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2014-11-13T22:18:41-07:00

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Looking Elsewhere: Star Wars – Episode VII, Interstellar, The Hobbit, Best U2 Punchlines, Glen West 2014, Hayao Mizyazaki, Sandworms, George Lucas, Collateral

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 10:18 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Did you hear the one about the door of U2's private jet falling off mid-flight? Best punchline for that set-up wins... Read more

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2014-11-02T22:50:26-07:00

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Looking Elsewhere: 14 Discoveries & Distractions for the First Week of November

Last updated on: November 2, 2014 at 10:50 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

On Halloween, Anne and I went out to celebrate Halloween dressed as Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing students who are running out of time to complete their homework assignments by the deadline. We were very, very convincing — we tricked everybody. The treats? They were provided by the pub where we put on an Oscar-worthy performance of actually studying and writing essays. All of the zombies and witches and clowns and Star Wars characters and superheroes in the pub... Read more

2014-11-02T18:51:06-07:00

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Here Comes 2014’s Big Finale: Quick — What Were the Highlights of the First 10 Months?

Last updated on: November 2, 2014 at 6:51 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Wow, what an eventful 2014 we’ve had so far here at Looking Closer. And we’ve only just arrived at November. Historically, November and December are the busiest months of the year on my blog, because it’s time to start reviewing the most impressive music, movies, and more. But before we get caught up in all of that excitement, I need to stop, glance back over my shoulder, and appreciate just how much your readership and support have enabled me to do…... Read more

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2014-10-29T19:46:00-06:00

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Filmwell’s Michael Leary: Things I Learned About Parenting Daughters From “Gilmore Girls”

Last updated on: October 29, 2014 at 7:46 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

My longtime friend, colleague, and Filmwell co-founder Michael Leary, a writer I admire, a man of impeccable taste in cinema, and — above all — a big-hearted father, has something to say about Gilmore Girls. The whole series is now streaming on Netflix. I won’t hesitate to admit that I’m watching it again… …and not just because my favorite songwriter, Sam Phillips, does the music. How did television get me to make time for a comedy about a mother, a... Read more

2014-10-27T09:29:22-06:00

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Now on Netflix: Django Unchained

Last updated on: October 27, 2014 at 9:29 am By Jeffrey Overstreet

On Christmas Day 2012 — while Americans were still grieving for victims of the Newtown elementary-school massacre — "Django Unchained," the new film by Quentin Tarantino, opened nationwide. This week, as my community grieves the loss of lives in two recent Seattle school shootings, Tarantino's hyperviolent Western has arrived on Netflix. Read more

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2014-10-25T10:46:01-06:00

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Ragamuffin (2014) – A Guest Review by Martin Stillion

Last updated on: October 25, 2014 at 10:46 am By Jeffrey Overstreet

"... if the goal of Ragamuffin is to get viewers to reconsider the life and music of Mullins, who’s been dead these seventeen years ... : I have some of his stuff playing on YouTube right now. If the goal was for the film to be a work of art in itself, then there’s a lot more work to be done." Read more

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2014-11-02T18:51:55-07:00

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Scott Derrickson May Not “Deliver Us From Evil,” But He Knows Who Can

Last updated on: November 2, 2014 at 6:51 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

Arriving on home video just in time for Halloween, Scott Derrickson's "Deliver Us From Evil" delivers a creative tangle of tropes and trippy special effects, aiming to do better than merely making us jump out of our seats. And it succeeds. Read more

2014-10-20T20:39:28-06:00

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Battle in Seattle (or the Movie Directed by That Guy Who Was Almost Aragorn)

Last updated on: October 20, 2014 at 8:39 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

#Ferguson. #WTO. #U2iPhone6 Why am I not tweeting my outrage? Have I been pummeled numb by scandal, injustice, and atrocity? Have I become hard-hearted? Read more

2014-10-15T22:07:13-06:00

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A Priest With a Death Sentence: Looking Closer at Calvary

Last updated on: October 15, 2014 at 10:07 pm By Jeffrey Overstreet

"I don't think it will be winning any awards from the Christian world. ... It takes place in a universe very like ours." Read more

John Michael McDonagh

2014-10-14T09:11:49-06:00

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Well-Made Movies Won’t Be… Left Behind

Last updated on: October 14, 2014 at 9:11 am By Jeffrey Overstreet

Today, Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, defended The Good Lie, a movie in which the central characters are Christians, as “a good movie.” Why did he feel the need to defend it? Well, the success of The Blind Side inspired some backlash — opposition to movies in which “a white lady comes to the rescue” of those in need, as if down-home American white folks are the world’s saviors. And the marketing campaign for The Good Lie certainly makes the movie look like one of... Read more

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