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On Movies & Media

McSweeny's on "Crash." Bad "Star Wars" Valentines.

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Jeffrey Overstreet

13 Feb 2006
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Crash

McSweeny's writer Brendan Lloyd has just posted the shortest, and yet most memorable, commentary on Paul Haggis's Crash I've yet seen.

And speaking of funny... The Worst Valentines in the World.

First impressions of Blue Heron

First impressions of Blue Heron

Busy week! So Overstreet's first impressions of Blue Heron are served up as a video instead of text.
09 May 2026 1 min read
Children of Men (2006)

Children of Men (2006)

This review was originally published on Christmas Day 2006 at Christianity Today. It is reprinted here with permission.
02 May 2026 12 min read
Why I love the collaborations of John Williams and Steven Spielberg

Why I love the collaborations of John Williams and Steven Spielberg

Timothy Greiving, author of the incredible book John Williams: A Composer’s Life, is a generous guy. He could bring all kinds of superstars to this table, as he travels the globe interviewing the great film composers and their filmmaking collaborators. And I suspect that, over time, he will. But
27 Apr 2026 1 min read
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