Tag Archives: capers

FLIX PIX (1283): “ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW is a Missed Opportunity”

Posted on June 4, 2024 by KPKeelan

ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (directed by Robert Wise, 1959) ** (out of 5) . > Hollywood stalwart Robert Wise directed this turkey from Harry Belafonte’s HarBel Productions. Whoops. . I am such a huge fan of Belafonte and of the heist genre, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, bank robberies, capers, cinema, criticism, drama, Ed Begley, entertainment, films, HarBel Productions, Harry Belafonte, heists, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Odds Against Tomorrow, opinion, racism, reviews, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1266): “Paul Newman and Robert Redford Pull Off THE STING”

Posted on May 17, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE STING (directed by George Roy Hill, 1973) **** (out of 5) . > This George Roy Hill caper/revenge was a huge box office and critical hit, garnering much Oscar attention, and winning Best Picture of 1973. . It seems like … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, capers, Charles Durning, cinema, con men, criticism, drama, Eileen Brennan, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, George Roy Hill, grifters, heists, ideas, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marvin Hamlisch, movies, opinion, Paul Newman, Ray Walston, revenge, reviews, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Scott Joplin, The Entertainer, The Sting | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

Posted on March 23, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE ANDERSON TAPES (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1971) *** (out of 5) . > Hollywood stalwart Sidney Lumet directed Sean Connery in this middling crime caper about ex-con John “Duke” Anderson- a professional thief, just out of jail and already looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alan King, arts, capers, Christopher Walken, cinema, crime, criticism, drama, Dyan Cannon, entertainment, films, heists, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin Balsom, movies, opinion, Quincy Jones, reviews, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, surveillance, The Anderson Tapes | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

Posted on February 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > January is always a busy movie month for me, as I make my annual effort to see as many of the nominated movies as I can before the annual Oscar ceremony rolls ‘round. This year I was far ahead … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, Adrian Belew, adventure, alcoholism, Alex Sharp, American Fiction, Amy Poehler, Anatomy of a Fall, Andes, animation, anthropophagy, apocalypse, Arthur Hunnicutt, arts, Augusto Pinochet, Auschwitz, bands, Beck Bennett, Bicycle Thieves, Big Sur California, Bill Bruford, black comedy, black holes, blind swordsman, Burt Lancaster, cannibalism, capers, children, Chilean cinema, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chris Pine, Christian Friedel, Christopher George, cinema, Claire Denis, classics, comedies, comedy, coming of age, Cord Jefferson, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Hopper, dignity, disaster, disasters, documentary, drama, dramady, Dub Taylor, dystopia, Earl Holliman, Ed Asner, Ed Helms, El Conde, El Dorado, Elizabeth Taylor, Elle Fanning, empowerment, entertainment, Erika Alexander, erotic drama, ethics, Eva Marie Saint, evil, existentialism, experimental, experimental films, exploitation, faith, families, fantasy, film noir, films, French cinema, Gene Hackman, Good Morning, Hannah Arendt, Harry Belafonte, High Life, High Sierra, history, Holocaust, honor, horror, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Howard Hawks, Hugh Laurie, I Died a Thousand Times, Icelandic cinema, ideas, In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, Jack Palance, James Caan, Japanese cinema, Jean Negulesco, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeffrey Wright, John Cameron Mitchell, John Krasinski, John Wayne, Johnathan Glazer, Juliette Binoche, Justine Triet, Kaneto Shindō, Kevin Keelan, Kiefer Sutherland, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Late Autumn, Lee Marvin, Leslie Uggams, Lilies of the Field, Lon Chaney Jr., Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, marriage, matchmaking, Mia Goth, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Mouchette, movies, music, musicians, mystery, Nadine Nortier, nature, Nazis, Neil Gaiman, Nichole Kidman, Nimona, Onibaba, opinion, Otto Preminger, outer space, Pablo Larraín, partnering, Paul Rudd, Paula Luchsinger, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, performance, personalities, Peru, plane crashes, Polish cinema, political satire, poverty, progressive rock, publishing, race, racism, Rainn Wilson, Ralph Nelson, Reese Witherspoon, relationships, religion, remakes, Renée Zellweger, reviews, Richard Burton, Riz Ahmed, Robert Bresson, Robert Fripp, Robert Mitchum, Robert Pattinson, romance, Rory Calhoun, Rudolf Höss, RuPaul Charles, Ruth Wilson, Sandra Hüller, Sarah Sherman, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Scott Wilson, Seth Rogan, Shelly Winters, Shintaro Katsu, Shirley MacLaine, skydiving, slow cinema, South America, Spanish cinema, Stanley Adams, Stephen Colbert, stereotypes, Sterling K. Brown, supernatural, survival, television, The Count, The Gypsy Moths, The River of No Return, The Sandpiper, The Society of Snow, The Tale of Zatoichi, The Zone of Interest, thrillers, Toby Amies, tolerance, Tommy Rettig, tragedy, true stories, Two For the Seesaw, vampires, westerns, Will Arnett, William Windom, World War II, Yakuza, Yasujirō Ozu, Z For Zachariah | Leave a comment

QuickPix (29): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 4”

Posted on January 18, 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 Alec Guinness, art, British cinema, capers, cinema, classics, comedies, crime, criticism, Ealing Studios, Easy Living, entertainment, films, humor, ideas, Jane Austen, Jean Arthur, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Preston Sturges, Pride and Prejudice, QuickPix, Ray Milland, relationships, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, Stanley Holloway, The Lavender Hill Mob, wit, Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Leave a comment

QuickPix (21): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 7”

Posted on January 13, 2024 by KPKeelan

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged art, capers, cinema, coming of age, crime, criticism, entertainment, Fill the Void, films, French cinema, growing up, heists, ideas, Israeli cinema, Jewish traditions, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, marriage, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Rififi, Sleepless Night, thrillers, Water Lilies | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

Posted on January 22, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > I was really not watching many movies in Rocktober of ‘22, as I focused on finishing, fine-tuning and polishing the storytelling project I’ve been working on for 42 years of my life. The 9 monologue opus GROWING UP … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventures, Andy Samberg, Anthony Mann, arts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Bill Hader, capers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, cinema, classics, comedies, comedy, comic books, con men, criticism, Dan Duryea, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, drama, Elizabeth Olsen, Emma Stone, entertainment, fantasy, fascism, Fernando Rey, films, fishermen, Flix Pix, George Roy Hill, Giancarlo Giannini, grifters, ideas, Italian cinema, James Stewart, Joan Cusack, Judd Apatow, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Nealon, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lina Wertmüller, Louisiana, love, machismo, magic, Marvel Studios, Maya Rudolph, Mike Birbigila, Milena Smit, mockumentaries, motherhood, movies, musicals, musicians, oilmen, opinion, Parallel Mothers, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Rachel McAdams, relationships, revenge, reviews, Robert Redford, Sam Raimi, Sarah Silverman, satire, Seven Beauties, Spanish cinema, stardom, Stephen Strange, success, superheroes, survival, The Sting, Thunder Bay, Tim Meadows, tragedy, violence, Weird Al Yankovic, wildcatting, Will Forte, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (732): “Steve McQueen Makes a Caper Film with WIDOWS”

Posted on August 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

WIDOWS (directed by Steve McQueen, 2018) ***+ (out of 5) . > Serious director Steve McQueen slums it to make a caper film… or does he? . Oh, WIDOWS is an action-packed caper film alright, but there are familiar social issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, art, capers, cinema, criticism, drama, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Steve McQueen, Widows | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (382): “Dig This BABY DRIVER!”

Posted on February 26, 2022 by KPKeelan

BABY DRIVER (directed by Edgar Wright, 2017) ***+ (out of 5) . > In a diatribe against the FAST AND FURIOUS franchise, articulate social critic and funnyman Bill Maher eviscerated this film- or rather, the society that would produce this kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, Ansel Elgort, art, Baby Driver, capers, cars, cinema, crime, criticism, drama, driving, films, ideas, Jamie Foxx, John Hamm, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Spacey, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, thrillers | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (100): The Films of JUNE 2020

Posted on July 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JUNE 2020 was a busy film month! Not much else to do, if you have no sex partner and you can hardly heave the house! In this bunch, we get comedies, romances, dramas, animation, film noir, sci-fi, horror, caper … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: capers

FLIX PIX (1283): “ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW is a Missed Opportunity”

FLIX PIX (1266): “Paul Newman and Robert Redford Pull Off THE STING”

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

QuickPix (29): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 4”

QuickPix (21): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 7”

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

FLIX PIX (732): “Steve McQueen Makes a Caper Film with WIDOWS”

FLIX PIX (382): “Dig This BABY DRIVER!”

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