Posts tagged The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
OVERDUE REVIEW: The Age of Adaline
OVERDUE REVIEW: The Age of Adaline

In a new subset of movie reviews on my main website, I am circling back to see and review reasonably recent films that I either missed during their main theatrical runs or saw later then their window of mainstream prominence.  As a guy with a traveling day job and a new father of "two-under-two," I can't see everything every week and I have to choose my spots to head out to the theater.  These are my educational-themed "OVERDUE REVIEWS" and the life lessons are still in full effect.

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2015, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanThe Age of Adaline, Adaline, San Francisco, Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Leo Toland Krieger, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, Harrison Ford, Anthony Ingruber, Hugo Ross, Narration, time travel movies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2015 Spring Movies, life lessons, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, movie review, movie commentary, Overdue Review, film commentary, film review, life lessons from film, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson Comment
MOVIE REVIEW: Gone Girl
MOVIE REVIEW: Gone Girl

For the faithful readers of Gillian Flynn's 2012 bestseller of the same name, you will know the twists and turns that are coming.  To the uninformed, "Gone Girl" was grab you hook, line, and sinker into a potently swirling world of ominous fear, mystery, and relationship quandaries.  What follows, is promised to be SPOILER-FREE.

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10 Best, 2014, 5 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanGone Girl, Gillian Flynn, David Fincher: Interviews, David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Se7en, Christopher Nolan, Gone Girl film review, Gone Girl movie review, movie review, film review, movie commentary, film commentary, life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, Movies based on books, book adaptations, The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
SPECIAL INTEREST: Upcoming book examines renowned director David Fincher
SPECIAL INTEREST: Upcoming book examines renowned director David Fincher

Dr. Laurence Knapp, an editor from University Press of Mississippi, has compiled and created the newest book in the "Conversations with Filmmakers" series.  "David Fincher: Interviews" hits store shelves on August 1, 2014.  You can preview and even pre-order a copy of "David Fincher: Interviews" over at Amazon today. 

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Column, SPECIAL, 2014Don ShanahanDavid Fincher, Gone Girl, Se7en, Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dr. Laurence Knapp, University Press of Mississippi, David Fincher: Interviews, Conversations with Filmmakers, Conversations with Filmmakers series, Amazon, Amazon books, Books about film, Books about film directors, Michael JollsComment