Dennis D. McDonald (ddmcd@ddmcd.com) consults from Alexandria Virginia. His services include writing & research, proposal development, and project management.

All in Emotional

Jun 5

Jun 5 Woody Allen's WONDER WHEEL

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Comedy, Drama, Emotional

May 22

May 22 Keiichi Kobayashi's ABOUT THE PINK SKY

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Amazon Prime, Emotional, Intelligent, Japanese, One of a Kind, Quirky, Teens, Kanopy

Mar 17

Mar 17 Sunao Katabuchi's IN OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD

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Adult, Animated, Anime, Another Time & Place, Emotional, History, Japanese, Drama, Pacific War, Sentimental, Sweet, War, Netflix

Mar 16

Mar 16 INUYASHIKI LAST HERO (anime TV series)

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Action, Adult, Amazon Prime, Animated, Anime, Aliens, Disaster, Drama, Emotional, Exceptional, Grim, Horror, Robots, Scary, Science Fiction, Sentimental, Thriller, TV Series, Japanese

Mar 14

Mar 14 Ava DuVernay’s A WRINKLE IN TIME

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Action, Emotional, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Weird

Feb 28

Feb 28 Alex Garland's "ANNIHILATION"

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Emotional, Drama, Science Fiction, Surreal, Horror, Action

Feb 24

Feb 24 Guillermo del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF WATER

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Adult, Drama, Emotional, Fantasy, Monsters, Spouse Approved

Nov 29

Nov 29 Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina's COCO

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Animated, Disney, Pixar, Emotional, Fantasy, Action, Surreal, Sentimental, Music

Sep 20

Sep 20 Nacho Vigalondo's "COLOSSAL"

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Quirky, Surreal, Monsters, Drama, Emotional, Weird

Sep 2

Sep 2 Taylor Sheridan's WIND RIVER

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Action, Adult, Drama, Emotional, Spouse Approved, Western, Crime, Cops

Jul 31

Jul 31 Hirokazu Koreeda’s AFTER THE STORM

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Adult, Drama, Emotional, Japanese, Intelligent

Jul 30

Jul 30 Michaël Dudok de Wit's THE RED TURTLE

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Animated, Fantasy, Emotional, Exceptional, Ghibli, One of a Kind

Jun 19

Jun 19 Brian Fee’s CARS 3

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Animated, Pixar, Comedy, Action, Emotional, Drama, Fantasy, Sweet

May 5

May 5 KUROMUKURO Seasons 1 and 2

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Action, Animated, Anime, Emotional, First Contact, Japanese, Robots, War

Apr 17

Apr 17 Mike Mills' 20th CENTURY WOMEN

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Adult, Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Emotional

Apr 5

Apr 5 Richard Kelly’s “DONNIE DARKO” (DIRECTOR’S CUT)

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Science Fiction, Emotional, Exceptional, Intelligent, One of a Kind, Reconsidered, Independent, Teens

Feb 27

Feb 27 Michael Grandage’s GENIUS

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Adult, Drama, Emotional, Biography

Jan 8

Jan 8 Pablo Larraín’s JACKIE

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Adult, Biography, Drama, Emotional, History, Spouse Approved

May 27

May 27 Henry Hobson's MAGGIE

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Drama, Dystopian, Emotional, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Zombies

It may be appropriate to say that Maggie is the thinking and feeling person’s zombie movie.

Jan 20

Jan 20 Alejandro González Iñárritu's THE REVENANT

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Action, Drama, Emotional, Exceptional, Grim, Revenge

I don’t think I’ll be submitting myself to this cinematic torture again. I guess I prefer my spirit to be uplifted, not crushed, even when the crushing is beautifully and artistically portrayed.