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KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

Posted on April 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Eight 4-star films! Damn, that’s a good month. So much cinematic pleasure. Let’s dig in! (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 … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

Posted on February 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

. 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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Abigail Breslin, addiction, adventure, ageing, Akira Kurosawa, alcoholism, Alessandro Nivola, All Fall Down, Amsterdam, Angela Lansbury, Angelo Badalamenti, animation, antisemitism, Anya Taylor-Joy, arts, Broadway, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, clones, comedies, comedy, conmen, crime, criminals, criticism, Damsel, David O. Russell, David Zelner, Dick Powell, Dinner For Schmucks, Dominique Pinon, drama, Dreyfus affair, dystopia, Edward Dmytryk, entertainment, espionage, Eva Marie Saint, families, fantasy, Farewell, films, flight, France, Frank Oz, French cinema, Gene Tierney, Gore Verbinski, Graham Grene, history, horror, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, ideas, injustice, Isla Fisher, Japanese cinema, Jay Roach, Jean Arthur, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, John David Washington, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Jules Dassin, Karl Malden, Kermit the Frog, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Madadayo, Marc Caro, Margot Robbie, Marx brothers, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Miss Piggy, movies, murder, musicals, My Lovely, My Sweet, Nathan Zelner, Ned Beatty, Nicol Williamson, Night and the City, noir, Only Angels Have Wings, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Rudd, persecution, pilots, Rami Malek, Rango, Raymond Chandler, relationships, respect, reviews, Richard Widmark, Rita Hayworth, Robert De Niro, Robert Morley, Robert Pattinson, Ron Perlman, sci-fi, science fiction, spies, Steve Carell, surrealism, Taylor Swift, The Big Store, The City of Lost Children, The Human Factor, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Swimmer, Thomas Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Stoppard, violence, Warren Beatty, westerns, William Inge, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (542): “CHRISTMAS IN JULY is Human Comedy at Its Finest”

Posted on May 17, 2022 by KPKeelan

CHRISTMAS IN JULY (directed by Preston Sturges, 1940) ***** (out of 5) . > This one is a great Preston Sturges human comedy about a man whose life is changed for the better by a bitter practical joke played against him. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Christmas in July, cinema, comedies, criticism, Dick Powell, drama, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Preston Sturges, reviews | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (390): “The Kinetic Joy of DAMES”

Posted on March 2, 2022 by KPKeelan

DAMES (directed by Ray Enright, 1934) ***+ (out of 5) . > Ray Enright directed and kinetic camera artist Busby Berkeley directed the musical numbers to this light romp. . It was Berkley’s fifth film, and while not among his very … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Busby Berkeley, cinema, criticism, Dames, Dick Powell, films, Guy Kibbee, ideas, Joan Blondell, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, musicals, opinion, Ray Enright, reviews, Ruby Keeler, ZaSu Pitts | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (96): The Films of February 2020

Posted on July 20, 2021 by KPKeelan

. February 2020: one day longer than usual and some heavy shit is goin’ down… (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, absurdism, Adolphe Menjou, Aleppo, American Factory, animation, art, Bashar Al-Assad, biography, bombs, Brazil, business, camp, capitalism, Carroll Shelby, cars, Casino Royale, Charles Boyer, children, China, Christian Bale, Christmas, cinema, comedies, competition, corporations, criticism, David Niven, Daytona, Deborah Kerr, Dick Powell, doctors, documentaries, drama, economics, Enzo Ferrari, experimental film, F. Murray Abraham, family films, fantasy, fate, films, For Sama, Ford Motor Company, Ford vs Ferrari, foreign ownership, French cinema, Fuyao, General Motors, George Raft, globalization, Henry Ford II, heroism, history, horror, hospitals, How to Train Your Dragon, I Lost My Body, Ian Fleming, ideas, insanity, It Happened Tomorrow, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, James Pattinson, journalism, Ken Miles, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, Klaus, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Le Mans, Louis Malle, manufacturing, Matt Damon, mermaids, movies, murder, Netflix, newspapers, Ohio, opinion, origin stories, Orson Welles, Paris, Pat O'Brien, Peter Sellers, politics, psychological drama, racing, relationships, reporters, reviews, Robert Eggers, romance, sailors, Santa Claus, satire, sequels, slapstick, spies, supernatural, surrealism, Syria, The Edge of Democracy, The Front Page, The Hidden World, The Lighthouse, the press, Tracy Letts, turkeys, Ursula Andress, violence, Waad al-Kateab, war crimes, warfare, Willem Dafoe, William Holden, Woody Allen, work, workers, Zazie Dans le Metro | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Dick Powell

KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

FLIX PIX (542): “CHRISTMAS IN JULY is Human Comedy at Its Finest”

FLIX PIX (390): “The Kinetic Joy of DAMES”

KPK on the CINEMA (96): The Films of February 2020

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