Tag Archives: John David Washington

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 (699): “Spike Lee Scores With BLACKKKLANSMAN”

Posted on August 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

BLACKKKLANSMAN (directed by Spike Lee, 2018) **** (out of 5) . > This Spike Lee joint made a splash! Not sure how it fared at the box office, but it sure generated Big Buzz! . People are talking about a Spike … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, art, biography, Blackkklansman, blacksploitation, cinema, crime, criticism, David Duke, films, Harry Belafonte, history, ideas, John David Washington, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Ku Klux Klan, law enforcement, Michael Buscemi, movies, opinion, racism, reviews, Ron Stallworth, Spike Lee, the KKK, Topher Grace | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (110): The Films of April 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Oscar season! O rapture. (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.) > This month I review the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, A Man For All Seasons, abuse, action, addiction, aging, Aida?, alcohol, alcoholism, ambition, Americans, Andra day, animation, Another Round, Australian cinema, Bertrand Tavernier, big agra, biography, blockbusters, Bo Burnham, Bosnian cinema, brotherhood, Bruce Beresford, campers, capitalism, Carey Mulligan, caste system, Catholic church, childbirth, childhood, Chilean cinema, Chloé Zhao, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, class, Clémence Poésy, Collective, comedies, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, criminals, Danish cinema, David Straithairn, death, Death Watch, Disney, documentaries, drama, dramas, drinking, drugs, dying, economic refugees, economics, Ed Harris, elderly, Ellen Burstyn, England, ethnic cleansing, family, family drama, fantasy, farming, fires, Francis McDormand, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Garrett Hedlund, gay films, gender, genocide, George MacKay, George Patton, globalism, government, grief, grieving, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Helena Zengel, Henry Fonda, Himesh Patel, historical drama, Holocaust, humanity, identity, India, itinerant workers, Jasna Đuričić, jazz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jews, John David Washington, John Hurt, John Ratzenberger, journalism, justice, Kanopy, Kenneth Branagh, King Henry VIII, Klaus Barbie, Korean immigrants, Lee Daniels, legends, Leo McKern, lesbians, Leslie Jordan, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Marcel Marceau, mass murder, Matthias Schweighöfer, media, medical fraud, Michael Caine, midwives, Minari, musicians, Natasha Lyonne, Nazis, Netflix, News of the World, Nicholas Hoult, noir, Nomadland, nursing homes, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Paul Greengrass, Paul Scofield, peer pressure, people, persecution, Pieces of a Woman, Pixar, politics, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Promising Young Woman, Puberty Blues, Quo Vadis, racism, rape, rebellion, rebels, relationships, reporters, resistance, revenge, Robert Bolt, Robert Pattinson, Robert Shaw, romance, Romanian cinema, Romy Schneider, Russell Crowe, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sexism, Shia LaBeouf, social criticism, Strange Fruit, success, supernatural, surf culture, survival, Susannah York, Sylvia Sidney, Tallulah Bankhead, Tenent, The Mole Agent, the press, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman, tragedy, Trevante Rhodes, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, visual effects, war crimes, We the Animals, Wendy Hiller, westerns, World War II, You Only Live Once, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (109): The Films of March 2021

Posted on August 2, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MARCH 2021: The month that was and the films that made it memorable. Dig in, compatriots! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, adventure, Africa, animation, arts, Aubrey Morris, Audrey Hepburn, biography, Bluebeard, Britt Ekland, buddy films, Carroll Ballard, Catherine Breillat, Chinese culture, Christianity, Christine, Christine Chubbuck, Christopher Lee, Christopher Nolan, cinema, classics, comedies, coming of age, con artists, crime, criticism, David Lynch, deafness, Denholm Elliott, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dune, Ed Asner, Edward Woodward, entertainment, epics, equality, fairytales, family, family films, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, folktales, Frank Herbert, French cinema, friendship, Garret Gilchrist, genius, grifters, hearing, heavy metal, Himesh Patel, historical fantasy, historical fiction, honor, horror, horses, Hoyt Axton, human sacrifice, Ian Holm, ideas, infidelity, James Garner, Jane Fonda, jealousy, Jeff Bridges, John Brown, John David Washington, journalism, Kathy Bates, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kirikou and the Men and Women, Kirikou and the Sorceress, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kyle MacLachlan, legends, Little John, loss, Louis Gossett Jr, Maid Marian, marriage, masterpieces, mental illness, Michael C. Hall, Michael Caine, Michel Ocelot, Mickey Rooney, movies, Mulan, murder, My Octopus Teacher, mystery, nature, Nicol Williamson, oceans, Olivia Cooke, opinion, paganism, Preston Sturges, race, racing, Raul Julia, reviews, Rex Harrison, Richard Harris, Richard Lester, Richard the Lionheart, Richard Williams, rites, rituals, Riz Ahmed, Robert Pattinson, Robin and Marian, Robin Hood, romance, Royal Dano, sci-fi, science fiction, Scotland, Sean Connery, Sheriff of Nottingham, Sidney Lumet, Skin Game, slavery, Sound of Metal, suicide, surrealism, Susan Clark, suspense, Tenent, Terri Garr, The Black Stallion, The Morning After, The Sleeping Beauty, The Thief and the Cobbler, The Wicker Man, Tracy Letts, tragedy, TV news, Unfaithfully Yours, Vincent Price, war, wildlife, Youssou N'Dour | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (79): The Films of September 2018

Posted on July 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. A brand new month, a brand new crop o’ films! A lifetime love of movies. (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get that 5 star designation.) (Titles in … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 12, 12 Angry Men, A Street Cat Named Bob, Adam Driver, addiction, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Payne, Ali Fazal, Anna Kendrick, art, Asim Abbasi, Ben Foster, biography, Blackkklansman, blacksploitation, Born in China, buskers, Cake, China, Christian Bale, cinema, comedy, corruption, criticism, Dave Franco, David Duke, Denis Villeneuve, destruction, disaster films, Disneynature, documentaries, doppelgangers, Downsizing, drama, Eddie Izzard, Enemy, extinction, films, Forest Whitaker, Fred Armisen, genocide, golden monkeys, Harry Belafonte, Hillary Swank, history, Hostiles, How It Ends, ideas, India, Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bowen, Jennifer Aniston, Jesse Plemons, John C. Reilly, John David Washington, John Krakowski, John Maclean, Judi Dench, juries, justice, Kat Graham, Kate Micucci, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luke Treadaway, Matt Damon, Michael Buscemi, Michael Fassbender, Michael Gambon, Michael Peña, movies, murder, Natural disasters, nature, Nick Offerman, Nikita Mikhalov, Olivia Williams, opinion, overpopulation, pandas, police brutality, psychological thrillers, racism, reviews, Roger Spottiswoode, Ron Stallworth, Rosamund Pike, Russian cinema, Sam Worthington, sci-fi, Scott Cooper, Simon Callow, singers, Slow West, snow leopards, special effects, Spike Lee, success, surrealism, The Decameron, The Homesman, the Indian Wars, the Ku Klux Klan, The Little Hours, the seventies, Theo James, Tommy Lee Jones, Topher Grace, tragedy, Victoria & Abdul, Wes Studi, westerns, wildlife | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: John David Washington

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

FLIX PIX (699): “Spike Lee Scores With BLACKKKLANSMAN”

KPK on the CINEMA (109): The Films of March 2021

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