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25YL (25 Years Later)

25YL (25 Years Later) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Alix Turner, Don Shanahan, Leo Brady, Sharai Bohannon, Tony Black.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
5/5
RRR (2022) Don Shanahan Employing vibrant creativity to add shine to the legend of two important revolutionary figures from his own country, S.S. Rajamouli packed every emotional and artistic fiber he could to move his audience.
Posted Dec 25, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Don Shanahan We have a mirthful movie that dares to dangle introspective yarn balls of fear, mortality, trust, friendship, and more towards our devil-may-care feline and the movie’s eager audience.
Posted Dec 22, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Don Shanahan James Cameron knows precisely how to slow the roller coaster down, loosen the perilous seat belts, and exit its riders with wobbly legs of emotional exertion.
Posted Dec 13, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Something from Tiffany's (2022) Don Shanahan Characters with tangible messiness are pausing to think with their heart and head equally. That relatability brings about romantic possibilities that spark with stronger potential connections than bursts of superficial fireworks based on mere looks.
Posted Dec 12, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Don Shanahan As it turns out, the answers fill a cornucopia with oxymorons. "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is awfully good at making its small crowd of pretty ugly people and terrific liars stand out amid open secrets and loyal opposition.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Devotion (2022) Don Shanahan Dillard composes a cinematic testament shaped by the pillars of its chosen title more than boilerplate patriotism.
Posted Nov 23, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Don Shanahan Marvel films already get likened to a circus enough, but the feeling and urgency matching the old saying of "the show must go on" are very much present with "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
Posted Nov 08, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Till (2022) Don Shanahan "Till" is a mother’s story through and through and rarely ever leaves the lead actress’s pendulum of steadiness and trembles.
Posted Oct 17, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Stay the Night (2022) Don Shanahan All the conflict you need is right here–between its ears, in its beating heart, and within the held hands–of this gratifying and understated film.
Posted Oct 06, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) Don Shanahan "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul" has caricatures so believable that they transcend the winking-at-the-camera trope with vivid potency.
Posted Sep 03, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Samaritan (2022) Don Shanahan The special thing is "Samaritan" shows how much Sylvester Stallone still offers as an actor that has nothing to do with the ripped physicality that made him famous.
Posted Aug 29, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Breaking (2022) Don Shanahan "Breaking" resists the temptations to pound messages and shout showy monologues, favoring the work to uphold the simple and poignant principles that were at hand with this true story.
Posted Aug 25, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Beast (2022) Don Shanahan That instinctually unnerving lion's snarl revs the cardiovascular pulse of "Beast."
Posted Aug 20, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Summering (2022) Don Shanahan It’s as if "Summering" finishes its point by saying (and literally showing) that everything’s OK if the girls have each other, do cartwheels, and dance.
Posted Aug 15, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Fall (2022) Don Shanahan True to its name, Fall’s plot exploits mortal fears and gets creative with the desperate measures people reach to keep kicking and screaming with life. 
Posted Aug 11, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Easter Sunday (2022) Don Shanahan When your “character” is essentially “you,” the bar is not set very high whatsoever for performance challenges.
Posted Aug 05, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
DC League of Super-Pets (2022) Don Shanahan With no apologies to Joss Whedon, Zack Snyder, or anyone else, it took bringing in a bunch of animal characters, the writers of "The LEGO Batman Movie," and shifting to animation to give us the best theatrical Justice League movie we’ve had to date.
Posted Jul 26, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Nope (2022) Don Shanahan The entirety of "Nope" adds up to a sometimes wobbly balance of consequential and inconsequential outcomes because of the suspiciously selective and disproportionate points of focus.
Posted Jul 20, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
My Old School (2022) Don Shanahan Viewers will absorb this tall tale and ask how much fraudulence is either acceptable or too much in a true-life “fake it until you make it” story. There is an irreverent delight to be had measuring that scale person-to-person and case-by-case.
Posted Jul 18, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Alone Together (2022) Don Shanahan As a writer, Katie Holmes has struck a very steady and appealing balance between the character-reinforcing pain present and the desire to celebrate the fragile possibilities of love derailed by our pandemic lockdown.
Posted Jul 18, 2022  Edit critic review
5/5
Relative (2022) Don Shanahan The casual conversations that started "Relative" to reveal little bits of individual and family history turn serious and soul-baring addressing the disintegration of family.
Posted Jul 15, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Gray Man (2022) Don Shanahan Wall to wall, the Russos have unleashed what may stand as the best pure action movie of 2022.
Posted Jul 14, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Both Sides of the Blade (2021) Don Shanahan The thematic staging of which beds are empty and which ones are occupied, and by whom, carries legitimate intrigue.
Posted Jul 08, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Don Shanahan Since more and more of this character and his journey have become a dunderheaded joke, any substantial peril has reached a point where it feels merely temporary or, worse, flaky and flimsy.
Posted Jul 05, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Spiderhead (2022) Don Shanahan Try as it may, a few too many of the movie's deceptive infusions and faulty outcomes miss their possible peak.
Posted Jun 14, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Time Capsule (2022) Don Shanahan Embracing a quaint romance with heady consequences, "The Time Capsule" flicks its wrist for a little magic without sacrificing the seriousness of its premise’s implications.
Posted May 30, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Don Shanahan In true, rugged fashion as a legacy sequel aiming for the pinnacle of performance on and off camera, the movie exerts the very same pressure of gravity on us as we find ourselves glued to our seats with every flyby and bead of sweat.
Posted May 24, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Don Shanahan Every nostalgic note or easy joke is cleverly wrapped with a candy-coated shell of self-awareness and a lingering implication of something bigger afoot that may not be as sweet as the outside.
Posted May 20, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Senior Year (2022) Don Shanahan Rebel Wilson has a commitment-to-the bit similar to Ryan Reynolds where her saucy signature personality and quick wit always follow her physical comedic bravery.
Posted May 14, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Foxhole (2021) Don Shanahan Causes and legacies, right and wrong, and life and death are shaped by those precarious actions presented by Jack Fessenden in a very spellbinding picture.
Posted May 13, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Along for the Ride (2022) Don Shanahan Alvarez has created a lush space safe for the expression and supportive healing of personal emotions heavier than the usual wants and needs of youth.
Posted May 05, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Don Shanahan For this one, you're going to need a Ouija board, a witch doctor, a semester's worth of Disney+ homework, and either a giant Ambien or the PASIV machine from "Inception" to join the dream party.
Posted May 03, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Sound of Violet (2022) Don Shanahan Once the drama of its chosen realities thicken and the laughs no longer come easy, its sense of correction can feel quite heavy-handed.
Posted May 01, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Marvelous and the Black Hole (2020) Don Shanahan Little wonders and big feelings percolate, intersect, smear, and overwhelm a collection of very unique yet relatable people in this film, and the effects could not be more touching and soul-stirring.
Posted Apr 20, 2022  Edit critic review
5/5
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Don Shanahan Just when you cannot see yourself comprehending worlds with hot dog-length fingers or the silliness of sticky googly eyes, the brimming humanity underneath bubbles through with geysers of cathartic empathy.
Posted Apr 09, 2022  Edit critic review
1/5
Deep Water (2022) Don Shanahan Know who are cuckolding. If he looks like Ben Affleck, turn and run away.
Posted Mar 17, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Fresh (2022) Don Shanahan Both its face value middle fingers and underlying moral deconstructions are tough sells made endlessly provocative.
Posted Mar 15, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Turning Red (2022) Don Shanahan "Turning Red" allows young characters with literal and figurative inner beasts true beauty amid all of their messy exterior and interior traits.
Posted Mar 07, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Batman (2022) Don Shanahan "The Batman" has the teeth to impress any of the opposition and eat their hearts out in the process.
Posted Feb 28, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Family Squares (2022) Don Shanahan Playing out a dramedy fitting and formed by our current plight, the movie can be seen as a future time capsule for our shared mini-era.
Posted Feb 26, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Desperate Hour (2021) Don Shanahan The lead character is in an unfathomable position where shes allowed to make some irrational choices in a live moment. Alas, the movie cannot afford to do the same playing with an all-too-real agony that preys on tragic headlines.
Posted Feb 21, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Strawberry Mansion (2021) Don Shanahan The movie extends a coy and welcome hand to join its descent into weirdness while still spinning plenty of heady oddities to rattle cages of normal sensibilities. Go ahead and take this movies leap into the surreal.
Posted Feb 17, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
I Want You Back (2022) Don Shanahan The breakup pursuits of "I Want You Back" do not carry the same charm as the happenstance that got it all started.
Posted Feb 14, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Minamata (2020) Don Shanahan "Minamata" reminds us what Johnny Depps charisma can do outside of his fantasy wheelhouse and Tim Burton security blanket.
Posted Feb 13, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Marry Me (2022) Don Shanahan "Marry Me" is a kinetic collection of romantic, comedic, and musical moments that amount to more than enough appeal to create a pleasant journey and viewing experience.
Posted Feb 10, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Death on the Nile (2022) Don Shanahan There are drop dead gorgeous and expressive characters gallivanting all around, and we cant pull away from the diminutive observer with that prominent mustache and those impeccable suits.
Posted Feb 07, 2022  Edit critic review
5/5
Swan Song (2021) Don Shanahan The drama may be all-inclusive with its existential dread, but the choices and implications considered and then enacted are strenuous yet sublime.
Posted Jan 17, 2022  Edit critic review
5/5
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Don Shanahan There is no shortness of acting brilliance or production value perfection in every corner and millisecond of this picture.
Posted Dec 24, 2021  Edit critic review
4/5
American Underdog (2021) Don Shanahan Go ahead and lionize this man. He's the real deal and he earned it.
Posted Dec 22, 2021  Edit critic review
3/5
The Tender Bar (2021) Don Shanahan Each moment of easygoingness and smooth dialogue is matched by another evoking soothing or bracing honesty for the hardships at hand.
Posted Dec 20, 2021  Edit critic review
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