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FLIX PIX (1263): “Benedict Cumberbatch is DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS”

Posted on May 14, 2024 by KPKeelan

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (directed by Sam Raimi, 2022) *** (out of 5) . > I seem to remember the reviews for this installment of the wildly successful franchise to have been tepid at best, but liked the … Continue reading →

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KPK: A to Z: “Climbing That Mountain (for Katmai)” (a poem by KPKeelan)

Posted on February 4, 2024 by KPKeelan

. Could one believe it? Could it be true? I may have been sleeping, but I saw that mountain last night behind fluttering eyelids. How perfect it loomed above the flower-speckled meadow, crowned with virgin snow and ringed by roiling … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK (A to Z) | Tagged dreams, Katmai, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPK (A to Z), KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, love, magic, metaphor, poems, poetry, romance, visions | 2 Comments

FLIX PIX (1125): “The Musical Enchantment of ENCANTO”

Posted on September 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

ENCANTO (directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush, 2021) ****+ (out of 5) . > After viewing this wonderful Disney delight… I just wanted to kill Lin-Manuel Miranda, a feeling that only increased in intensity in the following days. . Bastard. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, Byron Howard, cinema, criticism, Disney, Encanto, entertainment, family, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Jared Bush, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lin-Manuel Miranda, magic, movies, musicals, opinion, refugees, reviews, supernatural, We Don’t Talk About Bruno | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1121): “Ingmar Bergman Has Some Neat Tricks Up His Sleeve With THE MAGICIAN”

Posted on September 17, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE MAGICIAN (directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1958) ***** (out of 5) . “One goes, step by step, into the darkness. The movement itself, is the only truth”. > This is another Bergman masterpiece I first saw in my early 20’s on … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bibi Andersson, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, Erland Josephson, films, Flix Pix, Gunnar Björnstrand, ideas, illusion, Ingmar Bergman, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, magic, Max Von Sydow, movies, opinion, reviews, supernatural, Swedish cinema, The Magician | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

Posted on January 22, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > I was really not watching many movies in Rocktober of ‘22, as I focused on finishing, fine-tuning and polishing the storytelling project I’ve been working on for 42 years of my life. The 9 monologue opus GROWING UP … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventures, Andy Samberg, Anthony Mann, arts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Bill Hader, capers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, cinema, classics, comedies, comedy, comic books, con men, criticism, Dan Duryea, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, drama, Elizabeth Olsen, Emma Stone, entertainment, fantasy, fascism, Fernando Rey, films, fishermen, Flix Pix, George Roy Hill, Giancarlo Giannini, grifters, ideas, Italian cinema, James Stewart, Joan Cusack, Judd Apatow, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Nealon, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lina Wertmüller, Louisiana, love, machismo, magic, Marvel Studios, Maya Rudolph, Mike Birbigila, Milena Smit, mockumentaries, motherhood, movies, musicals, musicians, oilmen, opinion, Parallel Mothers, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Rachel McAdams, relationships, revenge, reviews, Robert Redford, Sam Raimi, Sarah Silverman, satire, Seven Beauties, Spanish cinema, stardom, Stephen Strange, success, superheroes, survival, The Sting, Thunder Bay, Tim Meadows, tragedy, violence, Weird Al Yankovic, wildcatting, Will Forte, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (903): “Kim Novak Bewitches in BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE”

Posted on November 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (directed by Richard Quine, 1958) ***+ (out of 5) . > Another film from my foggy past that I took a second look at after many decades. . Nice to find this supernatural romance just as much … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bell Book and Candle, cinema, comedies, criticism, Elsa Lanchester, entertainment, Ernie Kovacs, fantasy, films, Hermione Gingold, ideas, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, John van Druten, Kevin Keelan, Kim Novak, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, magic, movies, opinion, relationships, reviews, Richard Quine, romance, warlocks, witchcraft, witches | Leave a comment

“The Prestidigitation of NOW YOU SEE ME 1 & 2” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on November 5, 2021 by KPKeelan

NOW YOU SEE ME (directed by Louis Leterrier, 2013) ***+ (out of 5) * > A lot of fun, this caper film about four street magicians suddenly called upon by an unseen hand to join forces and exact sweet revenge via the … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, illusion, Jon M. Chu, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis Leterrier, magic, magicians, movies, Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2, opinion, reviews, thrillers | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (95): The Films of January 2020

Posted on July 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. January 2020! A new decade that will no doubt be filled by great movies… If the world can survive tRumpism… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (71): The Films of January 2018

Posted on June 25, 2021 by KPKeelan

. This time: biography, passion play, documentary, history, magic, science fiction, family drama, experimental cinema and Japanese anime. And away we go! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading →

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Poems of a Young Man: “NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE…” (for Skippy, by KPKeelan)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I am beginning to appreciate MAGIC. Such a baffling mystery the primal force behind between and within everything, conspiring with the mystic and keeping company with the Universal Mind! My fingers scatter magic. My heart is a storehouse. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems of a Young Man | Tagged Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, magic, poems, poetry, Stuart Vance | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: magic

FLIX PIX (1263): “Benedict Cumberbatch is DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS”

KPK: A to Z: “Climbing That Mountain (for Katmai)” (a poem by KPKeelan)

FLIX PIX (1125): “The Musical Enchantment of ENCANTO”

FLIX PIX (1121): “Ingmar Bergman Has Some Neat Tricks Up His Sleeve With THE MAGICIAN”

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

FLIX PIX (903): “Kim Novak Bewitches in BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE”

“The Prestidigitation of NOW YOU SEE ME 1 & 2” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (95): The Films of January 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (71): The Films of January 2018

Poems of a Young Man: “NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE…” (for Skippy, by KPKeelan)

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