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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

Posted on December 2, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > There goes November. Here comes the heavy hitters of Oscarbait season. Some good stuff this month- and I suspect, some great stuff next month! Let’s get started: (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Time For Drunken Horses, Abu Ghraib, adaptations, Adolphe Menjou, Alan J. Pakula, All the Light We Cannot See, American culture, Amy Sedaris, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, animation, Anthony Doerr, Aria Mia Loberti, armed conflict, artists, arts, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Sukowa, battle, Ben Kingsley, Ben Platt, biography, Bob Balaban, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Cameron Mitchell, Catherine O'Hara, celebrity, Cheaper By the Dozen, child actors, child labor, child soldiers, cinema, circus, classics, Clifton Webb, Columbian cinema, comedies, comedy, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, conspiracies, crime, criminals, criticism, Cromwell, cults, culture, Dalíland, Dark City, Dermot Mulroney, Desperate Souls, Devi, directing, Disney, documentaries, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward G. Robinson, Elemental, Elia Kazan, entertainment, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, escapes, espionage, European history, exploitation, fame, families, family, family films, fantasy, farce, fascism, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Lederer, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr., Fredric March, fundamentalism, Gala Dalí, gambling, Gloria Grahame, greed, guerillas, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hinduism, historical epics, history, horror, Hugh Laurie, Hume Cronyn, hysteria, ideas, Indian cinema, injustice, Iranian cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cho, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Josephine, Jude Law, Julianne Nicholson, Kal Penn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars Eidinger, Liam Neeson, Louis Hoffman, love, Man on a Tightrope, Manos, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, movies, Myrna Loy, Nancy Buirski, Napoleon, nature, Nazis, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, Nick Lieberman, obsession, occupied France, opinion, Oscar Isaacs, parents, parody, patriarchy, Paul Lukas, Paul Schrader, Paula Prentiss, persecution, personalities, Pixar, political assassinations, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, precious gems, professional gamblers, PTSD, radio, rebels, relationships, religion, resistance fighters, revenge, reviews, Richard Boone, Ridley Scott, Rob Corddry, Robert Sherwood, romance, Rose Byrne, Saint-Malo, Salvador Dalí, satire, Satyajit Ray, screenwriting, sequels, smuggling, spectacle, spies, spirituality, spoofs, Spy, superstition, survival, The Card Counter, The Conqueror Worm, The Grey, The Parallax View, Theater Camp, thrillers, Tiffany Haddish, torture, totalitarianism, tradition, true stories, TV miniseries, Tye Sheridan, Vanessa Kirby, Vincent Price, violence, war, Warren Beatty, William Daniels, witch hunts, Witchfinder General, wolves, World War II, zealotry | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (134): “The Films of April 2023”

Posted on May 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Dudes and dudettes! It would appear we are both still alive at the time of this posting. Good thing there are always more films to see in this world- hopefully good ones! April was a pretty middling month for … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Afrofuturism, Alan Hale, Alice Cooper, Andy Warhol, Angela Bassett, animation, Antonio Banderas, arts, biography, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, cinema, civil rights, comedy, Conan O'Brien, Connie Chung, Coolio, criticism, Daniel Radcliffe, Danielle Deadwyler, death, Devo, Diana Ross, Divine, Dr. Demento, drama, Dreamworks, Emmett Till, entertainment, environmental terrorism, Eric Appel, Evan Rachel Wood, family, fantasy, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, Fredric March, Gallagher, George Miller, Harvey Guillén, heroes, Hooters, Hulk Hogan, humor, Icelandic cinema, ideas, Idris Elba, Jack Black, James LeGros, John Carradine, John Mulaney, Josh Groban, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julianne Nicholson, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, Larry King, Lea DeLaria, Letitia Wright, Lin-Manuel Miranda, love, Lupita Nyong’o, lynching, Madonna, Mamie Till-Bradley, Martin Freeman, Marvel Studios, Medgar Evers, Michael McKean, Mississippi, Mississippi River, monkeywrenching, movies, murder, music, musicians, Olivia Colman, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, Pablo Escobar, parody, Patton Oswalt, Pee Wee Herman, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Quinta Brunson, racism, Rainn Wilson, Ray Winstone, redemption, Regina Hall, relationships, reviews, romance, sacrifice, Salma Hayek Pinault, Salvador Dalí, Samuel Clemons, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seth Green, Shrek, spinoffs, steamboats, storytelling, superheroes, supernatural, Support the Girls, The Adventures of Mark Twain, the south, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Till, Tiny Tim, Toby Huss, tragedy, U.S. history, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Forte, wit, Wolfman Jack, Woman at War, workers | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1046): “Get WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY!”

Posted on April 10, 2023 by KPKeelan

WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY (directed by Eric Appel, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > O, bliss! This wacky pseudo-biopic of the great accordion-wielding parodyist is that rare animal- a comedy as fun (and funny!) as you hope it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alice Cooper, Andy Warhol, arts, biography, cinema, comedy, Conan O'Brien, Connie Chung, Coolio, criticism, Daniel Radcliffe, Devo, Diana Ross, Divine, Dr. Demento, entertainment, Eric Appel, Evan Rachel Wood, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, Gallagher, Hulk Hogan, humor, ideas, Jack Black, Josh Groban, Julianne Nicholson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Larry King, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Madonna, Michael McKean, movies, music, musicians, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, Pablo Escobar, parody, Patton Oswalt, Pee Wee Herman, Quinta Brunson, Rainn Wilson, reviews, Salvador Dalí, satire, Seth Green, Tiny Tim, Toby Huss, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Will Forte, wit, Wolfman Jack | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

Posted on April 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Time marches on, relentlessly, doesn’t it? 2023?! What happened to 2003? Well, here they are: the films of March 2023. Don’t blink, or another decade will pass you by… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, activism, addiction, Adrien Brody, Africa, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Ana de Arman, Andrew Dominik, Angélique Kidjo, animation, Ann-Margret, Anthony Perkins, Art Garfunkle, Arthur Miller, artists, attitudes, Babylon, basketball, big pharma, Billy Wilder, biography, Blonde, Bobby Cannavale, Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, British cinema, Candice Bergen, Carnal Knowledge, Carol Kane, Chloe Fineman, Chris Evans, Chris Lemmon, comedies, comedy, coming of age, corporate greed, corruption, couples, Dale Soules, Damien Chazelle, Darryl F. Zanuck, debauchery, Diego Calva, disillusionment, drama, drugs, Edward G. Robinson, Eric Roberts, ethics, excess, exploitation, fantasy, fictional biography, Flea, gender roles, gender stereotypes, HBO, historical epics, historical fiction, Hollywood, Howard Lindsay, Ian Holm, Irving Thalberg, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicolson, James Brolin, James Goldman, James Wong Howe, Jane Fonda, Janet Suzman, Jean Smart, Joe DiMaggio, John Boyega, John F. Kennedy, John McEnery, Joseph Cotton, Joshua Logan, Joyce Carol Oats, Jules Feiffer, Julianne Nicholson, justice, Katherine Waterson, Keke Palmer, Laurence Oliver, Lightyear, Lukas Haas, male sexuality, Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Davies, Max Minghella, Michael Jayston, Michael Redgrave, moviemaking, museums, Nan Goldin, Nicholas and Alexandra, opiates, origin stories, Oxycontin, philanthropy, photography, Pixel, politics, profit, protest, Rasputin, Ray Walston, resistance, revolution, Rita Moreno, Robert Redford, romance, Russel Crouse, Russian history, Sackler family, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, sex, silent films, slave trade, Spike Jonze, Stalin, Taika Waititi, talkies, Tall Story, the Kingdom of Dahomey, The Woman King, Tobey McGuire, Tom Laughlin, Toy Story, tragedy, Trotsky, Tsar Nicholas II, Viola Davis, violence, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (509): “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and a Family Tearing at the Seams”

Posted on April 30, 2022 by KPKeelan

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (directed by John Wells, 2013) *** (out of 5) . > Tracy Letts adapted the screenplay from his own stage play, a story about family dysfunction on the plains of Oklahoma. . Patriarch Sam Shepard goes missing one … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, August: Osage County, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, cinema, criticism, drama, dysfunction, families, films, ideas, John Wells, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Margo Martindale, Meryl Streep, movies, Oklahoma, opinion, reviews, Sam Shepard, Tracy Letts | 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: Julianne Nicholson

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (134): “The Films of April 2023”

FLIX PIX (1046): “Get WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY!”

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

FLIX PIX (509): “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and a Family Tearing at the Seams”

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

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