Posts tagged The Maze Runner
ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: The Revenant
ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: The Revenant

Following his three-trophy Oscar haul for "Birdman" last year, filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu returns with an even more expansive cinematic challenge.  Inspired by a wild true story, "The Revenant" is an unrelenting survival drama that makes "Cast Away" look like a cute day at the beach.  Powered by raw natural beauty and a constant nerve of savage peril, Inarritu's film succeeds with striking artistry and superior craftsmanship in polishing a harsh and rough-hewn legend.  Four-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio pushes himself and you over edge after edge in the most challenging performance of his career.

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2015, 5 STARS, ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanShowPlace ICON X at Roosevelt CollectionsThe Revenant, Alejandro Inarritu, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleason, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Birdman, Inception, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Maze Runner, Cast Away, Mark L. Smith, Michael Punke, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bryce Dessner, Alva Noto, Stephen Mirrione, Emmanuel Lubezki, Oscar contenders, 2015, 2015 Holiday Movie Preview, 2015 Holiday Movies, Year-end list, Hugh Glass, movie review, movie commentary, film review, film commentary, Domhnall GleesonComment
GUEST CRITIC: The Maze Runner
GUEST CRITIC: The Maze Runner

As busy I get from time to time (and having a newborn baby at home isn't helping), I find that I can't see every movie under the sun, leaving my friends and colleagues to fill in the blanks for me.  As poetically as I think I wax about movies on this website as a wannabe critic, sometimes a simple sentence or two from a friend says it all.  Sometimes, it inspires me to see the movie too and get back to being my circle's go-to movie guy.  Sometimes, they save me $9 and you 800+ words of blathering.  In a new review series, I'm opening my site to friend submissions for quick-hit movie reviews.

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2014, GUEST CRITIC, SPECIALDon ShanahanHeather Williams, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, The Maze Runner, Guest Critic, Guest Critic series, Blogging, Twitter, What I Look For in a...Comment
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