Tag Archives: heists

FLIX PIX (1266): “Paul Newman and Robert Redford Pull Off THE STING”

Posted on May 17, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE STING (directed by George Roy Hill, 1973) **** (out of 5) . > This George Roy Hill caper/revenge was a huge box office and critical hit, garnering much Oscar attention, and winning Best Picture of 1973. . It seems like … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, capers, Charles Durning, cinema, con men, criticism, drama, Eileen Brennan, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, George Roy Hill, grifters, heists, ideas, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marvin Hamlisch, movies, opinion, Paul Newman, Ray Walston, revenge, reviews, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Scott Joplin, The Entertainer, The Sting | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

Posted on March 23, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE ANDERSON TAPES (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1971) *** (out of 5) . > Hollywood stalwart Sidney Lumet directed Sean Connery in this middling crime caper about ex-con John “Duke” Anderson- a professional thief, just out of jail and already looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alan King, arts, capers, Christopher Walken, cinema, crime, criticism, drama, Dyan Cannon, entertainment, films, heists, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin Balsom, movies, opinion, Quincy Jones, reviews, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, surveillance, The Anderson Tapes | Leave a comment

QuickPix (21): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 7”

Posted on January 13, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged art, capers, cinema, coming of age, crime, criticism, entertainment, Fill the Void, films, French cinema, growing up, heists, ideas, Israeli cinema, Jewish traditions, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, marriage, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Rififi, Sleepless Night, thrillers, Water Lilies | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (127): “The Films of September 2022”

Posted on January 16, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Once more, fellow cinephiles- into the fray! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 6 films: AFTER THE FOX … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged After the Fox, Anders Danielsen Lie, Anne Boylen, Anne of the Thousand Days, Anthony Quale, arts, baseball, Britt Eklund, Burt Bacharach, celebrity, cinema, classics, comedy, crime, criticism, Danish cinema people, drama, drugs, English history, entertainment, espionage, families, farce, filmmaking, films, Flix Pix, Genevieve Bujold, Giancarlo Giannini, guilt, Guy Pearce, heists, history, humor, ideas, Irene Papas, Jeff Daniels, Joachim Trier, justice, Kevin Keelan, King Henry VIII, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Mark Strong, Matt Damon, Maxwell Anderson, Michael Hordern, Moe Berg, movies, murder, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicolas Cage, opinion, Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Pedro Pascal, Peter Sellers, relationships, Renate Reinsve, reviews, Richard Burton, romance, satire, stardom, Stillwater, The Catcher Was a Spy, The Hollies, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Worst Person in the World, Tiffany Haddish, Tom McCarthy, Tom Wilkinson, tragedy, Victor Mature, Vittorio de Sica, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (761): “TRIPLE FRONTIER is Testosterone-Pumped Entertainment”

Posted on September 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

TRIPLE FRONTIER (directed by J. C. Chandor, 2018) *** (out of 5) . > Netflix produced this testosterone-pumped action flick. Apparently not everything they produce is highbrow. It’s an action/thriller about a group of despondent men who felt abandoned and emasculated … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, art, Ben Affleck, Charlie Human, cinema, crime, criticism, films, Garrett Hedlund, heists, ideas, J.C. Chandor, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, reviews, Triple Frontier | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (123): “The Films of May 2022”

Posted on August 31, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > MAY 2022. Months overdue, but this baby is delivered! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 10 films: KELLY’S … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Adolfo Celi, adventure, Adventures of Don Juan, Alan Hale, Alfred Molina, Andrew Garfield, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Hecht, Benedict Cumberbatch, black comedy, Burgess Meredith, Carol O’Connor, Carole Lombard, Charles Boyer, class, classics, Cliff Robertson, Clint Eastwood, Cluny Brown, comedies, comedy, comics, crime, David O. Selznick, Diana Rigg, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Dorothy Parker, drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Errol Flynn, Eva Marie Saint, Eve Arden, Exodus, fantasy, Fredric March, Gavin MacLeod, gender, George S. Kaufman, Harry Dean Stanton, Hattie McDaniel, heists, historical epics, Israel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Jones, Jews, Kelly’s Heroes, Last Night in Soho, Lee J. Cobb, London, Maggie Smith, Margaret Hamilton, Marisa Tomei, marriage, Marvel, Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon, Moss Hart, murder, mystery, Nothing Sacred, Otto Preminger, Paul Newman, Peter Lawford, Peter Parker, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Burr, relationships, Rex Harrison, Richard Haydn, Ring Lardner Jr., Rita Tushingham, romance, Sal Mineo, scams, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spain, Spider-Man: No Way Home, superheroes, supernatural, Susan Hayward, suspense, swashbuckling, swordplay, Telly Savalas, Terence Stamp, That Uncertain Feeling, The Honey Pot, Thomas Haden Church, Thomasin McKenzie, Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland, Una O'Connor, Willem Dafoe, William Wellman, World War II, Zendaya | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (119): “The Films of January 2022”

Posted on March 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > We survived 2021?? How the fuck did THAT happen??? (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 expanded for Flix Pix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Adam Driver, adventure, American politics, Americana, Andrew Garfield, animation, anthologies, artists, arts, B. B. King, Barbara Stanwyck, Being the Ricardos, Belfast, Ben Johnson, biographies, biography, black culture, Blackstar, Boom, British Agent, British cinema, carnies, carnival midway, Catholics, celebrity, Cesar Romero, Cherry Jones, childhood, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, civil rights, classics, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, comedy, coming of age, con artists, concerts, conflict, Crete, crime, Cybill Shepherd, cynicism, David Bowie, death, Desi Arnaz, Disney, division, documentaries, documentary, drama, Edward Arnold, Eileen Brennan, Eli Wallach, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Burstyn, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, evangelism, exploitation, film criticism, film noir, films, Frank Capra, fraud, French cinema, French history, Gary Cooper, George Clooney, German cinema, Gladys Knight & the Pips, grifters, Guillermo Del Toro, Haley Mills, Harlem, Harlem Cultural Festival, heists, historical drama, history, Hollywood couples, honor, House Un-American Activities Commission, HUAC, hubris, ideas, insight, Ireland, Irish playwrights, Irish politics, J.K. Simmons, Jack Cardiff, Jack MacGowran, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Davies, Jerry Falwell, Jessica Chastain, Jim Baker, Jim Bakker, Joan Blondell, John Ford, Joseph Losey, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Julie Christie, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lazarus, Lenin, Leslie Howard, Lucille Ball, Maggie Smith, manipulation, marriage, Matt Damon, Max Roach, Meet John Doe, memory, Michael Curtiz, mind control, movies, music, Natascha McElhone, Nicole Kidman, Nightmare Alley, Nina Simone, Noel Coward, Northern Ireland, opinion, patriotism, Peter Bogdanovich, politics, populism, Protestants, Questlove, race, Randy Quaid, rape, red scare, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Richard Burton, Ridley Scott, rivalry, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, satire, scandals, sci-fi, science fiction, Seán O'Casey, silent films, Sly & the Family Stone, small towns, Solaris, soul music, spies, spiritualism, Sterling Holloway, Steven Soderbergh, Stevie Wonder, success, suggestions, Summer of Soul, surrealism, Tammy Faye Bakker, Tennessee Williams, Texas, the 5th Dimension, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The House, The Last Duel, The Last Five Years, The Last Picture Show, The Moon-Spinners, The Next Day, The Oyster Princess, The Plow and the Stars, the Russian revolution, the Staples Singers, the troubles, Timothy Bottoms, tribalism, Tyrone Power, Vincent D’Onofrio, Viola Davis, violence, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised, Young Cassidy | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (328): “Danny Boyle’s Sexy: TRANCE”

Posted on January 30, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by Danny Boyle, 2013) **+ (out of 5) * > Iconoclastic indie director Danny Boyle delivers another interesting failure, in this story about an insider art heist gone awry, when a blow to the head causes a dangerous memory lapse … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, crime, criticism, Danny Boyle, drama, films, heists, ideas, James McAvoy, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, nudity, opinion, reviews, Rosario Dawson, Trance | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

Posted on July 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MAY 2020 and the “shelter-in-place” lockdown drones on… Seeing boatloads of great films, but too much sitting down! Starting to feel like the film reviewer’s equivalent of John Lennon’s complaint “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”- only that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Brighter Summer Day, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Molina, Anne Bancroft, art, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Hiller, bank robberies, banned films, Ben Gazzara, capers, censorship, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, comedies, coming of age, Constance Towers, controversy, crime, criticism, Dan Duryea, Dean Stockwell, death, Denholm Elliott, Dick Shawn, divorce, drama, drug dealing, Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Young, Emil Jannings, England, environmental illness, erotica, ethics, experimental film, families, family, family films, fantasy, Fay Wray, feudal Japan, feudalism, film noir, films, folklore, French cinema, Fritz Lang, futurism, gangs, Gary Oldman, Geoffrey Chaucer, German cinema, grief, H. G. Welles, HAL, HarBel Productions, Harry Belafonte, heists, Holy Rollers, horror, humanity, I Am Curious (Yellow), ideas, Imitation of Life, injustice, Irène Jacob, irony, Italian cinema, Japanese cinema, jealousy, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jesse Eisenberg, Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Ford, John Wayne, Jonathan Winters, Joseph Losey, Julianne Moore, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, justice, Justin Bartha, Keir Dullea, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Lena Nyman, Louise Beavers, love, masterpieces, Meantime, metaphor, Mike Leigh, miracles, morality, murder, Natalie Wood, Ned Sparks, obsession, Odds Against Tomorrow, opinion, Orthodox Jews, Pat O'Brien, peace, Penelope, people, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Falk, Phil Daniels, Pier Pasolini, pimps, power, racism, revenge, reviews, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Roland Young, romance, Ronin, Safe, Saint Jack, samurai, Sanjuro, Sansho the Bailiff, Scarlet Street, science fiction, sex, sexuality, silent films, Singapore, slavery, smuggling, socialism, Stanley Kubrick, suicide, suspense, Swedish cinema, Sydney Pollack, Taiwan, Telly Savalas, Thatcherism, The Boy With Green Hair, The Canterbury Tales, The Circus, the Civil War, The Horse Soldiers, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Most Dangerous Game, The Slender Thread, Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: Red, Three Colours: White, Tim Roth, Todd Haynes, Toshiro Mifune, tragedy, trilogies, Turner Classic Movies, Variety, Vilgot Sjöman, violence, William Holden, women, World War II, youth, Zbigniew Zamachowski | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

Posted on July 10, 2021 by KPKeelan

. APRIL! The earth keeps turning. And away we go… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to receive a full 5 stars.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix Pix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adam McKay, alcoholism, Alex Honnold, All the Way, American history, Americana, Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, art, Bing Crosby, biography, Boy Erased, Bradley Whitford, Bryan Cranston, Burning, capers, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, Closed Curtain, Colin Farrell, comedy, Damien Chazelle, Danny DeVito, Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back, Dick Cheney, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dumbo, El Capitan, ethics, F.W. Murnau, fantasy, films, First Man, Frank Capra, Frank Langella, Free Solo, freeclimbing, Gary Cooper, gay conversion therapy, German cinema, Grace Kelly, Hal Roach, heists, hitmen, horror, Iranian cinema, Italian cinema, Jafar Panahi, Jean Arthur, Jessica Harper, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Keelan, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Bird Johnson, Last Flag Flying, Laurence Fishburne, LBJ, Liam Neeson, Lucas Hedges, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lynne Cheney, Martin Luther King, Melissa Leo, Michael Keaton, morality, mountain climbing, movies, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, music, Muslim culture, National Geographic, Neil Armstrong, Netflix, Nicole Kidman, Nosferatu, obsession, opinion, politics, power, Quincy, Quincy Jones, relationships, repression, reviews, Richard Linklater, Richard Russell, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, silent films, spaceflight, special effects, Steve Carell, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, Steven Yeun, surrealism, Suspiria, The Circus, The Country Girl, Tim Burton, Tom Wilkinson, tragedy, vampires, veterans, Vice, Viola Davis, war, Widows, William Holden | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: heists

FLIX PIX (1266): “Paul Newman and Robert Redford Pull Off THE STING”

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

QuickPix (21): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 7”

KPK on the CINEMA (127): “The Films of September 2022”

FLIX PIX (761): “TRIPLE FRONTIER is Testosterone-Pumped Entertainment”

KPK on the CINEMA (123): “The Films of May 2022”

KPK on the CINEMA (119): “The Films of January 2022”

FLIX PIX (328): “Danny Boyle’s Sexy: TRANCE”

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

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