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The 13 Worst “Best Picture” Winners

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars started out well, albeit being a group initially designed to keep union activity away, and to continue to grow Louis B. Mayer’s influence in Hollywood. The first year, they even had to address the “popular pic vs. art … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A Place in the Sun, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Names Desire, All the King's Men, All the President's Men, American Beauty, An American in Paris, Argo, Around the World in 80 Days, Bradley Cooper, Braveheart, Cavalcade, Chicago, Coal Miner's Daughter, CODA, Crash, Dances with Wolves, Double Indemnity, Driving Miss Daisy, Dune, Forrest Gump, Gaaslight, Ghandi, Giant, Going My Way, Green Book, Guillermo del Toro, Hamlet, Hellboy, High Noon, How Green Was My Valley, Network, Oliver!, Ordinary People, Pan's Labyrinth, Raging Bull, Rocly, Roma, Saving Private Ryan, singin' in the rain, Taxi Driver, Tess, The Artist, The Broadway Melody, The Elephant Man, The Greatest Show on Earth, The King and I, The Power of the Dog, The Quiet Man, The Shape of Water, The Shawshank Redemption, West Side Story, You Can't Take it with You | 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

Second Thoughts and Two Laments: Philip Seymour Hoffman and “Alone Yet Not Alone”

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Mark DuPré

Philip Seymour Hoffman I awoke Sunday morning happy to be a Rochesterian. Our own Renee Fleming was going to be singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, and we were all basking in that reflected glory. Then the news … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged A.O. Scott, Alone Yet Not Alone, Bruce Broughton, Capote, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, Juliet Binoche, Lauren Bacall, Philip Seymour Hoffmann, River Phoenix, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Master | Leave a comment

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