mightiest Critics” return to join Ian Simmons, the the host of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel, to fossilize Jurassic World Dominion. We chat up the little good and plenty bad going on with the legacy rerun and trilogy capper. Watch and listen to Ian, myself, my Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast partner Will Johnson, David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, and Mark Krawczyk of Special Mark Productions put our hands up together to tame our raptors and personal demons.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's "Obi-Watch" YouTube roundtable for "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Episode 3

After a split “Earth’s Mightiest Critics” opinion start after the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, thing heated up hotter than the Mustafar lava, both on the show itself for its midway third episode and on the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel, hosted by Ian Simmons. The “Obi-Watch” YouTube reaction show brought out moments of wonder, laughs, questions, and contention from all involved. Enjoy, Ian, myself, David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, Mike Crowley of You’ll Probably Agree, and Elliott Serrano of the MCU REVU podcast feeling and voicing the heat!

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube roundtable for "Top Gun: Maverick"

I stayed live with double duty serving Ian Simmons, the the host of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel. Right after the first episode of “Obi-Watch,” the dais hit their afterburners (and a few donned some aviator shades) to talk about the big Memorial Day blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick. Watch and listen to Ian, myself, David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, and Mark Krawczyk of Special Mark Productions buzz our towers over the legacy sequel. Enjoy our banter and this show! This marks my 90th appearance on KTS!

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