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FLIX PIX (1309): “Guillermo Del Toro Presents His Take On PINOCCHIO”

Posted on June 30, 2024 by KPKeelan

Guillermo Del Toro’s: PINOCCHIO (directed by Guillermo Del Toro, 2022) ***+ (out of 5) . > We are used to seeing unique fantastical worlds from this genius, but until now, he wasn’t known for animation. . The great Mexican director has … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, Benito Mussolini, Carlo Collodi, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, cinema, criticism, David John Bradley, entertainment, Ewan McGregor, fairy tales, fantasy, fascist Italy, films, Flix Pix, Guillermo Del Toro, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, ideas, John Turturro, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, movies, musicals, Netflix, opinion, Pinocchio, reviews, Ron Perlman, sacrifice, supernatural, Tilda Swinton | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (132): “The Films of February 2023”

Posted on March 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > February is often the best movie month for me. By this time of year, all the Oscar nominees are well known and I have begun the annual quest to see all the films honored in major categories. By … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, action, Adolf Hitler, All Quiet on the Western Front, All That Breathes, Angela Cartwright, animal rescue, animal welfare, animation, antisemitism, Au Hazard Balthazar, autobiography, Ben Affleck, Ben Whishaw, Benito Mussolini, biography, black comedy, boxers, boxing, Carlo Collodi, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Chris Williams, Christoph Waltz, civilization, Claire Foy, Clarence Williams III, class, classic literature, climbing, Colin Firth, comedy, coming of age, compassion, control, corruption, couples, crime, criminals, cruelty, Daniel Brühl, Daniel Craig, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, David John Bradley, David Lynch, Dean Jones, deceit, Dennis Farina, Detective Benoit Blanc, documentaries, Donal Logue, drama, Edward Berger, Edward Norton, empathy, Empire of Light, England, environment, Eo, Ewan McGregor, exploitation, fairy tales, faith, Fall, families, fantasy, fascist Italy, Felix Kammerer, filmmakers, filmmaking, Fire of Love, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, Gabriel LaBelle, Gary Sinise, gender, gender roles, German cinema, Glass Onion, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, HBO, heroism, Hindi language, hubris, humanism, humor, identity, Indian cinema, injustice, interracial couples, Israeli cinema, Janelle Monáe, Jared Harris, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jessie Buckley, John Ford, John Frankenheimer, John Turturro, John Williams, Judd Hirsch, justice, Karl Urban, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Katia Krafft, kindness, Kites, Leslie Odom Jr., love, marriage, Maurice Krafft, media influencers, mental illness, Micheal Ward, Michele Williams, Mohammad Saud, murder mystery, musicals, My Neighbor Adolf, Nadeem Shehzad, nature, Netflix, New Delhi, obsession, Olivia Colman, parenting, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Polish cinema, pollution, power, prisoners, privilege, racism, rape, recklessness, Reindeer Games, relationships, religious fundamentalism, remakes, revenge, Rian Johnson, Robert Loggia, Robert Wise, Rocky Graziano, romance, Ron Jeremy, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ruben Östlund, sacrifice, Sal Mineo, Sam Mendes, Sarah Polley, satire, science, scientists, Seth Rogan, sexism, social commentary, Somebody Up There Likes Me, spirituality, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, suicide, supernatural, survival, Thatcherism, The Fabelmans, The Sea Beast, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Tony Kushner, tragedy, transgender, trauma, Triangle of Sadness, violence, vulcanism, wealth, Women Talking, World War I | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (434): “A Lovely Live-Action Reboot of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”

Posted on March 24, 2022 by KPKeelan

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (directed by Bill Condon, 2017) ***+ (out of 5) . > I heard this was good. Audiences liked it… . I was somewhat less than enthused by the concept of Disney re-mining old animated material for live … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Condon, cinema, criticism, Disney, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ewan McGregor, films, Ian McKellen, ideas, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, live action, Luke Evans, movies, musicals, opinion, reviews, Stanley Tucci | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (107): The Films of January 2021

Posted on July 31, 2021 by KPKeelan

. January 2021! At last. The end of our great national nightmare and a return to sanity! This batch was so easy to review. Probably because I enjoyed most of the movies so very much, I imagine. (All ratings are … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, arts, Bacurau, Barbara Feldon, Birds of Prey, boy, Brazilian cinema, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Laughton, cinema, classics, comedies, coming of age, corruption, criticism, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Delbert Mann, Dick Van Dyke, drama, entertainment, Ewan McGregor, experimental film, fantasy, film, Fitzwilly, Gene Kelly, George Cukor, Graham Greene, Guy Maddin, horror, ideas, It’s Always Fair Weather, John McGiver, Jungle Book, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lionel Barrymore, Maggie Smith, Margot Robbie, Maureen O’Sullivan, Michael Kidd, movies, musicals, New Zealand cinema, Norman Fell, opinion, Oscar Wilde, revenge, reviews, Robert Young, Rosie Perez, Rudyard Kipling, Sabu, Sam Waterston, sci-fi, science fiction, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, The Canterville Ghost, The Green Fog, Tod Browning, Travels With My Aunt, Vertigo, violence, World War II, Zoltan Korda | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (104): The Films of October 2020

Posted on July 28, 2021 by KPKeelan

. OCTOBER 2020: Some wonderful stuff here! Bon Appétit. (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 for Flix Pix columns.) > … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Call to Spy, A Woman’s Face, Aardman Studios, abortion, abuse, action, adventure, aliens, ambition, American Utopia, Amos Nachoum, Andrei Tarkovsky, animals, animation, anti-Semitism, apocalypse, art, astronauts, Aulcie, Aulcie Perry, basketball, Beau Travail, Bill Paxton, Billy Budd, biography, Birdboy, British cinema, Broadway, brothers, capitalism, Cary Grant, celebrity, Channing Tatum, childhood, children, choices, cinema, Claire Denis, class, classics, Claymation, Clint Eastwood, Columbia, comedies, coming of age, complicity, concert films, Coney Island, conservation, corruption, Countdown, courage, crime, criticism, cruelty, David Attenborough, David Byrne, David McKenzie, discipline, documentaries, drama, dreams, drug abuse, earth, economics, Edgar Buchanan, elegy, Elmer Rice, emeralds, environment, equality, Erland Josephson, espionage, Ewan McGregor, exploitation, exposés, families, family films, fantasy, farm animals, Farmageddon, films, Foreign Legion, Frederick Wiseman, French cinema, French resistance, George Stevens, government, Grace Kelly, Green Fire, hardship, Hate Among Us, hatred, Haywire, HBO, healthcare, heroes, historical drama, human rights, humor, ideas, immigrants, incarceration, infidelity, Ingrid Bergman, injustice, insanity, institutions, James Caan, jealousy, Jean Arthur, justice, Ken Loach, Kevin Keelan, King Vidor, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, Life On Our Planet, Little Fugitive, machismo, medicine, mental health, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, mining, missions, movies, musicals, NASA, nature, Nazis, neglect, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, New York, oceans, opinion, people, personalities, photographers, photography, polar bears, poverty, puns, redemption, rescues, revenge, reviews, Rex Ingram, Richard Burton, Richie Andrusco, Robert Altman, Robert Duvall, romance, Ronald Coleman, Sarah Megan Thomas, sci-fi, science fiction, Shaun the Sheep, Sorry We Missed You, space program, Spanish cinema, spies, Spike Lee, sports, Steven Soderbergh, Stewart Granger, Street Scene, surrealism, survival, suspense, sustainability, Swedish cinema, Sylvia Sidney, Talking Heads, The Forgotten Children, the moon, The Picture of His Life, The Sacrifice, The Talk of the Town, thrillers, Titicut Follies, tragedy, trauma, treatment, violence, warnings, Where Eagles Dare, wildlife, women, working, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (93): The Films of November 2019

Posted on July 17, 2021 by KPKeelan

. November! So many great movies in this batch! I (heart) cinema! (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 for Flix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, addiction, American culture, animation, Ann Margaret, anti-Semitism, Anton Yelchin, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aparajito, Ben is Back, Bette Davis, biography, camp, Can Can, cartoons, change, charity, Chuck Jones, class, Cole Porter, comedy, crime, Damon Runyan, Dashiell Hammett, death, dignity, drama, Edward Everett Horton, Ewan McGregor, fame, families, family films, fantasy, fascism, Female Trouble, Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, fraud, friendship, Glenn Ford, Griffin Davis, growth, Hitler, Hope Lange, humor, I Love You Phillip Morris, Indian cinema, inmates, intolerance, Jean Renoir, Jim Carrey, John Waters, Jojo Rabbit, Julia Roberts, kindness, kitsch, life, Lillian Hellman, Louis Jourdan, love, Lucas Hedges, Maurice Chevalier, media, Mel Blanc, Mel Ferrer, metaphor, morality, mothers and sons, murder, musicals, Nazis, Norton Juster, Olivia Cooke, Pather Panchali, Paul Lucas, Paul Sparks, people, Peter Falk, Pocketful of Miracles, poverty, prisoners, relationships, resistance, romance, Sam Rockwell, satire, Satyajit Ray, Scaramouche, Shirley MacLaine, social class, Stewart Granger, swashbucklers, swordplay, Taika Waititi, The Phantom Tollbooth, The World of Apu, Thoroughbreds, Watch on the Rhine, World War II | 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 (68): The Films of OCTOBER 2017

Posted on June 22, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Having a hard time writing reviews lately. Lonely stuff, sometimes, but that’s the work of a writer. When I buckle down and just DO IT, the process usually brings great rewards. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Ghost Story, action, Amazon jungle, Anthropoid, art, artificial intelligence, battle of the sexes, Beauty and the Beast, Billie Jean King, Blade Runner, Bobby Riggs, Brontis Jodorowsky, Buddhism, Burn Gorman, Casey Affleck, Certain Women, Chinese cinema, Christianity, Cillian Murphy, cinema, Cinema Verite, comedies, coming of age, cyborgs, David Lowery, DC Comics, director’s cuts, Disney, documentaries, drama, dystopia, Eastern mysticism, El Topo, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, exploration, family, film, film criticism, film noir, French cinema, Gal Godot, generational conflict, Harrison Ford, humanity, humor, Ian McKellen, immigrants, In a Valley of Violence, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, James Le Gros, John C. Reilly, John Goodman, John Travolta, Kelly Reichardt, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, King Kong, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Kumail Nanjiani, Laura Dern, life, Luke Evans, Manakamana, Maya Rudolph, Mexican cinema, Michelle Williams, movies, music, musicals, Nazis, Nepal, opinion, Orphan Black, Pakistani-Americans, pilgrims, Police Academy, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Rutger Hauer, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, science fiction, Sean Young, sexism, Sgt. Pepper and Beyond, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, Skull Island, spirituality, Stanley Tucci, Steve Carell, Sunflower, superheroes, supernatural, symbolism, Tatiana Maslany, tennis, The Beatles, The Big Sick, The Grocer's Son, The Lost City of Z, The Way Way Back, Toby Jones, Tom Hiddleston, Toni Collette, tradition, violence, westerns, Wonder Woman, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (37): The Films of JANUARY 2015

Posted on May 22, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw 29 films the first month of 2015, including several forays into actual theaters to see celebrated Oscar contenders. January saw some classics lots of near-classics, a corny- yet illuminating musical, a few disappointing misses including the best … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 12 O'Clock Boys, 1776, A Tale of Springtime, Alfred Molina, American history, Amy Sedaris, animation, arts, At Berkeley, August: Osage County, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Boyhood, Broken Arrow, Calvary, Cate Blanchett, Catherine O'Hara, Chef, Chris Cooper, Christina Ricci, Christoph Waltz, cinema, civil rights, Civil War, Colin Firth, Destry Rides Again, Divergent, documentaries, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Redmayne, Ellar Coltrane, Emma Stone, Eric Rohmer, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Felicity Jones, Fess Parker, film criticism, films, founding fathers, Frank, French cinema, Geena Davis, George Clooney, Godfrey Reggio, Gus Van Sant, How to Train Your Dragon 2, ideas, Inherent Vice, Ink, Ireland, James McAvoy, James Stewart, Jane Hawking, Jean Dujardin, Joaquin Phoenix, John Goodman, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, John Michael McDonough, Jon Favreau, Josh Brolin, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Katherine Waterston, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Life Itself, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Love is Strange, Magic in the Moonlight, Mala Noche, Marisa Tomei, Marlene Dietrich, Martin Luther King, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Miles Teller, Morten Tyldum, movies, Muppet Treasure Island, musicals, Oliver Platt, opinion, Owen Wilson, Patricia Arquette, Paul Thomas Anderson, Penelope, Quick Change, Randy Quaid, Reese Witherspoon, reviews, Richard Linklater, Roger Ebert, Sam Shepard, Scarlett Johansson, Selma, Shailene Woodley, Sligo, Soapdish, Stephen Hawking, Steve James, suggestions, Terry Gilliam, The Great Locomotive Chase, The Imitation Game, The Monuments Men, The Muppets, The Theory of Everything, The Zero Theorem, Thomas Pynchon, Tracy Letts, Veronica Roth, Visitors, Walt Disney, Woody Allen, World War II | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Ewan McGregor

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