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EVERY MOVIE HAS A LESSON

Film reviews written by an educator with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical

by Don Shanahan

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CERTIFIED ON ROTTEN TOMATOES

TOMATOMETER-APPROVED CRITIC SINCE 2018


 
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PUBLICATIONS

Editor in Chief, content supervisor, and film critic for film obsessive

 
 
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ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS


CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION: MEMBER SINCE 2021

ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY: MEMBER SINCE 2018

CHICAGO INDIE CRITICS: CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, AND MEMBER SINCE 2016

NORTH AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION: Member since 2022

INTERNET FILM CRITICS SOCIETY: MEMBER SINCE 2022

INTERNATIONAL FILM SOCIETY CRITICS ASSOCIATION: MEMBER SINCE 2023

CELEBRITY FILM AWARDS: MEMBER SINCE 2021

ONLINE MOVIE & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: MEMBER SINCE 2018


 
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Ranked at #6 as one of “The Top 100 MOVIE CRITICS” BY SCREENCH

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE “30 HOTTEST MOVIE WEBSITES OF 2020” BY PROMOCODE.COM

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE "TOP 60 MOVIE REVIEW BLOGS ON THE PLANET" AND ONe OF THE "TOP 100 MOVIE BLOGS ON THE PLANET" in 2017 BY FEEDSPOT

NAMED ONE OF "The Top Popular Blogs You should be Following in 2018" BY TIERRA GAMER

 
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