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FLIX PIX (1088): “TOP HAT is Top Notch”
TOP HAT (directed by Mark Sandrich, 1935) ***** (out of 5) . > Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers create screen magic in a classic musical song-and-dance comedy that is every bit as sparkling as I remembered it. . The story hardly … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Cheek to Cheek, cinema, classics, comedies, criticism, dancing, Edward Everett Horton, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mark Sandrich, movies, musicals, opinion, Puttin’ on the Ritz, reviews, Top Hat
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FLIX PIX (705): “Cole Porter’s ANYTHING GOES”
ANYTHING GOES (directed by Robert Louis, 1956) **** (out of 5) . > Yes, anything goes to recycle the same old tired inside showbiz story we’ve seen a zillion times, from GOLDIGGERS OF 1933 to A STAR IS BORN- in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anything Goes, art, Bing Crosby, cinema, Cole Porter, comedies, criticism, dancing, Donald O’Connor, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mitzi Gaynor, movies, musicals, opinion, performers, reviews, Robert Louis
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FLIX PIX (367): “THE ARTIST Gets Everything Right”
THE ARTIST (directed by Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) ****+ (out of 5) . > Comedy! Romance! Dancing! In sparkling black and white! . My hats off to the people who bankrolled this! They were either visionaries or complete fools. (Considering the Best … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bérénice Bejo, cinema, comedies, criticism, dancing, films, ideas, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michel Hazanavicius, movies, music, opinion, reviews, romance, silent films, The Artist
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KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020
. AUGUST 2020: A sombre time, but a great crop of movies! So many 4-and-a half and five-star films! Oh, the bounty, amid all the horror! Just pinch me. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (87): The Films of May 2019
. MAY! A slow movie month for me these days- but many pleasures nonetheless… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have been expanded … Continue reading
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DECEMBER 10, 1980 (“Some Serious Footstompin’ at Park Hall”)
From the series “1980”, written each day of 1980… . So as to not confuse the issue I shan’t bother to make any sense. It is that it is and there it is. Women. Conflict. The Cosmic Boogie! Lay it down, … Continue reading
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