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An Unfortunate Remake: High and Low (1963) / Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Remakes have a reputation of being inferior to the original. That’s not always true; there are many good-to-great films that are remakes. Some of the best include: The Maltese Falcon ((1941), a remake of the 1931 film of the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Film-Related Articles, Newer films, Older Films | Tagged A Star is Born, American Fiction, Anthony Ramos, Ben-Hur, David King, Denzel Washington, Diddy, Do the Right Thing, Fanfare d'Amour, film, Gondo, High and Low, Highest 2 Lowest, His Girl Friday, Hitchcock, Infernal Affairs, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Japan, Jay-Z, Jeffrey Wright, Liam Neeson, Love Affair, Manhattan, Mariah Carey, Marlon Brando, movies, Oceans 11, Psycho, Rashoman, Rosie Perez, Samuel L. Jackson, Satan Met a Lady, Sean Combs, Seven Samourai, Some Like it Hot, Spike Lee, The Blob, The Departed, The Fly, The Front Page, The Godfather, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, The Thomas Crown Affair, Throne of Blood, Tom Cruise, Toshiro Mifune, True Grit, Westworld, Whitney Houston, Yojimbo, Yutaka Sada | Leave a comment

The Oscar “Consolation Prize” Awards: Making Up for Past Mistakes

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Film awards season is upon us officially with the Golden Globe awards, and while the various minor award-giving groups seem to be multiplying like shmoos, there is just one Great Prize—the Academy Awards. There is an annual cottage industry working … Continue reading →

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The 13 Worst “Best Picture” Winners

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars started out well, albeit being a group initially designed to keep union activity away, and to continue to grow Louis B. Mayer’s influence in Hollywood. The first year, they even had to address the “popular pic vs. art … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Place in the Sun, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Names Desire, All the King's Men, All the President's Men, American Beauty, An American in Paris, Argo, Around the World in 80 Days, Bradley Cooper, Braveheart, Cavalcade, Chicago, Coal Miner's Daughter, CODA, Crash, Dances with Wolves, Double Indemnity, Driving Miss Daisy, Dune, Forrest Gump, Gaaslight, Ghandi, Giant, Going My Way, Green Book, Guillermo del Toro, Hamlet, Hellboy, High Noon, How Green Was My Valley, Network, Oliver!, Ordinary People, Pan's Labyrinth, Raging Bull, Rocly, Roma, Saving Private Ryan, singin' in the rain, Taxi Driver, Tess, The Artist, The Broadway Melody, The Elephant Man, The Greatest Show on Earth, The King and I, The Power of the Dog, The Quiet Man, The Shape of Water, The Shawshank Redemption, West Side Story, You Can't Take it with You | Leave a comment

From Prohibiting to Demanding: The Newest Unnecessary and Anti-Art Regulations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Mark DuPré

Most folks with even a cursory knowledge of American film history knows about the Hayes Code. In brief: the Hayes Code was implemented by the film industry in the early 1930s primarily to avoid government censorship and to attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Baby Face, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Freaks, Hayes Code, It Happened One Night, Jaws, Mae West, Oscar, Scarface, Schindler's List, SNL, The Bad Seed, The Godfather, The Goodbye Girl, The Letter | Leave a comment

Stars Are Born: A Comparison of the Five “A Star is Born” Films

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Mark DuPré

There isn’t much of any interest in movie theaters these days, so it’s a good time to remind everyone of all the classics available to enjoy. In fact, it’s always a good time to view the classics. So here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles, Newer films, Older Films | Tagged 1932, 1937, 1954, 1976, 2018, A Star is Born, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Adolphe Menjou, Andy Devine, Barbara Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Bat, Batman, Bing Crosby, Bradley Cooper, Climb Every Mountain, Constance Bennett, D.W. Griffith, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Evergreen, Frank Pierson, Frederic March, Gene Fowler, George Cukor, Gone with the Wind, Humphrey Bogart, James Mason, Jane Murfin, Janet Gaynor, Joan Bennett, Judy Garland, Kris Kristofferson, Lady Gaga, Lionel Stander, Louise Beavers, Lowell Sherman, Maestro, Marlon Brando, May Robson, Meet Me in St. Louis, On the Waterfront, Owen Moore, Paul Williams, Peggy Wood, Rebecca, RKO Pathé, Robert Carson, Sunrise, Sunset Boulevard, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Caine Mutiny, The Country Girl, The High and the Mighty, The Ox-Bow Indcident, The Wizard of Oz, William Wellman | Leave a comment

2024 Oscar Show

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Mark DuPré

I would have thought that a week after the Oscars, there would be nothing left to remember of the ceremony. No real streaker (though we had an imitation one from John Cena), no wrong Best Picture announcement, and especially no … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged Al Pacino, barbie, Billie Eilish, Chris Rock, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, Emma Stone, Finneas O'Connell, I'm Just Ken, Jimmy Kimmel, John Cena, Jonathan Glazer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, Maestro, Mark Ruffalo, Murder by Numbers, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling, The Zone of Interest, What Was I Made For?, Will Smith | Leave a comment

2023 Oscar Predictions

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Until recently, there has been no film that has captured critical, awards, and audience consensus and has thus seemed bound for Oscar glory. That’s changed in the past month or so, as Everything Everywhere All at Once has landed on … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged All About Eve, All Quiet on the Western Front, Angela Bassett, Anthony Hopkins, Applause, Austin Butler, Avatar: The Way of Water, Babylon, Bette Davis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Born Yesterday, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Elvis, Everything Everwhere All at Once, Fire of Love, Gloria Swanson, Guillermo del Toro's PInocchio, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Holliday, Ke Huy Quan, Martin McDonagh, Michelle Yeoh, Naatu Naatu, Navalny, Oscars, Parasite, RRR, Sarah Polley, Stephanie Hsu, Sunset Boulevard, Tar, Tell It Like a Woman, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, The Father, The Whale, Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking | Leave a comment

First Thoughts on 2023 Oscar Nominations

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Mark DuPré

The 2023 Academy Award nominations came out today, and the first wave of published responses will be who got an unexpected nomination, and who got “snubbed,” a ridiculous phrase for an imprecise idea. My thoughts, however, turn to who got … Continue reading →

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