When Netflix is the one studio with an open and busy storefront, movies like Coffee & Kareem are what we get. Stuff like that is going to…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Kicking the Seat” YouTube channel talking “Coffee & Kareem””

(Image by Justina Mintz for Netflix) COFFEE & KAREEM– 1 STARThe posters for Netflix’s latest action comedy Coffee & Kareem (which is silly already because it would…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Coffee & Kareem”

(Image: hollywoodreporter.com) For an occasional new segment, Every Movie Has a Lesson will cover upcoming home media releases combining an “overdue” or “rewind” film review, complete with…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: REWIND REVIEW: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

The present social distancing and near complete shutdown of the mainstream cinema calendar has led to many postponed spring tentpoles. One of those was Disney’s hotly anticipated…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Kicking the Seat” YouTube channel talking 1998’s “Mulan””

(Image: Facebook.com) During this COVID-19 quarantine, a portion of our easy-going lifestyle of going to communal theaters to catch a big screen spectacle has been dealt a…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “You’ll Probably Agree” podcast talking feel-good movies in the time quarantine”

(Image courtesy of Saban Films) VIVARIUM– 2 STARSFitting the definition of a proper, excuse my language, mindfuck film, Vivarium, the sophomore feature from Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan,…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Vivarium”

(Image: facebook.com) Since last summer, I’ve been very proud to be a staff writer for 25 Years Later, a rapidly growing entertainment site. One of their specialties…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on “PopCulture25YL” Podcast talking March 1995″