Category Archives: Newer films

The Holdovers

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Mark DuPré

Not a particularly successful film financially, the dramedy The Holdovers nevertheless managed to snag five Oscar nominations. The Best Picture nomination isn’t even close to being deserved, especially in a year like this. But at least two of the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Alexander Payne, Carrie Preston, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, David Hemingson, Dead Poets Society, Dominic Sessa, Laurette Taylor, Paul Giamatti, The Glass Menagerie, The Holdovers, The Sterile Cuckoo | Leave a comment

Maestro

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Mark DuPré

Maestro, the film directed by, starring, and co-written by middle-aged wunderkind Bradley Cooper, is one of the most anticipated films of the year. Coming as Cooper’s sophomore effort after his wildly successful A Star is Born with Lady Gaga, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Star is Born, Aaron Copland, Adolph Green, All About Ever, Auntie Mame, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comdon, Black Swan, Bradley Cooper, Candide, Capote, Carey Mulligan, Carol Lawrence, Chita Rivera, Fancy Free, Felicia Montealegre, First Man, Good News, it's always fair weather, José Carreras, Josh Singer, Judy Holiday, Kari Te Kanaway, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lady Gaga, Larry Kert, Lily Gladstone, Maestro, Mahler, Matthew Libatique, Netflix, on the town, On the Waterfront, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Silverman, singin' in the rain, Spotlight, Tanglewood, The Band Wagon, The Barkleys of Broadway, The Post, West Side Story | Leave a comment

Three Quick Takes: May December, Godzilla Minus One, and The Killer

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Note: This entry is dedicated to my “cousin-in-law” Ryan (R.T.). “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” for film folks, anyway. The films putting their hands up for awards attention reach their greatest number in the last six weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Body Heat, Charlie Melton, Collateral, Eric Messerschmidt, Far From Heaven, Godzilla Minus ONe, Gone Girl, Julianne Moore, Locke, Mank, Mary Kay Latourneau, May December, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Safe, Se7en, Stanley Chan, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Killer, The Social Network, Todd Haynes, Tom Hardy | Leave a comment

Napoleon (2023)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon can be compared in many ways to his Gladiator (2000). Some of the comparisons are helpful, but most show the newer film to also be the lesser film. Like Gladiator, Napoleon has artfully crafted and … Continue reading →

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All the Light We Cannot See

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Louis Hofmann in All the Light We Cannot See Yes, I know it’s technically a mini-series and not a film per se. But as we joke in our house, it’s not a series, but it’s a movie in four parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged 1917, All the Light We Cannot See, comedy, film, films, france, Hugh Laurie, Louis Hofmann, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Fassbender, movies, reviews, The Diary of Anne Frank, Titanic, World on fire | Leave a comment

Oppenheimer

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Yes, I haven’t written anything in a long time. It’s not for lack of time to write, but more a lack of time to see movies in the theater. With two musicals I’m helping with, plus five deaths of folks … Continue reading →

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Sound of Freedom

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Jim Caviezel as Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom I am way behind on seeing currently running films, and have decided to jump back in now that I have the time. Sound of Freedom comes first, partly because I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Alejandro Monteverde, Bella, Chicago PD, Eisenstein, Jack Ryan, Jim Caviezel, José Zúñiga, Little Boy, Luke 17:2, Mira Sorvino, Person of Interest, Psycho, QAnon, Sound of Freedom, The Passion of the Christ, Tim Ballard | Leave a comment

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 GG3 is not near the bottom of the Marvel barrel, as some have attested. Neither is it a “great send-off,” as others have called it. It’s a generally funny, overlong, and overstuffed film, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Adam Warlock, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Drax, Elizabeth Debicki, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Karen Gillan, Kraglin, Mantis, Nebula, Pom Klementieff, Quill, Rocket, Saving Private Ryan, Sean Gunn, Ted Lasso, The Crown, The Searchers, Vin Diesel, Will Poulter | Leave a comment

Jesus Revolution

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Mark DuPré

It’s impossible to be whatever “objective” is with this film, much like the struggle I had writing about Isn’t It Romantic, which was directed by my friend and former film student Todd Strauss-Schulson. In that instance, this was a major … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged American Underdot, Brent McCorkle, Calvary Chapel, Chuck Smith, I Can Only Imagine, Isn't It Romantic, Jesus Revolution, Jon Erwin, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, The Chosen, the Erwin Brothers, Time magazine, Todd Strauss-Schulson | Leave a comment

A Man Called Otto/A Man Called Ove

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Mark DuPré

Tom Hanks’ new film is an American remake of Sweden’s submission for 2016’s Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, A Man Called Ove, which also received an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. It’s enjoyable, or what … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Man Called Otto, A Man Called Ove, Da Vinci Code, Elvis, Mariana Trevino, The Ladykillers, Tom Hanks | Leave a comment