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Tag Archives: Hugh Grant
FLIX PIX (634): “NOTTING HILL: Sweet, Predictable, Phony Fun”
NOTTING HILL (directed by Roger Michell, 1999) *** (out of 5) . > This ultra-commercial idea could have been concocted by focus group- and it probably was! . It’s a shameless formula film, all about pairing two box office stars … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, comedies, criticism, films, Hugh Grant, ideas, Julia Roberts, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Notting Hill, opinion, reviews, Roger Michell
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FLIX PIX (624): “A Wimpy AMERICAN DREAMZ”
AMERICAN DREAMZ (directed by Paul Weitz, 2006) **+ (out of 5) . > Deeply, profoundly cynical look at big media and celebrity culture that scores some easy points and has a few laughs at what twits we mindless consumers of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dreamz, art, cinema, comedies, criticism, Dennis Quaid, films, Hugh Grant, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Paul Weitz, reality TV, reviews, satire
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FLIX PIX (317): “The Tone-Deaf Pleasures of FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS”
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (directed by Stephen Frears, 2016) ***+ (out of 5) . > Good news: this film is just as charming as the trailer suggests. . Based on a true story about a high society patron of the arts in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arturo Toscanini, biography, Cole Porter, criticism, films, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Meryl Streep, movies, music, opinion, performance, reviews, Simon Helberg, Stephen Frears
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KPK on the CINEMA (66): The Films of AUGUST 2017
. This month we got us some history, some biography, some animation, some film noir- old and new, some rock ’n’ roll, new chapters in both the Planet of the Apes series and the Jason Bourne franchise, some great finds and one … Continue reading
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Tagged 49th Parallel, A Coffee in Berlin, A Dame to Kill For, ACLU, action, Alicia Vikander, Amy Sedaris, Andy Serkis, art, biography, Bruce Willis, Cameraperson, Canada, Captain Fantastic, Chasing Coral, Chicken Little, Christopher Lloyd, cinema, cinematography, collage films, comedy, Cosme McMoon, criticism, culture, Danish cinema, Denmark, Dennis Haysbert, Derek Flint, Disney animation, documentaries, Don Knotts, drama, drones, Eat That Question, Errol Morris, families, film, Florence Foster Jenkins, Frank Langella, Frank Zappa, Garry Marshall, German cinema, Get Out, Gloria Grahame, Glynis Johns, horror, Hugh Grant, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, In Like Flint, Jack Valenti, Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, James Coburn, Jan-Ole Gerster, Jason Bourne, Jessica Alba, Joel Edgerton, John Huston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Julia Styles, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Johnson, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Land of Mine, landmines, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Let There Be Light, Liberties Union, love, loving, marriage, Matt Damon, Matt Reeves, Meryl Streep, Mickey Roarke, motion-capture artists, movies, music, Natalie Portman, National Bird, Nazis, Nicholas Ray, parody, Patrick Stewart, Paul Greengrass, philosophy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Powers Boothe, propaganda, PTSD, Ray Liotta, Raymond Massey, reviews, Roasrio Dawson, Roland Møller, romance, Ruth Negga, satire, science fiction, sequels, shell shock, Simon Helberg, Sin City, Stacy Keach, Steve Zahn, terrorists, therapy, thriller, Viggo Mortensen, War For the Planet of the Apes, war on terror, Wim Wenders, wit, Woody Harrelson, World War II, Zach Branff
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KPK on the CINEMA (36): The Films of DECEMBER 2014
. I saw 26 films he final month of 2014, ranging from the dismal (THE ELEMENT OF CRIME) to the sublime (SAMSARA). Hopefully, you can learn from my experience. You will note I do not limit myself to movies released … Continue reading
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Tagged A King in New York, A Man Within, A Summer's Tale, Adam's Apples, animation, arts, Burroughs, Charlie Chaplin, cinema, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dr. Seuss, Eric Rohmer, film criticism, films, Garrison Keillor, Goldie Hawn, Horton Hears a Who, Hugh Grant, ideas, Jean Luc Godard, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jim Carrey, John Lennon, Julia Roberts, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars von Trier, Les Carabiners, Love is All You Need, Mads Mikkelsen, Map of the Human Heart, Midnight, movies, Nine Lives, Notting Hill, opinion, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Jackson, Peter Sellers, Ransom, reviews, Ron Fricke, Runnin' Down a Dream, Samsara, Steve Carell, The Battle of the Five Armies, The Element of Crime, The Hobbit, The Lover, The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes, The Normal Heart, The Other Boylen Girl, The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, The Woodmans, There's a Girl in My Soup, Tom Petty, Track of the Cat, Ulrich Thomsen, Vincent Ward, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney, William Wellman
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FLIX PIX (9): “KPK Reacts to CLOUD ATLAS”
CLOUD ATLAS (directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, 2012) **** (out of 5) * > I’ve been looking forward to the latest effort from the former Wachowski brothers for months. (Now, the Wachowski siblings, since one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Wachowski, arts, cinema, Cloud Atlas, entertainment, film criticism, films, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lana Wachowski, movies, opinion, reviews, Susan Sarandon, Tom Hanks, Tom Tykwer
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