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FLIX PIX (1251): “The Early Days of Hollywood Were Like Ancient BABYLON”

Posted on May 2, 2024 by KPKeelan

BABYLON (directed by Damien Chazelle, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > I am ambivalent at best, on director Damien Chazelle. . I was impressed by FIRST MAN and extremely gripped by WHIPLASH. I never saw his musical debut GUY AND … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Babylon, Brad Pitt, Chloe Fineman, cinema, comedy, criticism, Damien Chazelle, debauchery, Diego Calva, drama, entertainment, Eric Roberts, excess, films, Flea, Flix Pix, Hollywood, ideas, Irving Thalberg, James Wong Howe, Jean Smart, Katherine Waterson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lukas Haas, Margot Robbie, Marion Davies, Max Minghella, moviemaking, movies, opinion, reviews, silent films, Spike Jonze, talkies, Tobey McGuire, tragedy, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

QuickPix (17): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

Posted on January 11, 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 Aaron Sorkin, Alec Guinness, art, baseball, Ben Hecht, Brad Pitt, British cinema, cinema, classics, comedies, criticism, Design For Living, entertainment, films, Gary Cooper, humor, ideas, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laurence Oliver, Marilyn Monroe, Michele Williams, Miriam Hopkins, Moneyball, movies, My Week With Marylin, Noel Coward, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, romance, sports, The Horse's Mouth, Wallace Beery, wit | 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

FLIX PIX (812): “Tarantino Spins His Wheels with Indulgent Fantasy: ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD”

Posted on September 29, 2022 by KPKeelan

ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD (directed by Quentin Tarantino, 2019) *** (out of 5) . > With great anticipation, I went out to see the new Tarantino film, ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD. The trailers looked so good. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Al Pacino, art, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Bruce Lee, Charles Manson, cinema, criticism, Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, fantasy, films, Hollywood, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles, Luke Perry, Manson murders, Margot Robbie, movies, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, opinion, Quentin Tarantino, reviews, Sharon Tate, Spawn Ranch, the Family | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (284): “The WAR MACHINE and America’s Longest Running Conflict”

Posted on January 8, 2022 by KPKeelan

WAR MACHINE (directed by David Michôd, 2017) **** (out of 5) . > Netflix produced this sharp, witty skewering of America’s longest running war- the debacle in Afghanistan, under the direction of Obama’s General Stanley McChrystal. . It’s thinly fictionalized … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Afghanistan, Ben Kingsley, Brad Pitt, criticism, David Michôd, films, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, military, movies, Netflix, opinion, reviews, satire, Taliban, Tilda Swinton, Topher Grace, War Machine | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (236): “A Harrowing Trip to SELMA”

Posted on December 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

SELMA (directed by Ava DuVernay, 2014) **** (out of 5) . > Producers Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, along with director Ava DuVernay have done this country a great service: . To tell this important story at this exact moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Ava DuVernay, Brad Pitt, cinema, civil rights, David Oyelowo, film criticism, films, George Wallace, history, ideas, J. Edgar Hoover, justice, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, L.B.J., M.L.K., Martin Luther King, movies, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, racism, recommendations, Selma, social criticism, suggestions, Tim Roth, Voting Rights Act | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (159) “Did We Learning Anything From THE BIG SHORT That Left Us Holding the Bag?”

Posted on September 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE BIG SHORT (directed by Adam MacKay, 2015) **** (out of 5) . > Best known for his silly Will Farrell comedies, former SNL head writer Adam McKay has pulled off quite a trick here: . McKay took the driest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam McKay, Anthony Bourdain, art, banking, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, cinema, criticism, drama, economics, film criticism, films, fraud, greed, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Led Zeppelin, Marisa Tomei, movies, opinion, reviews, Ryan Gosling, Selena Gomez, Steve Carell, The Big Short, theft | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (92): The Films of October 2019

Posted on July 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Rocktober! My favorite month. Another birthday and great weather in Santa Cruz by the sea. Welcome back, autumn. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 56 Up, A Private War, Aaron Paul, Abbas Kiarostami, action, Ad Astra, adventure, aging, animals, Antonino Banderas, aristocracy, art, Ash is Purist White, betrayal, biography, black culture, blacksploitation, Brad Pitt, Breaking Bad, Brian Wilson, Britain, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, change, Charlotte Rampling, child abuse, children, China, Chinese cinema, Chris Parnell, Chris Pratt, cinema, classics, comedy, conflict, corruption, crime, crops, David Crosby, dinosaurs, documentaries, Dolemite Is My Name, Donald Sutherland, drama, Echo in the Canyon, Eddie Murphy, El Camino, epics, Eric Clapton, escape, families, fantasy, farmers, farming, fathers, film criticism, films, financial fraud, Fiona Apple, gangsters, Gary Oldman, gender roles, genetics, Geraldine Chaplin, Graham Nash, Hale County This Morning This Evening, HBO, historical fiction, humor, Iranian culture, J.A. Bayona, Jackson Browne, Jakob Dylan, James Cromwell, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Fox, Jia Zhangke, John Sebastian, journalism, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Dern, Laurel Canyon, Leo Tolstoy, life, Liv Tyler, Los Angeles, love, Marie Colvin, Matthew Heineman, memory, mental health, Meryl Streep, Michael Apted, Michelle Phillips, movies, music, musicians, nationalism, nature, Netflix, Norah Jones, nostalgia, obsession, opinion, parenting, Paul Conroy, people, performing, period pieces, Polish cinema, politics, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ramell Ross, rape, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, rock and roll, Roger McGuinn, romance, Rosamund Pike, science fiction, sequels, Sergei Bondarchuk, Seven Up series, shame, Sharon Stone, shell companies, social class, Soviet cinema, space travel, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Stills, Steven Soderbergh, success, survival, suspense, sustainability, the 1960’s, The Biggest Little Farm, The Duchess, the human condition, The Laundromat, the Panama papers, the seventies, The Tale, time, Toby Jones, Tom Petty, Tommy Lee Jones, USSR, values, Vince Gilligan, violence, war, War and Peace, Weather Forecast, Where is the Friends House?, Will Forte | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (90): The Films of August 2019

Posted on July 14, 2021 by KPKeelan

. AUGUST: A very slow movie month for me, as I was preoccupied with binging on season four of the original Twilight Zone. The thing that set these 18 episodes apart, was that these near-perfect little morality plays were expanded … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 1969, 24 Frames, Abbas Kiarostami, abuse, Al Pacino, America, animation, Apollo 11, art, astronauts, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Bruce Lee, bullying, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Manson, cinema, Clara Rugaard, coaching, criticism, Danny Boyle, disaster, diversity, documentaries, doppelgangers, drama, Emile Hirsch, experimental film, fantasy, farce, films, Grant Sputore, Hillary Swank, Himesh Patel, history, horror, human sexuality, I Am Mother, ideas, Iranian cinema, Jordan Peele, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Russell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily James, Los Angeles, Lupita Nyong’o, Margarita Mamun, Margot Robbie, Michael Collins, moonshot, movies, music, NASA, nature, Neil Armstrong, Netflix, Olympics, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Over the Limit, parody, Quentin Tarantino, reviews, rhythmic gymnastics, Rose Byrne, Russian athletes, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, science fiction, Sharon Tate, socialism, space, sports, success, suspense, talent, technology, The Beatles, thrillers, Todd Douglas Miller, turkeys, Us, wildlife, Wilhelm Reich, WR Mysteries of the Organism, Yesterday | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (47): The Films of December 2015

Posted on June 1, 2021 by KPKeelan

. December 2015: the month that was, the year that was, the 15 films I saw, and how I felt about them. (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, Abraham Attah, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, Amy, Amy Adams, Amy Winehouse, Avengers, Beasts of No Nation, Ben Whishaw, Big Eyes, biography, Brad Pitt, Brie Larson, Bryan Cranston, C-3PO, Carrie Fisher, Chappie, Cheryl Strayed, Chewbacca, Christian Bale, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Colin Firth, Daisy Ridley, Dalton Trumbo, Daniel Craig, David James Elliott, Dev Patel, Diane Lane, Dope, drama, Edward G. Robinson, Ellie Fanning, Emma Donoghue, film criticism, films, George Lucas, Gett The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Hedda Hopper, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba, Ishmael Beah, J.J. Abrams, Jacob Tremblay, James Bond, Jay Roach, John Boyega, John Goodman, John Wayne, Kingsman: The Secret Service, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis C.K., Luke Skywalker, Marisa Tomei, Mark Ruffalo, Max Von Sydow, Michael Stuhlbarg, movies, Naomie Harris, Neil Blomkamp, Oscar Isaac, Princess Leia, R2-D2, Ralph Fiennes, Reese Witherspoon, reviews, Richard Pryor, Robert Downey Jr., Room, Ryan Gosling, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Spectre, Star Wars, Steve Carell, Telly Savalas, The Age of Ultron, The Big Short, The Force Awakens, Tim Burton, Tony Bennett, Trumbo, Which Way is Up | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Brad Pitt

FLIX PIX (1251): “The Early Days of Hollywood Were Like Ancient BABYLON”

QuickPix (17): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

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

FLIX PIX (812): “Tarantino Spins His Wheels with Indulgent Fantasy: ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD”

FLIX PIX (284): “The WAR MACHINE and America’s Longest Running Conflict”

FLIX PIX (159) “Did We Learning Anything From THE BIG SHORT That Left Us Holding the Bag?”

KPK on the CINEMA (90): The Films of August 2019

KPK on the CINEMA (47): The Films of December 2015

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