MEDIA APPEARANCE: Included in Banana Meter's "First Reactions" for "Thor: Love and Thunder"

The newly-formed Rotten Tomatoes alternative Banana Meter has been gathering talented critics and hoping to make a social media splash. They’ve been timely and spirited with highlighting their members and getting their reviews out there. One of these frequent features is a collection of “First Reactions” for big new releases. If I can get my work done early enough, I have the chance of my work and grade being selected for one of those hot-off-the-press features. It’s an honor to join friends and peers for such an inclusion. Here’s my highlight from Thor: Love and Thunder.

2022, Media AppearanceDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Banana Meter, Thor: Love and ThunderComment

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

GUEST EDITORIAL: Cybersecurity Lessons We Can Learn From Movies

by Adrian Johansen

Everyone loves a good hacker film. Your heart races when you see an actor's fingers flying across a keyboard, trying to break into a security system or crack some kind of code that will save the world — or perhaps launch a powerful weapon. Whether they’re doing it for good or evil, it’s exciting to watch. This explains the popularity of tech-centered media.

2022, Column, Editorial, GUEST EDITORIALDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Comment

How Does CBD Oil Make You Feel? A Quick Guide

CBD is a chemical compound found naturally in cannabis and hemp plants, and is not a mind-altering substance, unlike THC, which is a known mind-altering component of the plant. CBD and THC are two of many natural occurring cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant, along with CBC, CBG, as well as terpenes, flavonoids, and other compounds found throughout the plant. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is an entirely non-psychoactive, naturally occurring compound found in the marijuana plant. Cannabis contains about 150 cannabinoids; two of the main, and most widely used, cannabinoids are THC and CBD.

2022, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Comment

Basics To Know About 1997’s "Titanic"

The story of the Titanic, which is about an unsinkable ship, is a timeless classic that still manages to induce passion in the viewers. This movie is a favorite among movie lovers and critics similar to TonyBet for betting lovers. In 1997, it was remade by James Cameron, who was the director and the co-writer of the film.

2022, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Comment

Top Movies of 2022

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2022, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Comment

The Most Popular Movies Right Now

The list below shows the most popular movies that are currently available in various forms of media, including streaming, on-demand, and theaters. If the audience remembers Woo Casino login, they can gamble from time to time in the meanwhile of movie breaks.

2022, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanJuly 21, 2022Comment

MOVIE REVIEW: Nope

To put it more casually and in a way fitting the movie, horses say “nope” with fight-or-flight responses faster than and far before us humans. When Nope pushes your buttons and raises your pulse rate, follow what the horses do and you’ll fare well. Alas, we know humans behave differently and so does Jordan Peele. He knows man’s curiosity, perceived dominance, and other courage-warping temptations bend people to test survivability beyond their instinctual triggers until their own exit point or fatal failure.

2022, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanJuly 20, 2022Nope, Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven YeunComment

What Is THC-P? What You Must Know?

There were few official examinations of the goods when THCP discovered them at the end of 2019. The primary exploration we carry out in all actuality has investigated its security and strength using creatures and society in vitro cells.

2022, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanJuly 19, 2022Comment

MOVIE REVIEW: Alone Together

The premise of Alone Together may suggest serendipity that is too easy. If this was Nancy Meyers, the threads of this movie would all end in laughs. Instead, the dramatic difficulties fleshed out by Katie Holmes and her cast prove otherwise. The direction and storytelling grace of Holmes’ results are very praiseworthy, especially during this continuing pandemic.

2022, 3 STARS, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanJuly 18, 2022Alone Together, Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Jim SturgessComment

MOVIE REVIEW: My Old School

Combining Cumming’s lifting presence, snippets of archival TV coverage, and the animated sequences, My Old School has beguiling charm mirroring the fascinating central figure and the wry smiles on the faces of the Bearsden alumni telling their yarns. Viewers will absorb this tall tale and ask how much fraudulence is either acceptable or too much in a true-life “fake it until you make it” story. There is an irreverent delight to be had measuring that scale person-to-person and case-by-case.

PODCAST: Episode 72 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 72nd episode, two fed-up film critics, explosive dads, and stuntman school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan got to have a full circle moment with the Russo brothers. Their follow-up to Cherry, on the first Cinephile Hissy Fit shows, is the new Netflix assassin action movie The Gray Man. Because both of our hosts like this movie against the norm, this episode spurred a detour into the current state of film criticism and whether or not critics can recognize or have fun anymore.