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FLIX PIX (870): “Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster Face-Off in VERA CRUZ”

Posted on October 28, 2022 by KPKeelan

VERA CRUZ (directed by Robert Aldrich, 1954) **** (out of 5) . > Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster make western heaven, in this film directed by Robert Aldrich- a man with quite a CV! . He made WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Charles Bronson, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, Ernest Borgnine, films, Gary Cooper, ideas, Jack Elam, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert Aldrich, Vera Cruz, westerns | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (519): “The Western Pulp of JOHNNY GUITAR”

Posted on May 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

JOHNNY GUITAR (directed by Nicholas Ray, 1954) **** (out of 5) . > Lots of classic western ingredients here, but this film from stalwart director Nicholas Ray, (best remembered for REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE), somehow falls short of true “classic” status. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, Ernest Borgnine, films, ideas, Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mercedes McCambridge, movies, Nicholas Ray, opinion, reviews, Sterling Hayden | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (100): The Films of JUNE 2020

Posted on July 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JUNE 2020 was a busy film month! Not much else to do, if you have no sex partner and you can hardly heave the house! In this bunch, we get comedies, romances, dramas, animation, film noir, sci-fi, horror, caper … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (76): The Films of June 2018

Posted on June 30, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Here we go again! Apparently, we are both still alive! Imagine that… Good. Good. (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 →

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FLIX PIX (870): “Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster Face-Off in VERA CRUZ”

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