Tag Archives: Kenneth Branagh

QuickPix (17): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

Posted on January 11, 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 Aaron Sorkin, Alec Guinness, art, baseball, Ben Hecht, Brad Pitt, British cinema, cinema, classics, comedies, criticism, Design For Living, entertainment, films, Gary Cooper, humor, ideas, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laurence Oliver, Marilyn Monroe, Michele Williams, Miriam Hopkins, Moneyball, movies, My Week With Marylin, Noel Coward, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, romance, sports, The Horse's Mouth, Wallace Beery, wit | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1035): “Nobody Knows BELFAST Like Kenneth Branagh”

Posted on March 17, 2023 by KPKeelan

BELFAST (directed by Kenneth Branagh, 2021) ****+ (out of 5) . > Altogether, over 14 visits to the Emerald Isle, I figure I’ve spent about six weeks of my life in the fascinating Northern Irish city of Belfast. . I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Belfast, Catholics, childhood, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, coming of age, conflict, criticism, division, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Irish politics, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, memory, movies, Northern Ireland, opinion, Protestants, religion, reviews, the troubles, tribalism, violence | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (614): “Chris Pine is Jack Ryan: SHADOW RECRUIT”

Posted on June 22, 2022 by KPKeelan

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (directed by Kenneth Branagh, 2014) ***+ (out of 5) . > Hey, this was good! . Screen hunk Chris Pine, (A.K.A. young Capt. Kirk), was the right man for the job, in this reboot of the Tom … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Chris Pine, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Jack Ryan, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Shadow Recruit, spies, Tom Clancy | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (599): “Kenneth Branagh Reinterprets Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT”

Posted on June 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

AS YOU LIKE IT (directed by Kenneth Branagh, 2006) *** (out of 5) . > I love all the works attributed to William Shakespeare, and I have enjoyed all of Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic expressions of these classic plays. . Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alfred Molina, art, As You Like It, Brian Blessed, Bryce Dallas Howard, cinema, classic literature, comedies, criticism, David Oyelowo, films, ideas, Janet McTeer, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, plays, reviews, Shakespeare | Leave a comment

“KPK Looks at the 2021 BEST PICTURE Nominees” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

. BELFAST CODA DON’T LOOK UP DRIVE MY CAR DUNE KING RICHARD LICORICE PIZZA NIGHTMARE ALLEY THE POWER OF THE DOG WEST SIDE STORY – – – – – – BELFAST (directed by Kenneth Branagh) ****+ > Altogether, over 14 … Continue reading →

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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

“THOR, THOR and THOR (With a Little Loki Thrown In)” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on November 10, 2021 by KPKeelan

THOR (directed by Kenneth Branagh 2011) *** (out of 5) > Okay, it’s pure silliness, I concede. So what? . The grandiose, operatic ancient Norse God makes for an awkward, stilted superhero in today’s world. But in my brief childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged action, Anthony Hopkins, art, Benicio Del Toro, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Led Zeppelin, love, Mark Ruffalo, movies, Natalie Portman, Norse gods, opinion, Ragnarok, reviews, Stellan Skarsgård, superheroes, Taika Waititi, The Dark World, The Hulk, Thor, Tom Hiddleston | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (205): “A Devastating DUNKIRK”

Posted on November 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

DUNKIRK (directed by Christopher Nolan, 2017) ****+ (out of 5) . > It is May of 1940. 400,000 British soldiers- the bulk of their army, are cornered by the Germans on the beach at Dunkirk, on the coast of France. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, battle, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, criticism, Dunkirk, England, epics, films, Harry Styles, history, Kenneth Branagh, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mark Rylance, movies, Operation Dynamo, opinion, reviews, Tom Hardy, war, World War II | 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 →

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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 →

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Tag Archives: Kenneth Branagh

QuickPix (17): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

FLIX PIX (1035): “Nobody Knows BELFAST Like Kenneth Branagh”

FLIX PIX (614): “Chris Pine is Jack Ryan: SHADOW RECRUIT”

FLIX PIX (599): “Kenneth Branagh Reinterprets Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT”

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

“THOR, THOR and THOR (With a Little Loki Thrown In)” (by KPKeelan)

FLIX PIX (205): “A Devastating DUNKIRK”

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

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