There’s a moment in Netflix’s Senior Year when Rebel Wilson’s time-displaced and 37-year-old Stephanie is back in her high school cafeteria encountering her former rival’s daughter Bri…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Senior Year Plays To Rebel Wilson’s Saucy Strengths”

The hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, know plenty about movies and their personal niche favorites. However, there will…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Who Dares Wins Pushes The Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast This Week”

By observantly depicting three wars from three different centuries using the same troupe of actors, Foxhole filmmaker Jack Fessenden holds a multi-faceted mirror up to the humanity…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Foxhole is a Spellbinding Triptych of War’s Humanity”

After a relaxing week off, the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network is back for the opening of the summer movie season.…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Hosts and Marvel’s Multiverse Are Split on the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast”

On the surface in Along for the Ride, the arrival of Belmont Cameli’s enigmatic Eli Stock provides the main character of Auden, played by Am I OK’s…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Along for the Ride Matures the Manic Pixie Dream Trope”

A shade more than six months ago in this review space, Eternals was presented as the “most mystical, talkative, and far-fetched the Marvel Cinematic Universe has endeavored…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Flirts With Dubious Oddity”

When it comes to the “one wild night” concept, there are a pair of measurables that define the lengths the chosen movie aims to go. They center…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: That Night Chases the One That Got Away in Chicago”

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Film Obsessive’s newest feature series, “Off the Shelf.” Each Saturday our writers share the joys of physical media, from reviews of new 4K…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: Singin’ in the Rain Splashes on 4K”

When it comes to entertainment value versus artistic value, much can be forgiven about a film when its heart is in the right place. Beginning as a…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Sweet Tries to Counter the Cloying in The Sound of Violet”

This very writer wonders, 25 years later, how The Rainmaker didn’t become a bigger hit. John Grisham was the hottest novelist on the planet. Movies based on…… Read more “New from Don Shanahan on 25YL: The Rainmaker Deserves More Credit and Appreciation for Coppola and Damon”