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Dark Victory (1939)

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Melodramas have a bad reputation, as if this were a lesser genre than say, the musical, action/adventure, the biopic, the suspenseful thriller, and horror. But Gone with the Wind was a melodrama, as was Titanic. More recently, Manchester by the … Continue reading →

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Quick 2026 Oscar Show Response

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Although the numbers watching the Oscars telecast has been inching upward these past few years, remember that more than 25 years ago, 57 million folks tuned in. Now it’s just a bit more than 20 million. Many reasons for that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged Academy Awards, Amy Madigan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, awards, Barbra Streisand, Bridesmaids, Brigitte Bardot, Bud Cort, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Evans, Conan O'Brien, Diane Keaton, Eric Dane, f1, film, Golden, Hamnet, I Lied to You, James Van Der Beek, Jesse Buckley, Michael B. Jordan, MIchelle Willians, movies, No Country for Old Men, One Battle After Another, Oscars, Oscars 2026, Paul Thomas Anderson, Rob Reiner, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Redford, Sean Penn, Sinners, The Devil Wears Prada, Timothée Chalamet, Weapons | Leave a comment

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Posted on March 3, 2026 by Mark DuPré

A child molester-murderer is on the loose. A city is terrified, and mothers are keeping children close. Police, who are too many times lazy and distracted, finally focus on the case. The underground syndicate also wants to find the murderer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Free Soul, Casablanca, film, Fritz Lang, horror, lietmotiv, Lionel Barrymore, Looney Tunes, M, movie-reviews, movies, Peter Lorre, police procedural, reviews, serial killer, Sophia Loren, The Women, thriller | Leave a comment

Oscar Show Wishes

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Every year the Oscar show leaves me wondering why, again, they forgot to ask me how to make it better (lol). Of course, I realize the show’s structure for this year is locked in at this point, but in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged Academy Awards, Adrian Brody, Best Song, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Rock, Diane Warren, film, In Memoriam, life, Oscar Hall of Fame, Oscars, Rob Lowe, Snow White, To Dream the Impossible Dream, Will Smith, writing | Leave a comment

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 →

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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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Nefarious

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Dedicated to Greg Blossom, who insisted I watch this film. Imagine C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters as a film. That’s the brief but deadly accurate description of 2024’s Nefarious. The film is from Believe Entertainment, producers of the God’s Not Dead … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Believe Entertainment, C.S. Lewis, Do You Believe?, film, Glenn Beck, God's Not Dead, horror, movie, movies, Nefarious, reviews, Sean Partrick Flanery, The Screwtape Letters | Leave a comment

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Mark DuPré

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the third installment in the Knives Out mysteries, which feature direction by Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig as Southern detective Benoit Blanc. The films are Agatha Cristie-style mysteries that begin … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films, Uncategorized | Tagged Agatha Cristie, Benoit Blanc, Casablanca, Challengers, Daniel Craig, Elmer Gantry, film, Glenn Close, Grantchester, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Kerry Washington, Knives Out, Mila Kunis, movies, priest, priests, Rian JOhnson, The Bishop's Wife, The Crown, Thomas Haden Church | Leave a comment

Jay Kelly

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Mark DuPré

Jay Kelly is the newest film starring George Clooney. It’s directed by Noah Baumbach (Oscar nominations for best adapted screenplay for Barbie, and for best original screenplay and director for Marriage Story). The story is written by Baumbach and actress … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films, Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Sandler, barbie, Bill Nighy, Billy Crudup, Emily Mortimer, film, George Clooney, Greta Gerwig, Jay Kelly, La La Land, Lady Bird, Lars and the Real Girl, Laura Dern, LInus Sandgren, Little Women, Love, Love Actually, Lovely and Amazing, Marriage Story, movies, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Punch-Drunk Love, The Waterboy, Uncut Gems, Warner Bros. | Leave a comment

The Running Man (2025)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Mark DuPré

This year’s The Running Man, is a) a sequel to the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, or b) the latest from director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Baby Driver), or c) the latest from quickly rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Ben Richards, Colman Domingo, Denzel Washington, Edgar Wright, film, Glen Powell, Liam Neeson, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Cera, movies, Paul Newman, reviews, The Americanos, The Kardashians, The Running Man, the-poseiden-adventure, William H. Macy | Leave a comment

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