Tag Archives: Danny Boyle

FLIX PIX (736): “Nostalgia For YESTERDAY”

Posted on August 22, 2022 by KPKeelan

YESTERDAY (directed by Danny Boyle, 2019) *** (out of 5) . > I went to see YESTERDAY yesterday. It sounded kinda funny at the box office to ask: “May I have a ticket for Yesterday, please?” (Almost as though I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, Danny Boyle, fantasy, films, Himesh Patel, ideas, John Lennon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lily James, movies, music, musicians, opinion, reviews, The Beatles, Yesterday | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (594): “Danny Boyle Examines STEVE JOBS”

Posted on June 12, 2022 by KPKeelan

STEVE JOBS (directed by Danny Boyle, 2015) *** (out of 5) . > A fascinating subject in the flawed genius behind the Apple logo… … a great writer in the singular Aaron Sorkin, a commanding leading man in Michael Fassbinder- … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, art, biography, cinema, criticism, Danny Boyle, films, ideas, Jeff Daniels, Kate Winslet, Katherine Waterston, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michael Fassbender, movies, opinion, reviews, Seth Rogan, Steve Jobs | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (328): “Danny Boyle’s Sexy: TRANCE”

Posted on January 30, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by Danny Boyle, 2013) **+ (out of 5) * > Iconoclastic indie director Danny Boyle delivers another interesting failure, in this story about an insider art heist gone awry, when a blow to the head causes a dangerous memory lapse … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, crime, criticism, Danny Boyle, drama, films, heists, ideas, James McAvoy, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, nudity, opinion, reviews, Rosario Dawson, Trance | 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 (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

Posted on June 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Well, that was an enjoyable month’s worth of movies. Look at all the 4-and-a-half star films! Fab. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, American Honey, Amy Adams, animal rescue, animation, anime, art, Billy Bob Thornton, Blackmail, Blade Runner 2049, Bolivia, Charles Laughton, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Claude Rains, Colin Farrell, comedies, crime, criminals, Cyril Ritchard, Daniel Brühl, Danny Boyle, Daphne De Maurier, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, drama, Drunken Angel, Edward James Olmos, elections, Elijah Wood, Elle Fanning, epics, Evo Morales, Ewan McGregor, feudalism, films, Frances McDormand, gangsters, grifters, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, heroin addiction, history, humor, Humphrey Bogart, Hurricane Katrina, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK, Jamaica Inn, James Carville, Japanese cinema, Jared Leto, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Dunst, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louisiana, Martin McDonough, Maureen O’Hara, Melanie Lynskey, melodrama, mental health, metaphor, Michael Curtiz, Mine, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, movies, Nazis, New Orleans, Nicole Kidman, noir, opinion, Our Brand is Crisis, Park Chan-wook, Passage to Marseille, Peter Lorre, Peter Straughan, pets, Poland, political campaigns, politics, Princess Mononoke, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robert Newton, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, Santa Sangre, Sasha Lane, science fiction, Sean Young, sequels, Shia LaBeouf, Sofia Coppola, Studio Ghibli, surrealism, Sydney Greenstreet, symbolism, T2 Trainspotting, Takashi Shimura, The Beguiled, the Civil War, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, thrillers, Toshiro Mifune, violence, Woody Harrelson, World War II, Yakuza, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

Posted on June 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Time for another look at last month’s cinematic fare. Thirteen titles this time. Unfortunately I’ll be out of the country for June and July, so the summer is likely to be a cinema desert. Time to enjoy the bounty … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged '71, 60 Minutes, Aaron Sorkin, Abraham Zapruder, Anything Goes, art, Auschwitz, Billy Bob Thornton, Bing Crosby, biography, Brian Eno, Carol, Carrie Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, CBS News, cinema, Cole Porter, Crimson Peak, Dan Rather, Danny Boyle, Donald O’Connor, drama, Far From the Madding Crowd, film, film criticism, George W. Bush, Guillermo Del Toro, history, horror, Iran, Iranian cinema, It Follows, Jacki Weaver, Jafar Panahi, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Jeremy Strong, Jessica Chastain, JFK, Kate Winslet, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marcia Gay Harding, Marguerite Oswald, Mary Mapes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Mitzi Gaynor, movies, musicals, Northern Ireland, Parkland, Paul Giamatti, reviews, Robert Eggers, Robert Redford, romance, Rooney Mara, Seth Rogan, Son of Saul, Sonderkommando, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, The holocaust, The Man Who Fell to Earth 1971-77, The Witch A New England Fable, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Vinterberg, Todd Solondz, Tom Hiddleston, truth, World War II, Zac Effron | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (27): The Films of March 2014

Posted on May 12, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw a hefty 31 films during MARCH of 2014, movies from Denmark, France, China, England, Italy… and the U.S. Good films come from cultures across the globe. (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Woman a Gun and a Noodle Shop, About a Son, Africans, animation, Arabesque, Bérénice Bejo, Beatles, Bill Cosby, Blue Caprice, Burt Lancaster, Chicken With Plums, Christian MacKay, cinema, Clare Danes, Colin Firth, Come Back Little Sheba, Damsels in Distress, Danny Boyle, Despicable Me 2, Don Jon, entertainment, Ethan Coen, Fame Studio, film criticism, films, Freda Kelly, Gerard Butler, Good Ol' Freda, Greta Gerwig, How to Train Your Dragon, Inside Llewyn Davis, James McAvoy, Jay Baruchel, Joel Coen, John Goodman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Cobain, Lee Daniels, Legos, Martin McDonough, Mathieu Amalric, Me and Orson Welles, Michael Azerrad, Monster's University, Mother of George, movies, Muscle Shoals, My Life So Far, Narco Cultura, Niels Arestrup, opinion, Pixar, reviews, Richard Linklater, Rick Hall, Rosario Dawson, Seven Psychopaths, sex, Shaul Schwarz, Shirley Booth, Side Effects, Stanley Donen, Steven Soderbergh, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, The Butler, The Devil and Max Devlin, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Great Beauty, The Lego Movie, the past, Trance, Turn Me On Dammit, Wes Anderson, William Inge, Winnebego Man, Wyatt Troll, You Will Be My Son, Zac Effron, Zhang Yimou | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Danny Boyle

FLIX PIX (736): “Nostalgia For YESTERDAY”

FLIX PIX (594): “Danny Boyle Examines STEVE JOBS”

FLIX PIX (328): “Danny Boyle’s Sexy: TRANCE”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

KPK on the CINEMA (27): The Films of March 2014

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