Tag Archives: Frank Oz

FLIX PIX (1114): “STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Brings the Third Trilogy to a Close”

Posted on September 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (directed by J.J. Abrams, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > Once more, into the breech, to save the universe! . This is the long awaited ninth Star Wars incarnation- not including side stories, like … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, Adam Driver, Andy Serkis, arts, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, cinema, criticism, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, Frank Oz, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, ideas, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, John Williams, Keri Russell, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, movies, opinion, Oscar Isaac, reviews, Richard E. Grant, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1063): “KNIVES OUT is a Stylish Whodunnit from Rian Johnson”

Posted on May 16, 2023 by KPKeelan

KNIVES OUT (directed by Rian Johnson, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > Rian Johnson reinvents the whodunnit for a new era with a hotshot cast of stars. . Some are great fun: (Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans), some are … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Chris Evans, Christopher Plummer, cinema, criticism, Daniel Craig, Don Johnson, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Frank Oz, ideas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Keelan, Knives Out, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Shannon, movies, murder, mysteries, opinion, personalities, reviews, Rian Johnson, suspense, Toni Colette, Toni Collette, whodunit | 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 (825): “Lookout Gonzo! It’s: MUPPETS FROM SPACE!”

Posted on October 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

MUPPETS FROM SPACE (directed by Tim Hill, 1999) *** (out of 5) . > I continue my quest to see all the feature length Muppet movies, which began after seeing 2011’s charming musical whimsy THE MUPPETS. . That one was just … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Andie MacDowell, art, cinema, criticism, David Arquette, F. Murray Abraham, films, Frank Oz, Gonzo, ideas, Jeffrey Tambor, Kathy Griffin, Kevin Clash, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Muppets From Space, opinion, Ray Liotta, reviews, Rob Schneider, Tim Hill | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (535): “BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY with Kevin Clash”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer’s Journey (directed by Constance A. Marks, 2011) *** (out of 5) . > This loving documentary is a great, grinning pleasure to watch. . It’s hard not to love the story of a dreamy but talented kid … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Being Elmo, cinema, Constance A. Marks, controversy, criticism, drama, films, Frank Oz, ideas, Jim Henson, Kermit Love, Kevin Clash, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, puppetry, puppets, reviews, The Muppets | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (105): The Films of November 2020

Posted on July 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

. NOVEMBER 2020… Finally finished in March 2021! Slowly working my way through the backlog, with 31 down and 42 to go! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, Aaron Copeland, action, Adam Driver, addiction, adultery, adventure, alcoholism, Alfred Hitchcock, American culture, Amy Adams, Andy Serkis, animation, Anthony Franciosa, anti-Semitism, Appalachia, Arte Johnson, Arthur Hill, arts, At the Circus, B-movies, Barbara Stanwyck, Bertrand Bonello, Billy Dee Williams, Bing Crosby, biography, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, brainwashing, Brie Larson, Bruce Dern, camp, Carrie Fisher, Cary Grant, Cecil Kellaway, Chico Marx, cinema, class, classics, Cole Porter, Colm Feore, comedies, comic books, coming of age, conflict, conscience, conspiracies, corporations, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, cults, cybercrime, dada, Daisy Ridley, detectives, Diane Baker, Dieudonné, documentaries, Domhnall Gleeson, Donald Pleasence, Dorothy Arzner, Dr. Seuss, drama, dysfunction, dystopia, End of Sentence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, estrangement, exploitation, exposés, fairytales, families, fantasy, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, films, Frank Oz, Frank Sinatra, fraud, Fredric March, French cinema, friendship, future, Gabriel Basso, genius, George Lucas, Glenn Close, Godfrey Cambridge, Grace Kelly, Gregory Chelli, grief, Groucho Marx, hackers, hacktivists, Haiti, Hans Christian Andersen, harassment, Harper, Harpo Marx, Harrison Ford, hate speech, hatred, Hedy Lamarr, Henry James, High Society, Hillbilly Elegy, hostages, Hume Cronyn, humor, I Married a Witch, I Vitelloni, Ian Fleming, Ian McDiarmid, ideas, inequality, infidelity, injustice, intimidation, Ireland, Israel, Italian cinema, J.D. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jack MacGowran, Jacques Prévert, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Caan, James Cagney, James Coburn, Jamie Foxx, Janet Leigh, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, Jews, Joan Blondell, Joanne Woodward, John Boyega, John Ford, John Garfield, John Hawkes, John Houseman, John Steinbeck, Jon Favreau, Judi Dench, Jules Verne, Julie Harris, Just Mercy, justice, Karl Urban, Keri Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, La Bête Humaine, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Lee J. Cobb, Les Gémeaux, Lew Harper, Lewis Gilbert, liberation, lies, Louis Armstrong, Louis Theroux, love, M.C. Escher, machismo, manipulation, Margaret Dumont, Maria Bakalova, Mariette Hartley, Marisa Tomei, Mark Hamill, Marnie, marriage, Marx brothers, masterpieces, Max Fleischer, Maxfield Parrish, Melanie Griffith, men, Merrily We Go to Hell, Metropolis, Michael B. Jordan, mocumentaries, Monterey, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, murder, musicals, My Scientology Movie, mysteries, Netflix, noir, Norman Jewison, Olivia de Havilland, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Paul Grimault, Paul Newman, pirates, politics, poverty, pranks, psychological drama, race, racing, racism, Ralph Richardson, relationships, religion, René Clair, responsibility, retaliation, revenge, reviews, Richard E. Grant, rituals, Roald Dahl, Robert Wagner, Rollerball, Roman Polanski, romance, Ron Howard, Ross MacDonald, Rudolph Maté, Rudy Giuliani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Salvador Dalí, Samantha Eggar, Samuel L. Jackson, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, secrets, sequels, Sharon Tate, Shelley Winters, Simone Simon, slapstick, slavery, social satire, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man Far From Home, spies, sports, Star Wars, steampunk, Strother Martin, superheroes, supernatural, surrealism, Sylvia Sidney, symbolism, Thandie Newton, The Adventures of Tintin, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Crowd Roars, The Dark Past, The Drowning Pool, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Future, The Heiress, The Human Beast, The King and the Mockingbird, The Layabouts, The Light at the Edge of the World, The Patriot, The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The President’s Analyst, The Rise of Skywalker, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Tim Blake Nelson, Tippi Hedren, Tom Holland, Tortilla Flat, totalitarianism, tragedy, Transylvania, trauma, Ulcan, values, vampires, Van Heflin, Veronica Lake, Victor Fleming, vigilantes, Vin Diesel, violence, voodoo, Walt Disney, Washington Square, Will Geer, William Daniels, William Holden, William Wyler, Wojciech Kilar, You Only Live Twice, Yul Brynner, Zendaya, Zombi Child, zombies, zombiism | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020

Posted on July 26, 2021 by KPKeelan

. AUGUST 2020: A sombre time, but a great crop of movies! So many 4-and-a half and five-star films! Oh, the bounty, amid all the horror! Just pinch me. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Disability Revolution, activism, Adir Miller, Africa, Ali Ungár, American Indians, Americana, Americans with Disabilities Act, Andy Devine, animation, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mann, apartheid, Austrian cinema, beekeeping, bees, Bill Plympton, Bill Pullman, Bruno Ganz, Burt Lancaster, Camp Jened, Cannibal! The Musical, Carl Reiner, celebrity, Chris Evans, Christopher Plummer, Cinema Verite, closure, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, corporate crime, courtroom drama, Crip Camp, Criss Cross, Dan Duryea, dancing, Daniel Craig, Dark Waters, Delmer Daves, Devil’s Doorway, Dick Van Dyke, disability, documentaries, Don Johnson, Dorotha Segda, drama, dreams, Du Pont, Earl Hamner Jr., Edgar Buchanan, Edward Everett Horton, Esy Morales, family films, fantasy, Frank Oz, Fred Astaire, genocide, Ginger Rogers, Hair High, Henry Fonda, Holocaust, homesteading, Honeyland, human rights, humor, Hungarian cinema, I Married a Strange Person, Idiots & Angels, Ildikó Enyedi, Inside Daisy Clover, Israeli cinema, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jews, John Carradine, John Doucette, John Ford, John Wayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenya, Knives Out, M. Emmet Walsh, Macedonia, Macedonian cinema, magical realism, Mare Winningham, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Stone, Mau-Mau, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Shannon, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, murder, musicals, Mutant Aliens, My 20th Century, mysteries, Natalie Wood, Nazis, noir, Out in the Dark, people, Percy Helton, Peter Simonischek, Plymptoons, poisoning, pollution, queer cinema, racism, redemption, relationships, responsibility, revenge, Revengeance, Rian Johnson, Richard Brooks, Robert Redford, Robert Siodmak, Robert Taylor, Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon, satire, Sidney Poitier, Sigmund Freud, Slovakian cinema, Something of Value, South Africa, Spencer’s Mountain, Stagecoach, success, surrealism, survival, Teflon, The Comic, The Interpreter, The Matchmaker, the past, The Tobacconist, The Tune, The Waltons, Tim Robbins, Todd Haynes, Toni Collette, Top Hat, trauma, Trey Parker, tribalism, violence, Wally Cox, westerns, whodunit, World War II, Yvonne De Carlo | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (81): The Films of November 2018

Posted on July 5, 2021 by KPKeelan

. November: T’is the season for the studios to roll out the heavy guns. The cinema year generally gets better as it progresses toward the holiday season. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Copeland, action, Afghanistan, Afterimage, Amy Adams, Andie MacDowell, Andrzej Wajda, animation, anthologies, Aquaman, artists, Atomic Blonde, Barry Levinson, Batman v Superman, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, biography, bondage, Brendan Gleeson, California, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, circus freaks, classics, cold war, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, comedies, comic books, corruption, crime, Dave Franco, David Arquette, Dawn of Justice, Denzel Washington, Diane Lane, drama, Elton John, Emily Watson, ethics, exploitation, F. Murray Abraham, family, fantasy, Frank Oz, Gal Godot, Gonzo, Halle Berry, Harry Melling, Henry Cavill, Holly Hunter, Hugh Jackman, humor, Ingrid Bergman, Intermezzo, James MacAvoy, Jason Momoa, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeremy Irons, John Goodman, John Steinbeck, Julianne Moore, justice, Kathy Griffin, Kevin Clash, Kevin Costner, Kingsman, Laurence Fishburne, lesbian sex, Liam Neeson, Lois Lane, love, Luke Evans, marriage, Marvel Studios, Michael Gambon, Michael Shannon, Miss Piggy, morality, Muppets From Space, musicals, P.T. Barnum, Polish cinema, politics, polyamory, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, puppets, Ray Liotta, Rebecca Hall, relationships, repression, Rob Schneider, Robert Mitchum, Rock the Kasbah, Roman J. Israel Esq, romance, sadomasochism, spies, superheroes, Svensk Filmindustri, Swedish cinema, Taron Egerton, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen brothers, The Golden Circle, The Greatest Showman, The Red Pony, Tim Blake Nelson, Toby Jones, Tom Waits, Tyne Daly, violence, war, Watsonville, westerns, William Moulton Marston, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Zac Effron | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Frank Oz

FLIX PIX (1114): “STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Brings the Third Trilogy to a Close”

FLIX PIX (1063): “KNIVES OUT is a Stylish Whodunnit from Rian Johnson”

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

FLIX PIX (825): “Lookout Gonzo! It’s: MUPPETS FROM SPACE!”

FLIX PIX (535): “BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY with Kevin Clash”

KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (81): The Films of November 2018

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