Posts tagged Lights Out
GUEST CRITIC #14: Lights Out
GUEST CRITIC #14: Lights Out

Horror films are not my strong suit.  My CIFCC colleague Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews loves them.  I enlisted him to share his website's review of "Lights Out" on mine.  I shared my "Fathers and Daughters" review with him last week.  Scratching backs!

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3 STARS, 2016, GUEST CRITIC, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanGuest Critic, Guest Critic series, Emmanuel Noisette, Eman's Movie Reviews, Lights Out, The Good, The Bad, The Reason, film review, movie review, film commentary, movie commentary, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Don Shanahan, CIFCC, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Comment
COLUMN: 2016 Winter Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2016 Winter Movie Preview

More often than not, the movies that land in the months of January and February were either not good enough for qualifying for Oscars by the December 31st deadline or not chipper enough for the spring season.  Sometimes, there are those two things and worse.  See what you can circle and look forward to in this preview of the 2016 Winter Movie season.

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Column, Editorial, 2016Don ShanahanThe Forest, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Regression, Race, 2016 Winter Movies, 2016, Dirty Grandpa, Gods of Egypt, The Other Side of the Door, Ride Along 2, How to Be Single, Anesthesia, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Deadpool, Viral, Triple 9, The Witch, Kung Fu Panda 3, Shut-In, 2016 Winter Movie Preview, 13 Hours, Norm of the North, Risen, Hail Caesar!, The Choice, The 5th Wave, Zoolander 2, The Finest Hours, Kidnap, 2016 Winter Movie Calendar, Lights Out, Dad's Army, Fifty Shades of BlackComment
CHECKLIST: 2016 Winter Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2016 Winter Movie Calendar

Here is your lineup of upcoming films for the slowest annual season of the year, the post-holiday hangover before the arrival of spring.  Pick through this list and find a few winners.  Add these to your calendar or print and slip this list on the fridge.  As always, release dates shift all of the time, so be aware.  My full seasonal preview will be coming soon!  Enjoy!

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2016Don Shanahan2016, 2016 Winter Movies, 2016 Winter Movie Checklist, 2016 Winter Movie Calendar, 2016 Winter Movie Preview, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, The Forest, Anesthesia, 13 Hours, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Ride Along 2, The 5th Wave, Norm of the North, Dirty Grandpa, Risen, Kung Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours, Fifty Shades of Black, Lights Out, Hail, Hail Caesar!, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dad's Army, The Choice, Regression, Deadpool, Zoolander 2, How to Be Single, Race, Shut-In, Viral, Gods of Egypt, The Witch, Kidnap, The Other Side of the Door, Jane Got a GunComment