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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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 1921, A Minute's Wait, Aaron Jackson, abuse, acceptance, action, Adam Arkin, adventure, Alex Sharp, Alex Wolff, Amber Heard, American Samoa, Andre Brugher, Andreas Malm, animation, anthologies, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, arts, Ashley Judd, Austin Butler, Bill Nighy, biographies, Black Americans, Blitz Bazawule, Bowen Yang, British cinema, British folk heroes, British history, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cavalcade, change, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, cinema, classics, Coleman Domingo, comedy, coming of age, cooking, corruption, crime, criticism, Cyril Cusack, Daniel Goldhaber, Danielle Brooks, Dave Bautista, David Allen Grier, death, Denis Villeneuve, Dick Powell, Dicks: The Musical, disasters, discrimination, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Trump, drama, Dune: Part Two, ecoterrorism, Elizabeth Moss, Elvis Presley, England, entertainment, environmental activism, epics, families, family ties, Fantasia Barrino, fantasy, farce, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, folk heroes, football, fossil fuels, Frank Herbert, Frank O'Connor, friendship, Fucking Identical Twins, Gene de Paul, Geoffrey Keen, global warming, grief, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Bailey, Harvey Weinstein, historical epics, historical fiction, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Howard Keel, humor, ideas, Ikiru, illness, Irish cinema, Irish culture, irony, Isabella Rossellini, It Happened Tomorrow, Jack MacGowran, James Austin Johnson, James Neilson, Jane Powell, Jason Mamoa, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Ehle, Jenny Slate, Jodi Kantor, John Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Mercer, Jon Batiste, Josh Brolin, Josh Sharp, Julie Newmar, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gregory, Léa Seydoux, Lesley Stahl, life, Linda Darnell, living, Louis Gossett Jr, love, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Martin J. McHugh, Martin Short, Marvel films, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Twohey, Michael Fassbinder, Michael Hordern, Michael Kidd, Michael Sarnoski, mockumentaries, monkeywrenching, mortality, movies, musicals, Nathan Lane, nature, New York Times, Next Goal Wins, Nick Offerman, Nicolas Cage, Noel Coward, oceans, opinion, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick MacGoohan, Patrick Wilson, pets, philosophy, Pig, pollution, Priscilla, profanity, protest, Rebecca Ferguson, relationships, remakes, René Clair, resistance, reviews, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sabotage, Samantha Morton, Sasha Lane, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, sexism, sexual assault, She Said, silent films, smugglers, soccer, Sofia Coppola, sports, Stanley Donen, Stellan Skarsgård, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Terry Gilkyson, The Color Purple, The Johnstown Flood, The Majesty of the Law, the rape of the Sabine Women, The Rising of the Moon, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, the troubles, The Wonderful World of Color, Thomas Rongen, thrillers, time, time travel, Timothée Chalamet, true stories, truffle hunters, Tyrone Power, underdogs, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Arnett, Willem Dafoe, World War I, Zendaya | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1208): “GREENLAND: Humankind’s Final Refuge”

Posted on March 18, 2024 by KPKeelan

GREENLAND (directed by Ric Roman Waugh, 2020) **** (out of 5) . > This thriller with the enigmatic title is another “Earth-Go-Boom” flick, and it’s quite a bit better than most of ‘em. . It’s a genre that is often a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, arts, cinema, criticism, disasters, dystopia, entertainment, families, films, Flix Pix, Gerard Butler, Greenland, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Ric Roman Waugh, sci-fi, science fiction, thrillers | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1186): “THE SOCIETY OF SNOW is Not a Fraternity I Would Like to Join!”

Posted on February 29, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE SOCIETY OF SNOW (directed by J. A. Bayona, 2023) ****+ (out of 5) . > Man versus Nature is, for me, the most compelling of conflicts. What are your odds of survival if you are one puny human, when your … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged anthropophagy, arts, cannibalism, cinema, criticism, disasters, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, J.A. Bayona, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, nature, opinion, plane crashes, reviews, South America, Spanish cinema, survival, The Society of Snow, thrillers, true stories | 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

KPK on the CINEMA (139): “The Films of September 2023”

Posted on October 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Some real gems in the compendium this month. Even the lesser films were surprisingly entertaining. I enjoyed ‘em all. (Except for THE ROUNDERS. That was pretty stinky.) But my greatest pleasures seemed to come from revisiting past cinematic … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Paul, action, Adam West, adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Alida Valli, American politics, apocalypse, Armageddon, Arthur Kennedy, arts, assassination, B-movies, Batman, Ben Kingsley, biblical epics, biography, British cinema, Bruce Wayne, Burgess Meredith, Burt Ward, camp, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Catwoman, Cedric Hardwicke, Cesar Romero, Changi Prison, Christian Bale, cinema, class, classics, Claude Rains, Colectiv Nightclub, Collective, comedy, comic books, coming of age, Communism, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criminals, criticism, cult films, Dame May Whitty, Denholm Elliot, Dick Grayson, disasters, discipline, documentaries, drama, dramady, dystopia, Elizabeth Taylor, entertainment, espionage, Exodus God's and Kings, families, fantasy, Father's Little Dividend, films, fires, forgery, forgiveness, Frank Gorshin, fraud, gangsters, George Segal, Glenn Ford, Gordon Parks, government accountability, grandparents, Harvey Keitel, hitmen, hustlers, I Am Legend, ideas, Indians, Israeli cinema, James Fox, Jane Curtain, Joel Edgerton, John Huston, John Mills, John Turturro, justice, Kevin Keelan, King Rat, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Israel, Lee Meriwether, Leonard Rossiter, Little Italy, Lloyd Bridges, mafia, Man in the Wilderness, manipulation, Margaret Lockwood, Marielle Heller, Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Redgrave, Mossad, mountain climbing, movies, mystery, mythology, native Americans, Nazis, Nazism, New York, opinion, Oscar Homolka, parenthood, Patrick O'Neal, politics, punishment, racism, rebellion, redemption, reform school, religion, revenge, reviews, Richard E. Grant, Richard Harris, Richard Matheson, Ridley Scott, Robert De Nero, Robin the Boy Wonder, romance, Romanian cinema, scandal, sci-fi, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Singapore, Spencer Tracy, spies, superheroes, supervillains, survival, Swiss Alps, The Joker, The Lady Vanishes, The Last Man on Earth, The Learning Tree, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Penguin, The Revenant, the Riddler, The White Tower, Tom Courtenay, Tom Courtnay, Tony Richardson, tragedy, Trial, Vincent Price, violence, Walk On Water, westerns, zombies | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (135) “The Films of May 2023”

Posted on June 15, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > With the impacts of the righteous writer’s strike hitting me first and hardest with the pause in my habitual late night yuks (Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Daily Show, John Oliver, Bill Maher, SNL), I have had a good deal … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 9 to 5, A Man Called Otto, A Raisin in the Sun, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, adventure, aliens, American history, ancient Rome, Ann Sheridan, arts, Atlantis: The Lost Continent, B-movies, Bernard Miles, biography, Boys Night Out, British cinema, Cary Grant, charity, Charles Laughton, Charlton Heston, cinema, classics, Claudia McNeil, Colin Higgins, comedy, coming of age, corruption, couples, criticism, Dabney Coleman, David Lean, desire, disasters, discrimination, docudrama, Dolly Parton, drama, Edward Platt, entertainment, epics, espionage, families, fantasy, farce, feminism, films, Five Million Years to Earth, fraud, Gary Cooper, gender roles, George Pal, Ginger Rogers, gladiators, Good Sam, government, HBO, history, honor, horror films, Howard Duff, Howard Morris, humor, ideas, In Which We Serve, inequity, intelligence leaks, James Cromwell, James Garner, Jane Fonda, Jean Simmons, Joe Dante, John Dall, John Gavin, John Goodman, John Mills, Julius Caesar, justice, Kathleen Turner, Kevin Keelan, Kim Novak, kindness, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, Laurence Olivier, legend, Leo McCarey, Lily Tomlin, Lorraine Hansberry, Marc Forster, marriage, Matinee, money, movies, national security, Nazis, Noel Coward, Once Upon a Honeymoon, opinion, patriotism, persecution, Peter Ustinov, power, propaganda, race, racism, Raymond Massey, reality, Reality Winner, relationships, remakes, revenge, reviews, Richard Harris, Rob Reiner, romance, Ruth Gordon, sacrifice, sailors, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, seamen, sex, sexism, Sidney Poitier, slavery, Spartacus, spies, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Martin, Sydney Sweeney, the American dream, the Civil War, The Man With Two Brains, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, thrillers, Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Tony Randall, violence, whistleblowers, Woody Strode, workers, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

Posted on February 11, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > End of the year: 7 films from 2022- the year that was. Always happens, as I gear up for awards season. Enjoy! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 50 First Dates, abuse, action, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, Adam Sandler, airmen, Alice Braga, aliens, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Godfrey, arts, Austin Butler, Barbra Stanwyck, Baz Luhrmann, biography, Bloodsport, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christian Bale, cinema, Colonel Tom Parker, comedies, comedy, comic books, corruption, crime, criticism, Dave Bautista, DC Comics, death, Dick Martin, disasters, Dom DeLuise, Don Cheadle, Doris Day, drama, Drew Barrymore, Ed Harris, elitism, Elvis, Elvis Presley, entertainment, escape, espionage, fame, family, fantasy, farce, fear, fighter pilots, film noir, films, Flix Pix, Frank Morgan, Frankie Avalon, genius, Greta Gerwig, Groot, Harley Quinn, haute cuisine, horror, hubris, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, Idris Elba, James Stewart, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Connelly, John Cena, John Leguizamo, John McGiver, Jon Hamm, Jordan Peele, Kevin Keelan, King Shark, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, machismo, Margot Robbie, Marvel Studios, memory, Miles Teller, militarism, military, movies, murder, music, musicians, mysteries, Natalie Portman, Nazi Germany, Netflix, Nicholas Hoult, Noah Baumbach, Nope, nuclear disaster, opinion, Panic in the Year Zero, Paul Lynde, Peacemaker, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, power, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Milland, relationships, reviews, Rob Schneider, Robert Stack, Robert Young, Rod Taylor, romance, Russell Crowe, San Fernando Valley, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Astin, sequels, sexual harassment, snobbery, success, superheroes, surrealism, survival, Sylvester Stallone, Taika Waititi Korg, Tár, Tessa Thompson, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Menu, The Mortal Storm, The Suicide Squad, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Thor: Love and Thunder, thrillers, Todd Field, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Top Gun Maverick, tragedy, Val Kilmer, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis, violence, wealth, White Noise, Will Farrell, World War II, Zeus | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (112): The Films of June 2021

Posted on August 5, 2021 by KPKeelan

. No 5-star classics this month, but everything else is represented, from one-and-a-half miserable lumps to four-and-a-half dazzling stars. Enjoy ruminating with me! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to be … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, action, addiction, afterlife, aging, alcoholism, ambition, Andrew Scott, Angela Lansbury, Anne Hathaway, anti-Semitism, Arabian Nights, Arabic literature, art, Ben Kingsley, Ben Wheatley, Better Days, Between Two Worlds, biography, British cinema, Broadway, bullying, camp, China, Chinese cinema, Chris Evans, Christian Petzold, cinema, Colossal, comedy, competition, composers, conflict, corruption, crime, criticism, Crock of Gold, cults, Cyd Charisse, Dean Martin, death, Derek Flint, dialogue, Dinah Shore, disasters, drama, Edmund Gwenn, Eleanor Parker, enemies, entertainment, escape, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Jews, Eugene O'Neill, fame, families, fantasy, films, Frank Sinatra, Franz Liszt, Gaoko exams, genius, George Tobias, Gerard Butler, German cinema, ghosts, Gower Champion, Greenland, Greg Kinnear, Haley Bennett, Heaven, hell, higher education, history, horror, House, ideas, identity, Irish music, Israel, Italian cinema, James Bond, Jason Sudeikis, Jerome Kern, Jews, John Garfield, judgement, Judy Garland, June Allyson, justice, Ken Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kill List, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lena Horne, Lisztomania, live theatre, love, loyalty, Massad, Matt Helm, migration, monsters, movies, murder, musicals, musicians, negotiation, Operation Joshua, Operation Moses, opinion, Oslo, Oslo Peace Accords, P.L.O., Palestine, Palestinian Liberation Organization, parables, patriarchy, Paul Henried, Paul Robeson, Peace Accords, performers, persecution, Pier Paolo Pasolini, postwar Italy, power, race, realism, Red Sea Diving Resort, redemption, refugees, rescue, responsibility, reviews, Richard Wagner, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltry, romance, Ruth Wilson, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sexism, sexuality, Shane MacGowan, showtunes, spoof, spy spoofs, stardom, Stella Stevens, success, Sudan, supernatural, surrealism, Sydney Greenstreet, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, The Emperor Jones, The Pogues, The Popes, The Silencers, thrillers, Till the Clouds Roll By, tragedy, Transit, true stories, Umberto D., Van Heflin, Van Johnson, Victor Buono, violence, Vittorio de Sica, World War II | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: disasters

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

FLIX PIX (1208): “GREENLAND: Humankind’s Final Refuge”

FLIX PIX (1186): “THE SOCIETY OF SNOW is Not a Fraternity I Would Like to Join!”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (139): “The Films of September 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (135) “The Films of May 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (112): The Films of June 2021

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