Posts tagged The Skeleton Twins
MOVIE REVIEW: The Skeleton Twins
MOVIE REVIEW: The Skeleton Twins

Thanks to their outstanding careers on "Saturday Night Live," Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig are completely recognized, celebrated, and even typecast as total comedic performers.  We've never seen them do real drama until "The Skeleton Twins."  The success of your like or dislike of the film will come from your desire to either want more comedy or not believe the drama.

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3 STARS, 2014, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanKristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Craig Johnson, The Skeleton Twins, Saturday Night Live, Luke Wilson, film review, film commentary, movie commentary, Movie review, life lessons from films, life lessons, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, life lessons from movies, depression, suicideComment
COLUMN: 2014 Fall Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2014 Fall Movie Preview

Traditionally, the months of September and October are the dumping grounds of movies that weren't good enough or too dark to be summer releases or films not quite good enough to be held until the prime awards season during the winter months of November and December.  Every now and then, though, a future Academy Award winner sneaks into early into the Oscar race with an October release.  Here is my full preview of the 2014 fall movie season.  I hope I can steer you to a few hidden gems before the real big-timers get here in November and December. 

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2014, ColumnDon ShanahanThe Identical, Frontera, The Drop, No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2, The Maze Runner, This is Where I Leave You, A Walk Among Tombstones, The Skeleton Twins, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Tracks, The Equalizer, The Box Trolls, The Two Faces of January, Pride, Gone Girl, The Good Lie, The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger, Fury, The Best of Me, Book of Life, Dracula Untold, Birdman, Ouija, White Bird in a Blizzard, St. Vincent, John Wick, Nightcrawler, Before I Go to Sleep, HornsComment
CHECKLIST: 2014 Fall Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Fall Movie Calendar

Now that September is here, the summer movie season is officially over and we shift girls to the fall movie season.  Here's a handy checklist and calendar of upcoming releases for September and October.  Bookmark this, print this out, or slap it on the fridge as your new must-see list.  My full 2014 Fall Movie Preview will be dropping soon.

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Don ShanahanThe Indentical, Frontera, The Drop, No Good Deed, Dolphin Tale 2, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The Maze Runner, This is Where I Leave You, A Walk Among Tombstones, The Skeleton Twins, Hector and the Search for Happiness, Tracks, The Equalizer, The Box Trolls, The Two Faces of January, Pride, The Good Lie, Gone Girl, The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger, Fury, The Best of Me, Book of Life, Dracula Untold, Birdman, Ouija, White Bird in a Blizzard, St. Vincent, John Wick, Nightcrawler, Before I Go to Sleep, HornsComment