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Licorice Pizza

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Mark DuPré

Licorice Pizza has been nominated for three Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay). It’s been honored by several other groups, and has been hailed as a refreshing departure from director Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Boogie Nights, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alana Haim, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Boogie Nights, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Cooper Hoffman, Haim, Inherent VIce, John C. Reillu, John Michael Higgins, Licorice Pizza, Lola rennt, Maya Rudoph, Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Penn, There Will be Blood, Tom Waits | Leave a comment

Quick Thoughts on the 2019 Oscars Show

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars have come and gone, and the show was not that bad. Not having a host may or may not be the best idea for future shows, but it worked just fine this year. If anyone can pass the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged 2019, A Star is Born, Bette Midler, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bradley Cooper, Costume, Green Book, I'll Fight, James Corden, Jennifer Hudson, New York Times Carpetbagger, Olivia Coleman, Oscars, Production Design, Rami Malek, Roma, Shallow, The Favourite, The Place Where Lost Things Go, Vice | Leave a comment

2019 Oscar Nominations: First Thoughts

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Mark DuPré

Oscar time is funny. The guilds have voted for their individual categories, and there is the hope and thought that they generally vote for what they think is the best for their category. Of course there will be thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Quiet Place, A Star is Born, Alfonso Cuaron, Amy Adams, At Eternity's Gate, Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Green Book, If Beale Street Would Talk, Lady Gaga, Mahershala Ali, Mary Poppins Returns, Olivia Col, Rami Malek, Regina King, Richard E. Grant, Roma, SAG, Sam Elliott, Sam Rockwell, Screen Actors Guild, Shallow, snub, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Favourite, The Wife, Vice, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

A Star is Born (2018)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Mark DuPré

In film school, we learned that one of the most intriguing of artistic collisions is when a strong auteur director with a signature style decides to take on a genre with its own rigorous formulaic demands. The result is usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Star is Born, Ally, Barbra Streisand, Bradley Cooper, Britney Spears, George Cukor, Jack, Judy Garland, Kris Kristofferson, Lada Gaga, Sam Elliott, What Price Hollywood? | Leave a comment

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Mark DuPré

The second installment of the Guardians series is nearly critic-proof. At this point, the franchise has a life of its own, and is successful enough at entertaining that snipes are harmless to the films and serious analysis is nearly pointless. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Adolescent Groot, Baby Groot, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Clark Gable, Ego, Frozen, Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Jennifer Lawrence, Karen Gillan, Kurt Russell, Marvel, Nebula, Olaf, Passengers, Peter Quill, Rocket, Star-Lord, The Hunger Games, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

American Sniper

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Mark DuPré

Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure… To this Biblical passage I add, “to the political, all things are political.” This goes for film critics as well as politicians, and that has posed a few problems in covering … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged American Sniper, Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Sandra Bullock, Sienna Miller, The Blind Side, The Green Berets, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

2014 Oscar Noms: Scattered Thoughts

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Mark DuPré

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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American Hustle

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Mark DuPré

In some ways, American Hustle reminded me of Joe Wright’s 2012 version of Anna Karenina. Wright burst onto the international scene with a thoughtful and wildly entertaining Pride and Prejudice in 2005, followed by 2007’s Atonement, which was occasionally too … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged American Hustle, Amy Adams, Atonement, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, David O. Russell, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice, Robert DeNiro, The Fighter | Leave a comment

Silver Linings Playbook

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Mark DuPré

A famous film critic once revealed one of the “dirty little secrets” of professional critics. They see so many films that they often overrate a film that’s different or fresh just because it’s outside the norm and a change of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter | 1 Comment

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