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June 2014

June 13, 2014

Looking Closer at How to Train Your Dragon 2

I'm thinking about seeing "How to Train Your Dragon 2." So I'm consulting the opinons...

May 2014

May 26, 2014

Confessions of an X-Men Ex-Fan [Revised]

I'm not going to try to talk anybody out of liking "Days of Future Past."...

May 24, 2014

Why Moviegoers Everywhere Must Learn to Say “Zvyagintsev”

If you hear film buffs shouting "Zvyagintsev!" in the coming months, do not say "Gesundheit."...

May 16, 2014

Surely J. J. Abrams Can Do Better: Phantom Menace at 15

I know, I know. Take a deep breath. Let go of your anger, young Jedi.

May 09, 2014

Saving Mr. Banks (2013) … or Squandering Mr. Hanks

If you want to hang on to that warm "Mary Poppins" feeling, you may just...

May 09, 2014

Forget Twilight: These Are My Favorite Vampires

We're all vampires. That is to say, we all have particular kinds of "blood" that...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Scarlett Johansson is a Monster: Under the Skin

Feel free to eavesdrop as I argue with myself upon exiting the theater after seeing...

April 11, 2014

Noah (2014): Part Two of a Two-Part Commentary

In which two very different moviegoers wrestle with Noah, and with some of the questions...

April 10, 2014

Noah (2014): Part One of A Two-Part Commentary

Darren Aronofsky made an epic Old Testament movie in which he wrestled with some of...

March 2014

March 14, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Every scene was like a spectacular frosted pastry with a sharp object baked into the...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

The Great Beauty (2013)

I've just seen "The Great Beauty" and I'm still a little bit drunk on its...

February 15, 2014

Now You Can Watch the Zany Adventure Movie That America Missed

Looking for an escape? Searching for an exciting, hilarious, fun adventure film for the whole...

February 08, 2014

The LEGO Movie (2014)

The LEGO Movie is, at once, a movie with more laughs-per-minute than any recent comedy...

January 2014

January 02, 2014

Overstreet’s Favorite Films: 2013

In a year characterized by excess, the films that meant the most to me were...

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Her (2013): An All-Thumbs Review

This review of Spike Jonze's film "Her" is Part Four of the new fiction series...

November 2013

November 02, 2013

12 Years a Slave (2013)

It's a film I would encourage every American over the age of 16 (in general)...

October 2013

October 26, 2013

The Counselor (2013)

This is not more of the trendy Tarantino revelry in nastiness and violence. This is...

October 02, 2013

What a Chipotle Commercial Has In Common With My Two Favorite Films of the Year (So Far)

Today, at Christianity Today, I have the privilege of sharing about the two movies that...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

The Late Gatsby: First Impressions

Luhrmann's films are the equivalent of opera ("popera"?), with the soaring kaleidoscopic imagery and light...

September 02, 2013

Secondhand Lions (2003): A Conversation with Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Haley Joel Osmen, and Tim McCanlies

A film-review assignment can change your life. In fact, ten years ago this month, a...

August 2013

August 16, 2013

The Spectacular Now (2013)

During a summer overstuffed with blockbuster excesses, I found myself encouraged by the way "The...

August 09, 2013

Blue Jasmine (2013)

It feels like Woody Allen has just enough energy to rack up some ideas, to...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Netflix Brings Back the Coen Brothers’ Most Underrated Comedy

The Coen Brothers' "Intolerable Cruelty" may be their most underrated film. Now that it's streaming...

July 12, 2013

The Way, Way Back (2013)

It's sweet, it's good for you, it's simplistic and unsurprising, and it vanishes. In other...

July 02, 2013

Revisiting Marla: Did Their Kid Paint That? [Updated!]

Did Marla Olmstead really paint the canvases that became a sensation, the art that sold...

July 02, 2013

The Lone Ranger: “Cynical. Bankrupt. Brutal. Anti-American. A Catastrophe.”

Steven Greydanus has seen The Lone Ranger. And he is not a happy camper. But...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Happy 5th Birthday, WALL•E!

Five years ago this weekend, Pixar brought us a vision of the future through the...

June 24, 2013

Monsters University: Bonus Question – Are These Monsters Dangerous?

Is "Monsters University" going to mess up a child's concepts of good and evil?

June 22, 2013

Star Trek Into Heartlessness

Warning: This is not a review. This is a rant. And it is full of...

June 14, 2013

Before Midnight (2013): An All-Thumbs Review

The following is a review of "Before Midnight" … in fiction. It’s Part Three of...