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FLIX PIX (1248): “THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS is Silly Fluff From a Great Director”

Posted on April 28, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (directed by Roman Polanski, 1967) ** (out of 5) . > I first heard about this early Polanski film many decades ago, in another life. Here, the iconic Polish director both acts and directs. . Made only … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, camp, cinema, comedies, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, horror, ideas, Jack MacGowen, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, slapstick, supernatural, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Transylvania, vampires | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1142): “If You Are Trick-or-Treating, This is the HOUSE You Skip”

Posted on October 31, 2023 by KPKeelan

HOUSE (directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) *+ (out of 5) . > Yikes! Beware the label “cult classic”. . I have to stop allowing myself to be duped by cinematic hype. If a film looks as bad as this did- it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, B-movies, camp, cinema, criticism, entertainment, exploitation films, films, Flix Pix, ghosts, haunted houses, horror, House, ideas, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nobuhiko Obayashi, opinion, reviews, satire, spoof, supernatural | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (139): “The Films of September 2023”

Posted on October 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Some real gems in the compendium this month. Even the lesser films were surprisingly entertaining. I enjoyed ‘em all. (Except for THE ROUNDERS. That was pretty stinky.) But my greatest pleasures seemed to come from revisiting past cinematic … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Paul, action, Adam West, adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Alida Valli, American politics, apocalypse, Armageddon, Arthur Kennedy, arts, assassination, B-movies, Batman, Ben Kingsley, biblical epics, biography, British cinema, Bruce Wayne, Burgess Meredith, Burt Ward, camp, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Catwoman, Cedric Hardwicke, Cesar Romero, Changi Prison, Christian Bale, cinema, class, classics, Claude Rains, Colectiv Nightclub, Collective, comedy, comic books, coming of age, Communism, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criminals, criticism, cult films, Dame May Whitty, Denholm Elliot, Dick Grayson, disasters, discipline, documentaries, drama, dramady, dystopia, Elizabeth Taylor, entertainment, espionage, Exodus God's and Kings, families, fantasy, Father's Little Dividend, films, fires, forgery, forgiveness, Frank Gorshin, fraud, gangsters, George Segal, Glenn Ford, Gordon Parks, government accountability, grandparents, Harvey Keitel, hitmen, hustlers, I Am Legend, ideas, Indians, Israeli cinema, James Fox, Jane Curtain, Joel Edgerton, John Huston, John Mills, John Turturro, justice, Kevin Keelan, King Rat, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Israel, Lee Meriwether, Leonard Rossiter, Little Italy, Lloyd Bridges, mafia, Man in the Wilderness, manipulation, Margaret Lockwood, Marielle Heller, Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Redgrave, Mossad, mountain climbing, movies, mystery, mythology, native Americans, Nazis, Nazism, New York, opinion, Oscar Homolka, parenthood, Patrick O'Neal, politics, punishment, racism, rebellion, redemption, reform school, religion, revenge, reviews, Richard E. Grant, Richard Harris, Richard Matheson, Ridley Scott, Robert De Nero, Robin the Boy Wonder, romance, Romanian cinema, scandal, sci-fi, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Singapore, Spencer Tracy, spies, superheroes, supervillains, survival, Swiss Alps, The Joker, The Lady Vanishes, The Last Man on Earth, The Learning Tree, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Penguin, The Revenant, the Riddler, The White Tower, Tom Courtenay, Tom Courtnay, Tony Richardson, tragedy, Trial, Vincent Price, violence, Walk On Water, westerns, zombies | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema: (137): “The Films of July 2023”

Posted on August 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > July was kind of an in-between month. Not much of interest in the marketplace, aside from the formidable marketing juggernaut of BARBENHEIMER. It was however, a month that sent me out to the movies twice- something that hasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adrien Brody, Alexander Payne, aliens, ambition, Americana, Amy Wright, Annie Get Your Gun, Annie Oakley, Anything You Can Do, arts, Asteroid City, Aunt Mary Claire, Aunt Selma, Barry Levinson, Betty Hutton, biography, Bob Balaban, Brad Dourif, Bryan Cranston, Buffalo Bill Cody, Busby Berkeley, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, comedy, con men, crime, criminals, criticism, Dave Bautista, David Morse, disability, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, drama, dysfunction, Edward Norton, Election, Elke Sommer, Emily Blunt, entertainment, films, Flannery O'Connor, Florence Pugh, fraud, friendship, Gary Oldman, George Sidney, government, grifters, growth, Harold Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, healing, high school, history, Hollywood, Hope Davis, Hotel Artemis, Howard Keel, hubris, I'm an Indian Too, ideas, Inside Moves, Irving Berlin, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffery Wright, Jenny Slate, Jill St. John, Jodie Foster, John Huston, John Savage, Josh Hartnett, Keenan Wynn, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Live Schreiber, Louis Calhern, Margot Robbie, Matt Damon, Matt Dillon, Matthew Broderick, movies, musicals, nuclear weapons, opinion, Oppenheimer, politics, preachers, Project Trinity, Reese Witherspoon, relationships, religion, reviews, Richard Donner, Rita Wilson, Robert Downey Jr., romance, satire, Scarlett Johansson, science, scientists, Sitting Bull, spirituality, Stephen Boyd, Sterling K. Brown, Steve Carell, success, surrealism, the arms race, the atomic age, The Girl That I Marry, The Oscar, There's No Business Like Show Business, They Say It's Wonderful, thrillers, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Tony Bennett, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe, Wise Blood, World War II, You Can't Get a Man with a Gun, Zachary Quinto | Leave a comment

Flix Pix (1098): “Put On Your Space Suit and Go See ASTEROID CITY”

Posted on July 29, 2023 by KPKeelan

. ASTEROID CITY (directed by Wes Anderson, 2023) ***+ (out of 5) . > Man, was I straining at the bit to see this. For all his limitations, I dig Wes Anderson. . But his highly stylized world of perfect balance … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adrien Brody, aliens, Americana, arts, Asteroid City, Bob Balaban, Bryan Cranston, cinema, comedy, criticism, Edward Norton, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Hope Davis, ideas, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffery Wright, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Live Schreiber, Margot Robbie, Matt Dillon, movies, opinion, reviews, Rita Wilson, satire, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Carell, surrealism, the atomic age, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1075): “WARNING: Once Seen, CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL Cannot Be Un-Seen!”

Posted on June 11, 2023 by KPKeelan

CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (directed by Trey Parker, 1993) ** (out of 5) . > I saw this weirdo of a movie on a list of “100 Best Westerns of All Time”, and was very skeptical indeed. . And then I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, B-movies, Cannibal! The Musical, cannibalism, cinema, comedies, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Matt Stone, movies, musicals, opinion, reviews, satire, Trey Parker | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (926): “In 1967, CASINO ROYALE Was Kitschy Trash. It Still Is.”

Posted on November 25, 2022 by KPKeelan

CASINO ROYALE (directed by John Huston, Val Guest, Joseph McGrath, Ken Hughes & Robert Parrish, 1967) *+ (out of 5) . > Not two minutes into the opening credits I saw one good reason why this is considered one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 007, arts, bombs, camp, Casino Royale, Charles Boyer, cinema, comedies, criticism, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, entertainment, films, George Raft, Ian Fleming, ideas, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Ken Hughes, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, reviews, Robert Parrish, satire, slapstick, spies, spoofs, turkeys, Ursula Andress, Val Guest, William Holden, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

“James Coburn is Derek Flint, Superspy!” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on October 12, 2021 by KPKeelan

. OUR MAN FLINT (directed by Daniel Mann, 1966) ***** (out of 5) * > Since this broad spoof of James Bond 007 hit theaters in January of 1966, I must have been all of 9-years old when I thrilled to … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged 007, action, comedy, Daniel Mann, Gordon Douglas, humor, James Bond, James Coburn, kitsch, Lee J. Cobb, satire, sequels, spies, spoofs | 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 (96): The Films of February 2020

Posted on July 20, 2021 by KPKeelan

. February 2020: one day longer than usual and some heavy shit is goin’ down… (All 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, absurdism, Adolphe Menjou, Aleppo, American Factory, animation, art, Bashar Al-Assad, biography, bombs, Brazil, business, camp, capitalism, Carroll Shelby, cars, Casino Royale, Charles Boyer, children, China, Christian Bale, Christmas, cinema, comedies, competition, corporations, criticism, David Niven, Daytona, Deborah Kerr, Dick Powell, doctors, documentaries, drama, economics, Enzo Ferrari, experimental film, F. Murray Abraham, family films, fantasy, fate, films, For Sama, Ford Motor Company, Ford vs Ferrari, foreign ownership, French cinema, Fuyao, General Motors, George Raft, globalization, Henry Ford II, heroism, history, horror, hospitals, How to Train Your Dragon, I Lost My Body, Ian Fleming, ideas, insanity, It Happened Tomorrow, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, James Pattinson, journalism, Ken Miles, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, Klaus, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Le Mans, Louis Malle, manufacturing, Matt Damon, mermaids, movies, murder, Netflix, newspapers, Ohio, opinion, origin stories, Orson Welles, Paris, Pat O'Brien, Peter Sellers, politics, psychological drama, racing, relationships, reporters, reviews, Robert Eggers, romance, sailors, Santa Claus, satire, sequels, slapstick, spies, supernatural, surrealism, Syria, The Edge of Democracy, The Front Page, The Hidden World, The Lighthouse, the press, Tracy Letts, turkeys, Ursula Andress, violence, Waad al-Kateab, war crimes, warfare, Willem Dafoe, William Holden, Woody Allen, work, workers, Zazie Dans le Metro | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: kitsch

FLIX PIX (1248): “THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS is Silly Fluff From a Great Director”

FLIX PIX (1142): “If You Are Trick-or-Treating, This is the HOUSE You Skip”

KPK on the CINEMA (139): “The Films of September 2023”

KPK on the Cinema: (137): “The Films of July 2023”

Flix Pix (1098): “Put On Your Space Suit and Go See ASTEROID CITY”

FLIX PIX (1075): “WARNING: Once Seen, CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL Cannot Be Un-Seen!”

FLIX PIX (926): “In 1967, CASINO ROYALE Was Kitschy Trash. It Still Is.”

“James Coburn is Derek Flint, Superspy!” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (96): The Films of February 2020

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