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“KPK Looks at All Ten BEST PICTURE Nominees for 2023- A Stellar Year For Cinema!”
. > Holy crap! What an embarrassment of riches! You won’t hear me whining that 2023 was a tepid year for movies. Ten titles nominated this year. Two of them are over-rated. 8 of them are a cornucopia of cinematic … Continue reading →
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FLIX PIX (1173): “Leonard Bernstein Was MAESTRO”
. MAESTRO (directed by Bradley Cooper, 2023) *** (out of 5) . > Bradley Cooper’s long-anticipated biopic of great American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein is out, and for all its pleasures, it’s more disappointment than triumph. . There are so … Continue reading →
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KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”
. > All hail December, the time of year most of the really great stuff hits America’s big silver screens (O the joy!), and tiny streaming devices (O, the horror!). Just check out how many of these titles came out in … Continue reading →
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