Overstreet Archives: A Very Long Engagement (2004)
A blast from the past: Here's my original review of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's World War One epic.
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The Quarry: murder, scripture, and Southern Gothic style
Set in a world rich with echoes of Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy, The Quarry's story of a fake preacher and a violent sheriff raises hard questions about the possibility of redemption in a world as ruined as this one.
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It’s Groundhog Day in Palm Springs
Palm Springs plays with a familiar formula, and its innovations are diminished by its crassness and the flimsiness of its "insights."
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Da 3 Movies in Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee's latest multi-tasking movie is a ferocious work of passion and Gospel that succeeds in spite of its stumbles and dissonant styles.
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Extra Ordinary Ghost-busting in Ireland
The second big paranormal-thriller surprise of the summer (after The Vast of Night), Extra Ordinary is the funniest thing I've seen all year.
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