MOVIE REVIEW: Spider-Man: Far From Home

(Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment via EPK.tv) SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME— 4 STARS The overwhelming internal tone and external vibe of Spider-Man: Far From Home is attempting to answer the reactionary and optimistic question of where do we go from here. Inside the...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "You'll Probably Agree" podcast talking "Toy Story 3" and 1989's "Batman"

(Image: Facebook.com) Let me be either the first or the next person to tell you how cool it is to talk to Mike Crowley about movies. I’ve been a guest on his YouTube channel in the past and have always loved the banter and beer. Mike has recently revamped his “You’ll Probably...

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EDITORIAL: Lessons I learned writing a negative "Toy Story 4" review on Rotten Tomatoes

THE LESSONS I LEARNED WRITING ONE OF THE FIRST AND FEW NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF “TOY STORY 4” A week and a half ago, I watched Toy Story 4 during an advance screening for press and I really wrestled with what I watched. I slept on it, researched it, and went back and forth...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Every Movie Has a Lesson mentioned on ComicBook.com!

(Image: comicbook.com) I’ve got a full column coming on the way about this whole experience of minor internet notoriety I’ve gained these past two weeks as one of the first and few Rotten Tomatoes-approved critics to give Toy Story 4 a negative or “rotten” review, but, in the...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Yesterday

(Image: digitalspy.com) THE 800TH REVIEW OF EVERY MOVIE HAS A LESSON Official selection of the 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival YESTERDAY— 4 STARS It takes quite a unique movie, dare I say even a special one, to take an absolutely preposterous concept and make it wholeheartedly...

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CAPSULE REVIEWS: Feature films of the first ever Rom Com Fest

(Image: romcomfest.com) Chicago might have hosted the rollicking Cinemapocalypse this past weekend celebrating the sparkle and splatter of horror, but that’s not this critic’s speed. Give me something spry on the other end of the spectrum. Across the country from June 20-23,...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich's IndieWire Critics Survey on June 25, 2019

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics, answer questions, and highlight their work.  Representing Every Movie Has a Lesson, I, along with...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the "Kicking the Seat" podcast talking "Toy Story 4"

It with Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast where I no longer feel like an island after watching and review Toy Story 4. He and I sat next to each other at the screening and both shared a great deal of chagrin afterwards. We put that together for his latest podcast...

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EVENT: Scenes from the "Toy Story 4" Ultimate RV event at Navy Pier

Photos by Don Shanahan This past Friday in Chicago, the “Toy Story 4” Ultimate RV event came to Polk Plaza area of Navy Pier. Sponsored by GoRVing.com, the movie-themed event had an alluring array of free activities. Contestants young and old could spin wheels, take selfies...

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MEDIA APPEARANCE: David Ehrlich's IndieWire Critics Survey on June 18, 2019

Notable and notorious IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich recently put out a social media call for film critic peers to join a weekly survey to discuss movie topics, answer questions, and highlight their work.  Representing Every Movie Has a Lesson, I, along with...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Toy Story 4

(Image: nerdist.com)  TOY STORY 4-- 2 STARS It could be the first movie, fourth movie, or the 17th of something really extensive, a beneficial purpose needs to be present beyond the business end of selling tickets and what not.  For each movie or chapter at hand,...

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