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FLIX PIX (1033): “THE SEA BEAST is Terrific Animated Adventure”

Posted on March 13, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE SEA BEAST (directed by Chris Williams, 2022) ****+ (out of 5) . > The word that best describes this Netflix animated Oscar contender is “terrific”. By most measures, THE SEA BEAST is simply terrific. . Not surprising I guess, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, Chris Williams, cinema, criticism, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, heroism, ideas, Jared Harris, Karl Urban, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Netflix, opinion, reviews, The Sea Beast | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (132): “The Films of February 2023”

Posted on March 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > February is often the best movie month for me. By this time of year, all the Oscar nominees are well known and I have begun the annual quest to see all the films honored in major categories. By … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, action, Adolf Hitler, All Quiet on the Western Front, All That Breathes, Angela Cartwright, animal rescue, animal welfare, animation, antisemitism, Au Hazard Balthazar, autobiography, Ben Affleck, Ben Whishaw, Benito Mussolini, biography, black comedy, boxers, boxing, Carlo Collodi, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Chris Williams, Christoph Waltz, civilization, Claire Foy, Clarence Williams III, class, classic literature, climbing, Colin Firth, comedy, coming of age, compassion, control, corruption, couples, crime, criminals, cruelty, Daniel Brühl, Daniel Craig, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, David John Bradley, David Lynch, Dean Jones, deceit, Dennis Farina, Detective Benoit Blanc, documentaries, Donal Logue, drama, Edward Berger, Edward Norton, empathy, Empire of Light, England, environment, Eo, Ewan McGregor, exploitation, fairy tales, faith, Fall, families, fantasy, fascist Italy, Felix Kammerer, filmmakers, filmmaking, Fire of Love, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, Gabriel LaBelle, Gary Sinise, gender, gender roles, German cinema, Glass Onion, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, HBO, heroism, Hindi language, hubris, humanism, humor, identity, Indian cinema, injustice, interracial couples, Israeli cinema, Janelle Monáe, Jared Harris, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jessie Buckley, John Ford, John Frankenheimer, John Turturro, John Williams, Judd Hirsch, justice, Karl Urban, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Katia Krafft, kindness, Kites, Leslie Odom Jr., love, marriage, Maurice Krafft, media influencers, mental illness, Micheal Ward, Michele Williams, Mohammad Saud, murder mystery, musicals, My Neighbor Adolf, Nadeem Shehzad, nature, Netflix, New Delhi, obsession, Olivia Colman, parenting, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Polish cinema, pollution, power, prisoners, privilege, racism, rape, recklessness, Reindeer Games, relationships, religious fundamentalism, remakes, revenge, Rian Johnson, Robert Loggia, Robert Wise, Rocky Graziano, romance, Ron Jeremy, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ruben Östlund, sacrifice, Sal Mineo, Sam Mendes, Sarah Polley, satire, science, scientists, Seth Rogan, sexism, social commentary, Somebody Up There Likes Me, spirituality, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, suicide, supernatural, survival, Thatcherism, The Fabelmans, The Sea Beast, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Tony Kushner, tragedy, transgender, trauma, Triangle of Sadness, violence, vulcanism, wealth, Women Talking, World War I | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (462): “Another Intergalactic Adventure in STAR TREK BEYOND”

Posted on April 7, 2022 by KPKeelan

STAR TREK BEYOND (directed by Justin Lin, 2016) *** (out of 5) . > This latest installment of the long-running popular series did well at the box office, but was not much loved by Trekkies and got widely maligned by … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Chris Pine, cinema, criticism, drama, films, ideas, Idris Elba, John Cho, Justin Lin, Karl Urban, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, science fiction, Simon Pegg, Sofia Boutella, Star Trek Beyond, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | 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 (60): The Films of FEBRUARY 2017

Posted on June 14, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Whew. Busy month, Brace yerself maties. The Sea of Cinema yielded a bountiful harvest in February! (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Hard Day's Night, action, Adam Driver, Adam West, Albert Brooks, Alun Owen, animation, autism, Barack Obama, Beatlemania, Bedazzled, biography, Boy & the World, Brazilian cinema, brothers, Captain America Civil War, Captain Kirk, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, cinema, Civil War, comedies, cults, Damien Chazelle, Diane Keaton, disease, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Ellen DeGeneres, Elvis & Nixon, Elvis Presley, Emma Stone, erotica, estrangement, Eugene Levy, fantasies, film criticism, films, Finding Dory, Güneş Şensoy, horror, Iceland, Icelandic cinema, Idris Elba, Into the Inferno, Jason Lin, Jeff Nichols, Joel Edgerton, John Cho, Karl Urban, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Spacey, Kirsten Dunst, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, La La Land, Life Animated, livestock, Manchester By the Sea, Marvel Studios, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Michelle Obama, Michelle Williams, Midnight Special, movies, musicals, Mustang, Netflix, Norwegian cinema, opinion, Owen Susskind, paranormal, Parker Sawyers, Peter Cook, Pixar, Rams, Raquel Welch, reviews, Richard Lester, Richard Nixon, Roar Uthaug, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Robyn Davidson, rock 'n' Roll, Roger Ebert, romance, Ron Susskind, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Satan Comes to Eden, science fiction, Simon Pegg, Southside With You, Stanley Donen, Star Trek Beyond, supernatural, The Beatles, The Boy, the Congo, The Duke of Burgundy, The Galapagos Affair, The Square, The Wave, thrillers, Tika Sumpter, Tracks, tragedy, Turkish cinema, Virunga, volcanoes, Werner Herzog, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | 2 Comments

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