Posts tagged John Cena
MOVIE REVIEW: Playing With Fire
MOVIE REVIEW: Playing With Fire

Anyone who has seen John Cena hamming it up, getting slimed, or both at his hosting gigs or talk show appearances knows he has the capacity to be the ripped glute of many a joke. Anyone who has followed his massive work with The Make-A-Wish Foundation knows he’s got a genuine and gigantic heart. John Cena is cut with cuteness and has all the charm necessary for Playing With Fire. The fact Cena can squeeze heartfelt smiles and laughs, whether covered in some mess or wearing a My Little Pony half-shirt, is more than good enough for a family-friendly movie option for the upcoming holiday season.

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2019, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 21Playing With Fire, John CenaComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Sisters
MOVIE REVIEW: Sisters

The newest collaboration of former "Saturday Night Live" BFFs Amy Poehler and Tina Fey proves that smart people cannot always escape cliche.  "Sisters" has an implausible, though energetic concept for the comedy-hungry forty-something crowd.  Unfortunately, "Sisters" has no ability to buck predictable formula.  Even a go-for-broke, R-rated potty-mouthed jolt from two of our favorite, and normally buttoned-up, comediennes can save this film.

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2015, 2016, 2 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 212015, 2016, 2015 Holiday Movies, 2015 Holiday Movie Preview, Sisters, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph, John Leguizamo, John Cena, Bobby Moynihan, R-rated comedy, Madison Davenport, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Santino Fontana, Britt Lower, Trainwreck, Movies about siblings, Movies about sisters, Ranker, life lessons, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, movie review, movie commentary, film commentary, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don ShanahanComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Trainwreck
MOVIE REVIEW: Trainwreck

The amount of love and appreciation you will garner for "Trainwreck" will entirely depend on your taste and tolerance level for its star, Amy Schumer.  The groundbreaking comedienne wrote this screenplay as a fictionalized take on herself.  If you love her brash comedy and clever subversive feminism, "Trainwreck" is a star-making arrival and a triumph as rare female-centered romantic comedy.  If you're not into the crassness and randomness of her act, the film is going to feel like episodic fits and starts within a flawed romantic comedy that feels like pieces from different and better films.

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2015, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanTrainwreck, Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, LeBron James, Ezra Miller, Tilda Swinton, Judd Apatow, Vanessa Bayer, John Cena, Amar'e Stoudamire, Marv Albert, Matthew Broderick, 2015 Summer Movies, Romantic comedies, Colin Quinn, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, 2015Comment