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KPK on the Cinema: (137): “The Films of July 2023”

Posted on August 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > July was kind of an in-between month. Not much of interest in the marketplace, aside from the formidable marketing juggernaut of BARBENHEIMER. It was however, a month that sent me out to the movies twice- something that hasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adrien Brody, Alexander Payne, aliens, ambition, Americana, Amy Wright, Annie Get Your Gun, Annie Oakley, Anything You Can Do, arts, Asteroid City, Aunt Mary Claire, Aunt Selma, Barry Levinson, Betty Hutton, biography, Bob Balaban, Brad Dourif, Bryan Cranston, Buffalo Bill Cody, Busby Berkeley, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, comedy, con men, crime, criminals, criticism, Dave Bautista, David Morse, disability, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, drama, dysfunction, Edward Norton, Election, Elke Sommer, Emily Blunt, entertainment, films, Flannery O'Connor, Florence Pugh, fraud, friendship, Gary Oldman, George Sidney, government, grifters, growth, Harold Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, healing, high school, history, Hollywood, Hope Davis, Hotel Artemis, Howard Keel, hubris, I'm an Indian Too, ideas, Inside Moves, Irving Berlin, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffery Wright, Jenny Slate, Jill St. John, Jodie Foster, John Huston, John Savage, Josh Hartnett, Keenan Wynn, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Live Schreiber, Louis Calhern, Margot Robbie, Matt Damon, Matt Dillon, Matthew Broderick, movies, musicals, nuclear weapons, opinion, Oppenheimer, politics, preachers, Project Trinity, Reese Witherspoon, relationships, religion, reviews, Richard Donner, Rita Wilson, Robert Downey Jr., romance, satire, Scarlett Johansson, science, scientists, Sitting Bull, spirituality, Stephen Boyd, Sterling K. Brown, Steve Carell, success, surrealism, the arms race, the atomic age, The Girl That I Marry, The Oscar, There's No Business Like Show Business, They Say It's Wonderful, thrillers, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Tony Bennett, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe, Wise Blood, World War II, You Can't Get a Man with a Gun, Zachary Quinto | Leave a comment

Flix Pix (1098): “Put On Your Space Suit and Go See ASTEROID CITY”

Posted on July 29, 2023 by KPKeelan

. ASTEROID CITY (directed by Wes Anderson, 2023) ***+ (out of 5) . > Man, was I straining at the bit to see this. For all his limitations, I dig Wes Anderson. . But his highly stylized world of perfect balance … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adrien Brody, aliens, Americana, arts, Asteroid City, Bob Balaban, Bryan Cranston, cinema, comedy, criticism, Edward Norton, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Hope Davis, ideas, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffery Wright, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Live Schreiber, Margot Robbie, Matt Dillon, movies, opinion, reviews, Rita Wilson, satire, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Carell, surrealism, the atomic age, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

Posted on April 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Time marches on, relentlessly, doesn’t it? 2023?! What happened to 2003? Well, here they are: the films of March 2023. Don’t blink, or another decade will pass you by… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, activism, addiction, Adrien Brody, Africa, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Ana de Arman, Andrew Dominik, Angélique Kidjo, animation, Ann-Margret, Anthony Perkins, Art Garfunkle, Arthur Miller, artists, attitudes, Babylon, basketball, big pharma, Billy Wilder, biography, Blonde, Bobby Cannavale, Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, British cinema, Candice Bergen, Carnal Knowledge, Carol Kane, Chloe Fineman, Chris Evans, Chris Lemmon, comedies, comedy, coming of age, corporate greed, corruption, couples, Dale Soules, Damien Chazelle, Darryl F. Zanuck, debauchery, Diego Calva, disillusionment, drama, drugs, Edward G. Robinson, Eric Roberts, ethics, excess, exploitation, fantasy, fictional biography, Flea, gender roles, gender stereotypes, HBO, historical epics, historical fiction, Hollywood, Howard Lindsay, Ian Holm, Irving Thalberg, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicolson, James Brolin, James Goldman, James Wong Howe, Jane Fonda, Janet Suzman, Jean Smart, Joe DiMaggio, John Boyega, John F. Kennedy, John McEnery, Joseph Cotton, Joshua Logan, Joyce Carol Oats, Jules Feiffer, Julianne Nicholson, justice, Katherine Waterson, Keke Palmer, Laurence Oliver, Lightyear, Lukas Haas, male sexuality, Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Davies, Max Minghella, Michael Jayston, Michael Redgrave, moviemaking, museums, Nan Goldin, Nicholas and Alexandra, opiates, origin stories, Oxycontin, philanthropy, photography, Pixel, politics, profit, protest, Rasputin, Ray Walston, resistance, revolution, Rita Moreno, Robert Redford, romance, Russel Crouse, Russian history, Sackler family, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, sex, silent films, slave trade, Spike Jonze, Stalin, Taika Waititi, talkies, Tall Story, the Kingdom of Dahomey, The Woman King, Tobey McGuire, Tom Laughlin, Toy Story, tragedy, Trotsky, Tsar Nicholas II, Viola Davis, violence, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (129): “The Films of November 2022”

Posted on February 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Still writing furiously in November of 2022, so I only treated myself to a film every 3 days or so. I did manage to see two absolutely terrific films though. Read on to see which films they were… (All … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adrien Brody, aliens, animation, artists, arts, Asian Americans, B-movies, Barry Keoghan, Bela Lugosi, biography, Brendan Gleeson, Brett Morgan, camp, Carl Reiner, celebrity, cinema, Colin Farrell, Colin Powell, comedy, coming of age, crime, criticism, culture, David Bowie, David Oyelowo, Disney, documentaries, Douglas Sirk, drama, dramas, Drive My Car, Ed Wood, Elliott Gould, emotional maturity, entertainment, family, films, friendship, grief, growing up, healing, history, hormones, horror, Ida Lupino, ideas, Imitation of Life, Irish cinema, Japanese cinema, John Gavin, Kerry Condon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lana Turner, life, loss, love, marriage, Mel Brooks, memories, mental illness, Moonage Daydream, movies, murder, music, mystery, New York, Nicholas Ray, noir, nostalgia, On Dangerous Ground, opinion, philosophy, Pixar, Plan 9 From Outer Space, race, redemption, regret, relationships, remakes, restaurants, reviews, Robert Ryan, rock and roll, rock stars, rural Ireland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sam Rockwell, San Fernando Valley, Sandra Dee, Saoirse Ronan, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, See How They Run, The Automat, The Banshees of Inisherin, tragedy, trauma, Turning Red, Vampira, whodunnit, women | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (711): “Check Into THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL”

Posted on August 9, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (directed by Wes Anderson, 2014) ****+ (out of 5) . > Fewer and fewer people are going to the movies these days, and as a result they’ve jacked up prices again to patch over the shortfall. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adrien Brody, art, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, cinema, comedies, criticism, Edward Norton, F. Murray Abraham, films, Harvey Keitel, ideas, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mathieu Amalric, movies, opinion, Owen Wilson, Ralph Fiennes, reviews, Saoirse Ronan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (118): The Films of December 2021

Posted on February 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Another December- another year-end rush of great movies! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I have some fun reviewing the following … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Rainy Day in New York, Aardman Studios, absurdism, abuse, action, Adam McKay, addiction, Adrien Brody, Alejandro Jodorowsky, animation, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Bourdain, Ariana Grande, Arthur Hiller, Ashleigh Banfield, Australian cinema, B-movies, Ben Whishaw, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Bob Cummings, brainwashing, British secret service, California, Cartoon Salon, Cate Blanchett, Charlton Heston, Cherry Jones, childhood, children, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Coda, comedies, comedy, coming of age, conflict, conformity, cooking, corporate influence, criticism, culture, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, death, Demián Bichir, depression, Diego Luna, Diego Maradona, Dirk Bogarde, disaster films, documentaries, Don Pedro Colley, Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Up, Down’s Syndrome, drama, economics, Edward Norton, Elisabeth Moss, Elle Fanning, Emilia Jones, English cinema, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, estrangement, Eugenio Derbez, experimentation, exploitation, families, family, family drama, Fando y Lis, fantasy, fate, Filippo Scotti, film criticism, filmmaking, films, folktales, football, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, German cinema, global warming, grief, Henry Winkler, Hermione Gingold, Himesh Patel, humor, Ian Fleming, ideas, improvisation, independent films, individuality, Irish cinema, Irish folklore, isolation, Italian cinema, Italy, James Bond, James Franciscus, Jane Campion, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, John Cassavetes, John Hawkes, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julieta, Karl Malden, Keenan Wynn, Keith Carradine, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, land, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, legends, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Caron, Liev Schreiber, life, Liiev Schreiber, Linda Harrison, Locksmith Animation, Lois Smith, manipulation, Mark Rylance, marketing, Marlee Matlin, Marlon Brando, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, metaphor, Mexican cinema, mind control, Monterey, mothers and daughters, movies, Naomie Harris, Naples, New York, New York City, No Time to Die, One Eyed Jacks, opinion, Owen Wilson, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, peer pressure, people, personalities, pro wrestling, Promise Her Anything, psychological drama, race, Ralph Finnes, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, relationships, research, revenge, reviews, road trips, Roadrunner, Robin Wright, robots, romance, Ron Perlman, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Rory Kinnear, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Silverman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Selena Gomez, self esteem, sequels, Shadows, Shia LaBeouf, silent films, soccer, social criticism, social media, social satire, Spanish cinema, spies, suicide, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, survival, symbolism, technology, The Doll, The French Dispatch, The Hand of God, The Mind Benders, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Power of the Dog, Thomas Haden Church, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, travel, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, values, Victor Buono, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Peter Blatty, Wolfwalkers, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Gottsagen | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Adrien Brody

KPK on the Cinema: (137): “The Films of July 2023”

Flix Pix (1098): “Put On Your Space Suit and Go See ASTEROID CITY”

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (129): “The Films of November 2022”

FLIX PIX (711): “Check Into THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL”

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