Tag Archives: Jamie Foxx

Quick Takes on Two Netflix Movies: Back in Action and The Six Triple Eight

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Mark DuPré

Netflix has two movies out right now (I can’t really justify calling them films) that are both second-rate. That works well for one, but not for the other. The one it works for is Back in Action, a title that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged "Glory", A Soldier's Story, Annie, Back in Action, Cameron Diaz, D.W. Griffith, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Mem;phis Belle, Men of Honor, Red Tails, Six Triple Eight | Leave a comment

Johnny Belinda (1948)

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Mark DuPré

This film nearly dropped from my “I really should see this movie sometime” list, as it has seemed to drop from the film-goer’s consciousness over time. I remembered that lead actress Jane Wyman (Mrs. Ronald Reagan at the time) won … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Patch of Blue, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Billy Boy Thornton, Born on the Fourth of July, Brad Pitt, Charles Bickford, Charly, Citizen Kane, Cliff Robertson, Coming Home, Daniel Day-Lewis, East of Eden, Eddie Redmayne, Edward Norton, Elizabeth Hartman, Emmanuelle Riva, Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise, Gregg Toland, Holly Hunter, Jamie Foxx, Jane Wyman, Jarid Leto, Jessica Lange, Joanne Woodward, Jodie Foster, John Malkovich, John Mills, Johnny Belinda, Jon Voight, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lew Ayres, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McConaughey, My Left Foot, Ray, Rembrandt, Rinko Kikuchi, Robin Williams, Ryan's Daughter, Samantha Morton, Sandra Bullock, Sean Penn, Stage Fright, The Blind Side, The Long Voyage Home, The Lost Weekend, The Miracle Worker, The Piano, The Sound of Music, The Theory of Everything, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Tom Cruise, Wait Until Dark, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Wuthering Heights | Leave a comment

Selma, Black Actors and Oscar

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Mark DuPré

Throwing some thoughts into the mix…. There’s always some kind of “scandal” surrounding the Oscar nominations, and the key word is “snub.” If you were magnificent in a film but people in Hollywood don’t like you, they say you’re snubbed. … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Mark DuPré

Full disclosure: I live just outside of Rochester, New York, where several of the sequences for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 were filmed. So the film has achieved a status here far larger than the run-of-the-mill superhero sequel-to-the-reboot. While it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Andrew Garfield, Dane DeHaan, Electro, Emma Stone, Harry Osborn, In Treatment, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti, Rochester, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Help, The Social Network, True Blood | Leave a comment

Django Unchained

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Mark DuPré

My film students know full well how much I don’t “appreciate” the work of Quentin Tarantino. I softened a bit with Inglourious Basterds, a lusciously filmed work that contained genuine moments of love, suspense, and an acknowledgement of historical tragedy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newer films | Tagged Blazing Saddles, Christophe Waltz, Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Kerry Washington, Ku Klux Klan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? | Leave a comment

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Quick Takes on Two Netflix Movies: Back in Action and The Six Triple Eight

Johnny Belinda (1948)

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