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#OscarsSoSilly

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars should be taken seriously on a few levels. Sometimes they actually reward and encourage great work. At other times, they at least call attention to work that might otherwise be ignored. They can jumpstart a stalling career (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged #OscarsSoSilly, #OscarsSoWhite, A Beautiful Mind, A Place in the Sun, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, African Queen, Airport, Al Pacino, All About Eve, All the President's Men, An American in Paris, Anne Baxter, Around the World in 80 Days, Ben Hur, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Born Yesterday, BUtterfield 8, Capote, Cecil B. DeMille, Chaplin, Charles Laughton, Charlton Heston, Citizen Kane, City Slickers, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Cocoon, Cold Mountain, Coquette, Dances with Wolves, Dangerous, Denzel Washington, Dial M for Murder, Don Ameche, Donna Reed, Driving Miss Daisy, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Burstyn, Erin Brockovich, Franchot Tone, George Chakiris, George Clooney, Ginger Rogers, Going My Way, Golden Globes, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Grace Kelly, Grace Moore, Greer Garson, Hallie Barry, Hattie McDaniel, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hollywood Foreign Press, Humphrey Bogart, It Happened One Night, Jack Lemmon, Jack Palance, James Steward, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Tandy, Jezebel, John Ford, John Mills, John Wayne, Judy Garland, Judy Holiday, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Kitty Foyle, La Vie en Rose, Leonard DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, McLaglen, Monster's Ball, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mutiny on the Bounty, Myrna Loy, Nicole Kidman, Norma Shearer, Of Human Bondage, Olivier, On Golden Pond, On the Waterfront, Orson Welles, Oscar, Oscars, Out of Africa, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rear Window, Rebecca, Renee Zellweger, Requiem for a Dream, Robert Donat, Robert Duvall, Rocky, Russell Crowe, Ryan’s Daughter, Save the Tiger, Scent of a Woman, Still Alice, Sunset Boulevard, Syriana, Tender Mercies, The Artist, The Caine Mutiny, The Color of Money, The Country Girl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Hours, The Informer, The Philadelphia Story, The Reader, The Revenant, The Shootist, The Sting, The Thin Man, Training Day, True Grit, Victor, West Side Story, William Powell | Leave a comment

Manchester by the Sea

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Mark DuPré

Manchester by the Sea is a deeply moving, occasionally wrenching, and extraordinary film. It’s a unique mixture of realism and formalism, in combinations one doesn’t usually find. It also features some of the best acting of the year, including a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Beautiful Mind, Blue Valentine, Boston, Casey Affleck, Christian, Kenneth Lonergan, Lee Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Margaret, Michelle Williams, Moonrise Kingdom, My Week with Marilyn, Russell Crowe, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Grand Budapest Hotel, You Can Count on Me | Leave a comment

2016 Oscars–first thoughts

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Mark DuPré

OK, they nominations are out. And the celebrating, sniping and whining has begun. But the nominations are not exactly shocking, and are in fact fairly predictable. There are a few surprises, though, and while not shocking, are at least attention-getting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged 2016, 2016 Oscars--first thoughts, 45 Years, A Beautiful Mind, Academy Awards, Adam McKay, Ali, Alicia Vikander, Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Birdman, Boyhood, Bridge of Spies, Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Carol, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Creed, Denzel, George Miller, Halle Berry, Holocaust, Hungary, I Am Sam, Idris Elba, Inarritu, Inside Out, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Winslet, Lenny Abrahamson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Max: Fury Road, Michael B. Jordan, Monster's Ball, Oscars, Ridley Scott, Rocky, Room, Rooney Mara, Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Sean Penn, snub, Son of Saul, Spielberg, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Steve Jobs, Straight Outta Compton, Sylvester Stallone, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, The Revenant, Tom Hardy, Tom McCarthy, Training Day, Visual Effects, Will Smith | Leave a comment

In the Heart of the Sea

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Mark DuPré

In the Heart of the Sea was originally scheduled for a March 2015 release. It was finally released this month (December 2015). Sometimes such delays are a bad sign of a weak film, but current thinking is that the release … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Beautiful Mind, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Apollo 13, Ben Whishaw, Benjamin Walker, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Brendan Gleeson, Cape Cod, Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Herman Melville, In the Heart of the Sea, Joseph Mawle, Moby Dick, Nantucket, Ron Howard, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Tom Nickerson | Leave a comment

The Theory of Everything

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Mark DuPré

The Theory of Everything is likely to be the “adult, intelligent, emotional” film of the season, at least until Unbroken opens on Christmas. It’s well produced, very well acted, and brushes up against the idea of great intelligence while not … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Beautiful Mind, Benoit Delhomme, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Iris, James Marsh, Jane Hawking, Lawless, Les Miserables, My Left Foot, My Week with Marilyn, Stephen Hawking, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Theory of Everything | Leave a comment

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