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Tag Archives: Burt Lancaster
QuickPix (38): “Great WESTERNS For You to Savor, Vol. 2”
> 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
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Tagged art, Ben Johnson, Burt Lancaster, change, cinema, classics, Claudia Cardinale, corruption, criticism, entertainment, films, fugitives, Gary Cooper, ideas, Jack Palance, James Arness, John Ford, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Marvin, Lonely Are the Brave, Man With the Gun, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Richard Brooks, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Springfield Rifle, the Civil War, The Professionals, violence, Wagon Master, Walter Matthew, westerns, Woody Strode
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FLIX PIX (1093): “CRISS CROSS: It Doesn’t Get Any More Noir Than This”
CRISS CROSS (directed by Robert Siodmak, 1949) ***** (out of 5) . > Burt Lancaster + Yvonne De Carlo + Dan Duryea = diamond hard noir! . Lancaster is a fallen man who still carries a torch for the dangerous vixen … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Burt Lancaster, cinema, classics, crime, Criss Cross, criticism, Dan Duryea, drama, entertainment, Esy Morales, film noir, films, Flix Pix, ideas, John Doucette, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Percy Helton, reviews, Robert Siodmak, romance, violence, Yvonne De Carlo
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KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”
. I allowed myself to get dozens of film reviews in arrears again, while busily completing a slew of new stories for 2023’s TALES FROM A WINDBAG. (Read them!) https://lastcre8iveiconoclast.wordpress.com/category/tales-from-a-windbag/) Almost caught-up now. Unfortunately, there are six pretty bad films … Continue reading
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FLIX PIX (870): “Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster Face-Off in VERA CRUZ”
VERA CRUZ (directed by Robert Aldrich, 1954) **** (out of 5) . > Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster make western heaven, in this film directed by Robert Aldrich- a man with quite a CV! . He made WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Charles Bronson, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, Ernest Borgnine, films, Gary Cooper, ideas, Jack Elam, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert Aldrich, Vera Cruz, westerns
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FLIX PIX (801): “Protecting Art Treasures From Nazi Thieves on THE TRAIN”
THE TRAIN (directed by John Frankenheimer, 1964) ***** (out of 5) . > After RONIN and THE YOUNG SAVAGES, this was the third exceptional John Frankenheimer film I saw this month, courtesy a collection of his films I scored at my … Continue reading
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Tagged action, art, art masterpieces, Burt Lancaster, cinema, criticism, drama, films, ideas, Jeanne Moreau, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nazis, opinion, Paul Scofield, reviews, violence, World War II
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FLIX PIX (735): “Bertolucci Revisits 1900”
1900 (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci , 1976) **** (out of 5) . > When the great Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci passed away, I decided to make a point of seeking out his films that had evaded my attention. . I had … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (122): The Films of April 2022
. > APRIL 2022! SO BE IT. (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (Titles in PURPLE have been expanded for FLIX PIX columns) > This month I … Continue reading
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