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COLUMN: 2014 Fall Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2014 Fall Movie Preview

Traditionally, the months of September and October are the dumping grounds of movies that weren't good enough or too dark to be summer releases or films not quite good enough to be held until the prime awards season during the winter months of November and December.  Every now and then, though, a future Academy Award winner sneaks into early into the Oscar race with an October release.  Here is my full preview of the 2014 fall movie season.  I hope I can steer you to a few hidden gems before the real big-timers get here in November and December. 

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2014, ColumnDon ShanahanThe Identical, Frontera, The Drop, No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2, The Maze Runner, This is Where I Leave You, A Walk Among Tombstones, The Skeleton Twins, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Tracks, The Equalizer, The Box Trolls, The Two Faces of January, Pride, Gone Girl, The Good Lie, The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger, Fury, The Best of Me, Book of Life, Dracula Untold, Birdman, Ouija, White Bird in a Blizzard, St. Vincent, John Wick, Nightcrawler, Before I Go to Sleep, HornsComment
CHECKLIST: 2014 Fall Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Fall Movie Calendar

Now that September is here, the summer movie season is officially over and we shift girls to the fall movie season.  Here's a handy checklist and calendar of upcoming releases for September and October.  Bookmark this, print this out, or slap it on the fridge as your new must-see list.  My full 2014 Fall Movie Preview will be dropping soon.

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Don ShanahanThe Indentical, Frontera, The Drop, No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The Maze Runner, This is Where I Leave You, A Walk Among Tombstones, The Skeleton Twins, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Tracks, The Equalizer, The Box Trolls, The Two Faces of January, Pride, The Good Lie, Gone Girl, The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger, Fury, The Best of Me, Book of Life, Dracula Untold, Birdman, Ouija, White Bird in a Blizzard, St. Vincent, John Wick, Nightcrawler, Before I Go to Sleep, HornsComment
EDITORIAL: The 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars
EDITORIAL: The 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars

Once one awards season ends, another one begins!  The winners from last night's 86th Academy Awards can bask in the glow of immortality for a while.  Meanwhile, business in Hollywood will quickly shift and move on to the 87th Academy Awards that will happen in February or March of 2015.  Here are 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars.

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2014, Column, EditorialDon Shanahan2015 Oscars, 87th Academy Awards, Whiplash, Sundance Film Festival, M, Miles Teller, Philip Seymour Hoffman, A Most Wanted Man, John le Carre, Anton Corbjin, The American, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Magic in the Moonlight, Emma Stone, Woody Allen, Colin Firth, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Ralph Fiennes, Serena, Bradley Cooper, Brothers, Jennifer Lawrence, Gone Girl, David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Get on Up, James Brown, Chadwick Boseman, Tate Taylor, The Help, Oscar Predictions, Oscar nominations, Oscars, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Editorial, Column, movie commentary, Interstellar, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Christopher Nolan, Fury, David Ayer, End of Watch, Shia LeBouf, Logan Lerman, Exodus, Noah, Darren Aronofsky, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Bible, Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, P.T. Anderson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Peter Jackson, Into the Woods, Disney, Rob Marshall, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Unbroken, Angelina Jolie, Louis Zamperini, Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleason, Jai Courtney, Garrett Hedlund, Cameron Crowe, Danny McBride, John Krasinkski, Bill Murray, Will Smith, Annie, Quvenzhane Wallis, Clint Eastwood, Jersey Boys, Frankie ValliComment