Tag Archives: Adam Driver

QuickPix (41): “Great FANTASIES For You to Savor, Vol. 3”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged A Ghost Story, Adam Driver, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, art, Casey Affleck, Chris Cooper, cinema, classics, criticism, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Brühl, David Lowry, death, Djimon Hounsou, entertainment, fantasy, films, George Lucas, ideas, J.J. Abrams, Jeff Nichols, Joel Edgerton, Julie Taymor, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mark Hamill, Michael Shannon, Midnight Special, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Rian Johnson, Rooney Mara, Russell Brand, Star Wars, supernatural, The Last Jedi, The Tempest, thrillers, William Shakespeare, Zhang Ziyi | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1141): “Remember to Breathe During THE LAST DUEL”

Posted on October 29, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE LAST DUEL (directed by Ridley Scott, 2021) ****+ (out of 5) . > Directorial powerhouse Ridley Scott released two big movies in this problematic year for cinema. . Scott made this white-hot drama, lifted from the pages of French history, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, arts, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, French history, historical drama, honor, ideas, Jodie Comer, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Matt Damon, movies, opinion, rape, reviews, Ridley Scott, rivalry, The Last Duel, violence | Leave a comment

QUIET in the BACK!: “Here Comes the Year-End Cinema Bounty”

Posted on September 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Every year around this time, I compile a list of upcoming year-end film releases that I am looking forward to. Despite the various labor strikes and the strangulating effects of the evolving marketplace, the New York Times helped … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged A.I., Aardman Studios, action, Adam Driver, Alexander Payne, American Fiction, Amsterdam, Anatomy of a Fall, animation, Another Body, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Argentine cinema, artificial intelligence, Barry Keoghan, Bayard Rustin, biography, biopics, Bradley Cooper, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, comedy, courtroom drama, deep-fake porn, Dicks: The Musical, documentaries, drama, Dream Scenario, El Juicio, Emma Stone, Enzo Ferrari, Fallen Leaves, fantasy, Ferrari, Finnish cinema, Flora and Son, Four Daughters, French cinema, Hayao Miyazaki, Hite Report, Islamic fundamentalism, Jeffrey Wright, Joan Baez: I Am A Noise, Joaquin Phoenix, John Carney, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julienne Moore, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonard Bernstein, Maestro, Martin Scorsese, May December, Michael Fassbender, Michael Mann, musicals, My Love Affair With Marriage, Napoleon, Natalie Portman, Nathan Lane, Next Goal Wins, Nicholas Cage, Occupied City, Paul Giamatti, Poor Things, Priscilla, racial satire, Ridley Scott, Rustin, Saltburn, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, soccer, Sofia Coppola, sports, Steve McQueen, Studio Ghibli, superheroes, Taika Waititi, The Boy & The Heron, The Creator, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, The Holdovers, The Trial, The Zone of Interest, Todd Haynes, Tunisian cinema, World War II, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1114): “STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Brings the Third Trilogy to a Close”

Posted on September 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (directed by J.J. Abrams, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > Once more, into the breech, to save the universe! . This is the long awaited ninth Star Wars incarnation- not including side stories, like … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, Adam Driver, Andy Serkis, arts, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, cinema, criticism, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, Frank Oz, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, ideas, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, John Williams, Keri Russell, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, movies, opinion, Oscar Isaac, reviews, Richard E. Grant, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

Posted on September 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Last month: OPPENHEIMER. This month: BARBIE. What an odd couple. (What would their offspring look like? A plastic Shiva- destroyer of worlds and purveyor of high fashion?) Kinda slow month. Busy realizing some old, previously unrecorded stories. Three … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 65, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Driver, Adolf Hitler, adventure, Agnes Moorehead, Alexander Graham Bell, America Ferrera, anti-nuclear, Arlene Dahl, arts, Barbie, Bernard Herrmann, Broken Lance, Cast Ronald Colman, cattlemen, Cesar Romero, Chico Marx, cinema, classics, Cleopatra, Colm Bairéad, comedy, coming of age, County Waterford, criticism, Dennis Hopper, Diane Baker, dinosaurs, drama, Dua Lipa, Edward Dmytryk, Edward Everett Horton, entertainment, families, fantasy, farce, feminism, films, Gaelic language, gender roles, geology, girls, Greta Gerwig, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Hedy Lamarr, Hippocrates, ideas, Ireland, Irish cinema, Irwin Allen, James Mason, Joan of Arc, John Carradine, John Cena, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, Kate McKinnon, Katharine Hepburn, Kenan Wynn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lucille Ball, Margot Robbie, Marie Antoinette, Mark Antony, Mattel, Michael Cera, miners, Moses, movies, Napoleon, Nero, Noah Baumbach, opinion, parody, Pat Boon, patriarchy, Peter Lorre, Queen Elizabeth, ranchers, reviews, Rhea Perlman, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, romance, Ruth Handler, Ryan Gosling, Satan, sci-fi, science fiction, sexism, Simu Liu, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Spencer Tracy, stereotypes, The Quiet Girl, The Story of Mankind, Vincent Price, Virginia Mayo, westerns, Will Farrell, William Shakespeare, Without Love, women | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1099): “Enjoy the Family Soap Opera of HOUSE OF GUCCI”

Posted on July 31, 2023 by KPKeelan

HOUSE OF GUCCI (directed by Ridley Scott, 2021) ***+ (out of 5) . > I’d been kind of avoiding this popular pulp, as it just smacked of tabloid sensationalism to me. . There was some of that, but above all, HOUSE … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, Al Pacino, arts, big business, biography, cinema, criticism, drams, entertainment, families, films, Flix Pix, House of Gucci, ideas, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gaga, marriage, movies, murder, opinion, reviews, Ridley Scott, Salma Hayek, success | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

Posted on February 11, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > End of the year: 7 films from 2022- the year that was. Always happens, as I gear up for awards season. Enjoy! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 50 First Dates, abuse, action, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, Adam Sandler, airmen, Alice Braga, aliens, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Godfrey, arts, Austin Butler, Barbra Stanwyck, Baz Luhrmann, biography, Bloodsport, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christian Bale, cinema, Colonel Tom Parker, comedies, comedy, comic books, corruption, crime, criticism, Dave Bautista, DC Comics, death, Dick Martin, disasters, Dom DeLuise, Don Cheadle, Doris Day, drama, Drew Barrymore, Ed Harris, elitism, Elvis, Elvis Presley, entertainment, escape, espionage, fame, family, fantasy, farce, fear, fighter pilots, film noir, films, Flix Pix, Frank Morgan, Frankie Avalon, genius, Greta Gerwig, Groot, Harley Quinn, haute cuisine, horror, hubris, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, Idris Elba, James Stewart, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Connelly, John Cena, John Leguizamo, John McGiver, Jon Hamm, Jordan Peele, Kevin Keelan, King Shark, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, machismo, Margot Robbie, Marvel Studios, memory, Miles Teller, militarism, military, movies, murder, music, musicians, mysteries, Natalie Portman, Nazi Germany, Netflix, Nicholas Hoult, Noah Baumbach, Nope, nuclear disaster, opinion, Panic in the Year Zero, Paul Lynde, Peacemaker, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, power, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Milland, relationships, reviews, Rob Schneider, Robert Stack, Robert Young, Rod Taylor, romance, Russell Crowe, San Fernando Valley, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Astin, sequels, sexual harassment, snobbery, success, superheroes, surrealism, survival, Sylvester Stallone, Taika Waititi Korg, Tár, Tessa Thompson, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Menu, The Mortal Storm, The Suicide Squad, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Thor: Love and Thunder, thrillers, Todd Field, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Top Gun Maverick, tragedy, Val Kilmer, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis, violence, wealth, White Noise, Will Farrell, World War II, Zeus | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (902): “MARRIAGE STORY: A Love Story About Divorce”

Posted on November 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

MARRIAGE STORY (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2019) **** (out of 5) . > Noah Baumbach delivers another excellent, powerful film, rightly nominated for Best Picture. . Scarlett Johannsen and Adam Driver are pure nitro-glycerine as a married couple negotiating a painful … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, arts, cinema, criticism, divorce, entertainment, families, family, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, movies, Noah Baumbach, opinion, reviews, Scarlett Johansson | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (699): “Spike Lee Scores With BLACKKKLANSMAN”

Posted on August 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

BLACKKKLANSMAN (directed by Spike Lee, 2018) **** (out of 5) . > This Spike Lee joint made a splash! Not sure how it fared at the box office, but it sure generated Big Buzz! . People are talking about a Spike … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, art, biography, Blackkklansman, blacksploitation, cinema, crime, criticism, David Duke, films, Harry Belafonte, history, ideas, John David Washington, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Ku Klux Klan, law enforcement, Michael Buscemi, movies, opinion, racism, reviews, Ron Stallworth, Spike Lee, the KKK, Topher Grace | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (637): “Noah Baumbach’s Telling and Funny WHILE WE’RE YOUNG”

Posted on July 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > As the closing credits rolled, I had that ‘aha-moment’ when I saw the director’s credit. . No wonder I enjoyed this film so much! All Noah … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, aging, Amanda Seyfried, art, Ben Stiller, cinema, comedies, criticism, films, generations, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Naomi Watts, Noah Baumbach, opinion, relationships, reviews, While We're Young, youth culture | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Adam Driver

QuickPix (41): “Great FANTASIES For You to Savor, Vol. 3”

FLIX PIX (1141): “Remember to Breathe During THE LAST DUEL”

QUIET in the BACK!: “Here Comes the Year-End Cinema Bounty”

FLIX PIX (1114): “STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Brings the Third Trilogy to a Close”

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

FLIX PIX (1099): “Enjoy the Family Soap Opera of HOUSE OF GUCCI”

KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

FLIX PIX (902): “MARRIAGE STORY: A Love Story About Divorce”

FLIX PIX (699): “Spike Lee Scores With BLACKKKLANSMAN”

FLIX PIX (637): “Noah Baumbach’s Telling and Funny WHILE WE’RE YOUNG”

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