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Category Archives: Film-Related Articles
Let’s Look Over the Fence: A Necessary Correction
In my old theater classes, we were taught that Oklahoma! (1943) was the first Broadway musical where the songs advanced the plot. Called the first “integrated musical,” it has grabbed its rightful spot as the first of the “modern” stage … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead", "If I Only Had a Brain", "Make Believe", "Ol' Man River", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "We're Off to See the Wizard", integrated musical, Oklahoma!, Oscar and Hammerstein, Showboat, The Wizard of Oz
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2014 Oscar Report–First Thoughts
The good news is that most of my personal choices won. The bad news is that while best friend Clint and I did great on our Oscar pool, another guy did better. Oh, well. The show, as always, was too … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bette Midler, Ellen DeGeneres, Idina Menzel, Liza Minnelli
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2014 Final Oscar Predictions
With HUGE ASSISTANCE from knowledgeable best friend Clint Morgan Best Picture Should win: 12 Years a Slave Will Win: 12 Years a Slave Still Could Be: Gravity Best Director Should win: either Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave or … Continue reading →
Five More Supporting Performances that Don’t Get the Attention They Deserve
A while ago, I took a side road for a moment to pay tribute to five underrated performances: Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill Carey Mulligan in Bleak House Anna Faris in Just Friends Madame Konstantin in Notorious Delores Gray in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anthony Perkins, Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson, Hitchcock, J.K. Simmons, Knocked Up, Kristen Wiig, Psycho, Robert Walker, Spider-Man, Strangers on a Train
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2014 Early Oscar Predictions
Early Oscar Predictions (just to get the dialog going) I don’t think this year’s crop of Oscar winners are all that hard to predict. But there are always surprises. Here are my early, un-researched thoughts on a few of the … Continue reading →
Second Thoughts and Two Laments: Philip Seymour Hoffman and “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Philip Seymour Hoffman I awoke Sunday morning happy to be a Rochesterian. Our own Renee Fleming was going to be singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, and we were all basking in that reflected glory. Then the news … Continue reading →
2014 Oscar Noms: Scattered Thoughts
All the speculation is over. The Oscar nominations are in, and the shocked, shocked reactions and harrumphs are being expressed all over the media and blogosphere. Here are mine: This was a fairly predictable year for nominations, and happily, an … Continue reading →
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Tagged 12 Years a Slave, 2014 Oscar Noms--Scattered Thoughts, All is Lost, American Hustle, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Captain Phillips, Christian Bale, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Bruhl, Emma Thompson, Forest Whitaker, Frozen, Fruitvale Station, Gravity, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Judi Dench, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Meryl, Michael B. Jordan, Nebraska, Oprah, Oscar nominations, Paul Greengrass, Philomena, Prisoners, Robert Redford, Roger Deakins, Rush, Saving Mr. Banks, Scorsese, The Color Purple, The Wolf of Wall Street, Tom Hanks
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Blonde Venus (1932) and Applause (1929)
Sometimes the vagaries of a changing personal schedule can provide opportunities for comparisons that wouldn’t be discernible otherwise. Being a bona fide film nerd, I am always catching up films I haven’t seen at all or in a while. Finishing … Continue reading →
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Tagged Applause, Blonde Venus, Cary Grant, Helen Morgan, Joseph von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Paramount, Rouben Mamoulian
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Five Supporting Performances that Don’t Get the Attention They Deserve
I’m taking a break from reviews and analyses to touch on five supporting performance over the years that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. They are all over the place in time and style, but they are all worthy of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alice Faye, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Bleak House, Carey Mulligan, Cary Grant, Charles Dance, Claude Rains, Delores Gray, gene kelly, Gillian Anderson, Hugh Grant, Ingrid Bergman, it's always fair weather, Julia Roberts, Julie Hagerty, Just Friends, Madame Konstantin, Merman, Notorious, Notting Hill, on the town, Rhys Ifans, Ryan Reynolds, singin' in the rain, stanley donen
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Actors and Line Readers
There’s a difference between actors and line-readers, and it’s easy to confuse the second with the first. For instance, Ryan Reynolds is a great line-reader, but just an OK actor. In The Proposal, his line “Hence the boat” may well … Continue reading →
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Tagged Hugh Grant, Maggie Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Proposal, Two Weeks Notice
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Film stuff by Mark 