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Review of Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

By J. Robert Parks (42) for Looking Closer (416) on 08 Apr 2005

What works in the theater doesn't always work in the movies. Part of the problem, as mentioned, is with the broadness of the material…

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Review of THX 1138 (1971)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 26 Feb 2005

THX 1138 shows that Lucas was once interested in letting actors act, and in letting the audience think for themselves…

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Review of The Big Lebowski (1998)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 26 Feb 2005

No, it's no Fargo. It's the most flamboyant, erratic, spontaneous movie the Coens have ever made…

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Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Lo and behold. An action movie that isn't about 'seize the day' or 'follow your heart' opportunism…

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Review of Good Will Hunting (1997)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

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Review of The House on Devils Road (2008)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

I encourage everyone to watch it and discuss the difference between Christ's ministry and the 'ministry' of these high-pressure gospel salesmen…

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Review of Finding Nemo (2003)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Enthralling, and gorgeous, from start to finish…

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Review of Tarzan (1999)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

The first half of Tarzan is Disney's best stuff since Beauty and the Beast ... [then it] declines into a typical showdown with a forgettable villain…

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Review of What Dreams May Come (1998)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

This is what happens when you try to make a philosophical movie about spirituality without making anybody uncomfortable…

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Review of Hulk (2003)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Audiences expecting to turn off their brains and sit back for another blast of mere eye candy may stagger out of this 138-minute epic wondering…

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Review of Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

A tour through shady dealings and sufferings that could be set in any big city on either side of the Atlantic. Frears…

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Review of Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

We are coaxed to rejoice in the name of vengeance…

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Review of Amadeus (1984)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Anyone who has ever struggled with mediocrity, desired to master a craft, or competed with another for a prize or for love (and I imagine that's…

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Review of From Hell (2001)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

They want it to feel like one really bad dream ... and by the film's end we're too dizzy to think, to see if it all lines up…

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Review of Morvern Callar (2002)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

Samantha Morton's performance recalls Emily Watson's work in Breaking the Waves -- you can't take your eyes off of her…

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Review of Pieces of April (2003)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

This delightful little miracle of a movie reminds us of how crucial it is that we appreciate and love each other in spite of our failures,…

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Review of Chariots of Fire (1981)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

The film still soars. Even Vangelis' music, so overplayed since the film's release, still works magic in the proper context…

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Review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

2001 speaks by monolith -- that is, by image, metaphor, poetry, and suggestion…

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Review of Mumford (1999)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

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Review of Titanic (1943)

By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 15 Jan 2005

The spectacle of the ship will enchant you, and the tragedy of the victims will haunt you for many days after you've seen it…

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