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MOVIE REVIEW: Gifted
MOVIE REVIEW: Gifted

Aside from any cinematic cliches present, there is an exemplary central message the new film “Gifted” gets utterly and perfectly right in both its actions and its words.  As an elementary school educator, it is one I equally and personally champion every single day.  The notion is worth leading with one of this website’s signature life lessons: LET KIDS BE KIDS

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2017, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC Loews Woodridge 18Gifted, Chris Evans, Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Stuart Dryburgh, Rob Simonsen, Tom Flynn, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, movie review, film review, movie commentary, film commentary, 2017, 2017 Spring Movies, teachers, school teachers, Hollywood Black List, Black List, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson Comments
GUEST CRITIC #18: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
GUEST CRITIC #18: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Give a warm, Show-Me-State welcome to Mr. Shane Bowen.  Shane is a fourth grade teacher in the St Louis area.  Like so many educators (myself included), Shane flexes a creative muscle outside of the textbooks and paper-grading.  Mr. Bowen also writes novels as a hobby.  Shane recently started his own publishing company, Out the Window Books at www.outthewindowbooks.com.  This man has talent and knows the power of a good beer and a good movie.  Enjoy this review of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

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2016, CAPSULE REVIEW, GUEST CRITIC, SPECIAL, Social MediaDon ShanahanShane Bowen, St. Louis, Missouri, Guest Critic series, guest critic, guest review, Guest Critic, Out of the Window Books, The Lake, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, school teachers, educators, movie review, film review, film commentary, movie commentary, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, 2016, 2016 Holiday MoviesComment