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MOVIE REVIEW: Snowden
MOVIE REVIEW: Snowden

There was a time Oliver Stone took risks and punched harder with his filmmaking style and history-challenging investigation efforts through compelling dramatization.  The 70-year-old self-described dramatist used to stir provocative emotions and drop jaws with grand revelations.  Those days feel like a distant memory with "Snowden."

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2016, MOVIE REVIEW, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW, 2 STARSDon ShanahanAMC Yorktown 172016 Fall Movies, Snowden, Edward Snowden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oliver Stone, JFK, Nixon, W., Platoon, Expose, political thrillers, Shailene Woodley, Melissa, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Nicolas Cage, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans, Anthony Dod Mantle, Craig Armstrong, The Snowden Files, Luke Harding, Time of the Octopus, Anatoly Kucherena, Fathom Events, Snowden Live, Kieran Fitzgerald, Open Road Films, The Walk, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, life lessons, Life lessons, life lessons from film, Conspiracy thrillerComment
EDITORIAL: Movies and the 9/11 impact
EDITORIAL: Movies and the 9/11 impact

ANNUAL UPDATE: I'm here for an editorial on the anniversary of 9/11 to showcase a few movies, both serious and not-so-serious, that speak to that day whether as a tribute, remembrance, or example of how life has changed since that fateful day.  Enjoy!

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Column, Editorial, SPECIALDon Shanahan9/11, 9/11 films, 9/11 movies, Films based on 9/11, Movie based on 9/11, Films affected by 9/11, Movies affected by 9/11, 9/11 anniversary, War on Terror, Ghostbusters, Independence Day: Resurgence, Independence Day, The Walk, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, Star Trek Into Darkness, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Man of Steel, Olympus Has Fallen, White House Down, Patriots Day, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Sully, American Sniper, Captain America: The First Avenger, Live Free or Die Hard, We Are Marshall, Hitch, National Treasure, Miracle, Million Dollar Baby, Ladder 49, Elf, Gangs of New York, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 2, We Were Soldiers, Black Hawk Down, Behind Enemy Lines, The Last Castle, Pearl Harbor, The Patriot, Air Force One, Rambo III, Charlie Wilson's War, Jarhead, Courage Under Fire, V for Vendetta, The Sum of All Fears, Fight Club, Arlington Road, Munich, Syriana, The Dark Knight Rises, The Siege, True Lies, Pushing Tin, Turbulence, Executive Decision, Passenger 57, Airplane!, Cloverfield, War of the Worlds, Watchmen, Deep Impact, Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, King Kong, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Superman, Boyhood, The Fifth Estate, Snowden, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Source Code, Bridesmaids, Iron Man, Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo, Snakes on a Plane, Soul Plane, Anger Management, The Terminal, An Inconvenient Truth, Fahrenheit 9/11, 25th Hour, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 13 Hours, Good Kill, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, A Most Wanted Man, Lone Survivor, Zero Dark Thirty, Act of Valor, Restrepo, Green Zone, Dear John, The Lucky One, Brothers, Taking Chance, The Messenger, Stop-Loss, Body of Lies, In the Valley of Elah, Lions of Lambs, The Kingdom, Rendition, Grace is Gone, The Hurt Locker, Home of the Brave, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Remember Me, Reign Over Me, World Trade Center, United 93, Big Trouble, The Time Machine, Serendipity, Zoolander, Men in Black II, Sidewalks of New York, City by the Sea, Collateral Damage, The Glass House, Hardball, Rock Star, Soul Survivors, The Musketeer, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Ocean's 11, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, New York, New York City, The Pentagon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Editorial, War movies, film commentary, movie commentary, social commentary, SPECIAL, ANNUAL, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
EDITORIAL: 17 films to watch for the 2017 Oscars
EDITORIAL: 17 films to watch for the 2017 Oscars

On this day after the Oscars, we must already call those 2015 films old news and look towards next year's contenders.  Plenty of movies will hit theaters in 2016, but only the best become Oscar hopefuls.  Set your sights on these 17 films for the 2017 Oscars.  Keep in mind that release dates and even titles of some of these unfinished films could still change.  Surprises come all the time, but this what the crystal ball is showing for the 89th Academy Awards.  

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2016, Column, Editorial, SPECIALDon Shanahan2016, 2017, 2017 Oscars, 2017 Academy Awards, 88th Academy Awards, 88th Oscars, 89th Academy Awards, 89th Oscars, Academy Awards, Awards Talk, Awards Tracker, Awards Predictions, Award Prediction, Oscar bait, Oscar hopefuls, Oscar contenders, Oscar winners, Oscar surprises, Oscar Predictions, 2017 Oscar Predictions, I Saw the Light, Miles Ahead, Demolition, Snowden, Collateral Beauty, The BFG, The Accountant, The Founder, Passengers, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Money Monster, Free State of Jones, The Light Between Oceans, Sing, The Birth of a Nation, Silence, SullyComment