MEDIA APPEARANCE: Participant in "World of Reel" Critics Poll for Best Modern Film of Francis Ford Coppola

As I have grown in press credentials and professional affiliations nationally, I have found myself landing in circles with other film critics of various levels. Recently, I was included in a poll for voting critics for Jordan Ruimy of World of Reel, a fellow Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. His survey was to collect picks for the best film of famed director Francis Ford Copolla (The Godfather series, Apocalypse Now) from over 100 critics and other industry folk. I was honored to chime in with my vote for 1997’s The Rainmaker to be included with some very high professional company.

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Participant in "World of Reel" Critics Poll for Best Films of the 1950s

As I have grown in press credentials and professional affiliations nationally, I have found myself landing in circles with other film critics of various levels. Recently, I was included in a poll for voting critics for Jordan Ruimy of World of Reel, a fellow Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. His survey was to collect picks for the best films of the 1950s from over 120 critics and other industry folk. I was honored to chime in with my top five selections to be included with some very high professional company.

Media Appearance, Social Media, SPECIAL, LIST, Best Films, 2024Don ShanahanApril 12, 2024World of Reel, Jordan RuimyComment

INFOGRAPHIC: Slaps, Kisses, Feathers, Eggs, and all Fashion Fails: Bizarre Oscars Chaos Uncovered

As the Oscars 2024 are approaching, Aaron Kennedy Marketing conducted a survey in a broad range of audiences, and based on over 2,000 replies, we were able to assess the general public’s opinion on certain Oscars moments. We have sent out the Google Forms survey on different Facebook groups related to movies, sent them out to some Twitch streamers to share with their audience, and distributed them among our friends

2024, Column, Editorial, AWARDS, Infographic, LISTDon ShanahanMarch 7, 2024OscarsComment

COLUMN: My 10 Best Movies of 2023

For me, 2023 was the embodiment of the Ferris Bueller quote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Yup, that was my year as a husband, father, school teacher, podcaster, editor, and movie critic. The continuing stresses of my work-life balance occasionally morphed into joys where, when the flow was right, chasing movies didn’t matter. Normally, I would regret the blind spots, but this was a year where I didn’t completely.

10 Best, 2024, 2023, Column, Editorial, LIST, Best FilmsDon ShanahanJanuary 1, 202410 Best, 10 Best Films of 2023, ListComment

20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The Best of the Rest of 2003

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year.

2023, Editorial, LIST, Retrospective, SPECIALDon ShanahanDecember 29, 2023Best of 2003, 2003, 10 Best, 10 Best Films of 2003, Best of the RestComment

20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE: The 10 Best Films of 2003

In an annual series, Every Movie Has a Lesson is going to look back twenty years to revisit, relearn, and reexamine a year of cinema history to share favorites, lists, and experiences from the films of that year. When measuring back as far as twenty years or more, I feel like “favorites” that have stood the test of time have aged to become some level of “best.” I feel like a bunch of those populate my reflective look back at the best of 2003.

2023, Editorial, LIST, Retrospective, SPECIALDon ShanahanDecember 29, 2023Best of 2003, 2003, 10 Best, 10 Best Films of 2003Comment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Interview in Bored Panda for Unrealistic Movie Moments

I was recently approached by Bored Panda for an interview opportunity to offer some expertise as a film critic for a piece they were doing on unrealistic movie moments. For the piece written by Adelaide Ross and Vikrorija Ošikaitė, the crux was identifying common movie moments and specific scenes that did not happen realistically and whether or not they took me out of the movie or if I had a hard time taking their seriously. Playing the school teacher card, my answers ended up being about the depiction of teachers and schools in movies.

JustWatch adds new lists feature and imports your IMDb lists

The JustWatch Lists feature now offers more than just saving and tracking your favorite movies and TV shows: Users can now create, share & import lists, discover list collections curated by our team and track their TV shows. Browse and save lists from other users or import IMDb lists straight into JustWatch to enhance the lists with the JustWatch feature set.

2023, Column, Home Media, LIST, NEWS, StreamingDon ShanahanNovember 22, 2023Comment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Participant in "World of Reel" Critics Poll to rank the best of Martin Scorsese

As I have grown in press credentials and professional affiliations nationally, I have found myself landing in circles with other film critics of various levels. Recently, I was included in a poll with over 110 voting critics by Jordan Ruimy of World of Reel, a fellow Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. His survey tallying votes for our choices for the best Martin Scorsese films. He asked for our Top 3 and did the math from there. It’s an honor to be invited and included!

Media Appearance, Social Media, SPECIAL, LIST, 2023, Best FilmsDon ShanahanOctober 13, 2023World of Reel, Jordan Ruimy, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas, Hugo, CasinoComment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Participant in "World of Reel" Critics Poll for best Christopher Nolan film

As I have grown in press credentials and professional affiliations nationally, I have found myself landing in circles with other film critics of various levels. Recently, I was included in a poll for voting critics for Jordan Ruimy of World of Reel, a fellow Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. His survey was to collect votes for the single best Christopher Nolan from over 110 critics and other industry folk. I was honored to chime in with my vote of Memento to be included with some very high professional company. Enjoy the article and list. Check out your boy!

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Participant in "World of Reel" Critics Poll for best films so far in 2023

As I have grown in press credentials and professional affiliations nationally, I have found myself landing in circles with other film critics of various levels. Recently, I was included in a poll for voting critics for Jordan Ruimy of World of Reel, a fellow Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. His survey was to collect the best films from the first half of 2023 from over 100 critics and other industry folk. I was honored to chime in with my top five selections to be included with some very high professional company. Enjoy the article and list. Check out your boy!

Media Appearance, Social Media, SPECIAL, LIST, 2023, Best FilmsDon ShanahanJuly 27, 2023World of Reel, Jordan RuimyComment

MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest contributor on Natural Transplants talking bald movie characters

Every now and then, I get tabbed as the published film critic to contribute ideas on a movie-related question or topic for other websites. Recently, I feel like I was profiled for a second signature trait of mine. The publishers for NaturalTransplants.com must have seen my social media profile picture featuring a shorn head because they pitched me to name my Top 5 iconic bald movie characters. I’m not kidding when I say that I’ve had that exact list in mind for a while, so I couldn’t resist the assignment.

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