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FLIX PIX (1264): “Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe Are: THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL”

Posted on May 15, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (directed by Laurence Olivier, 1957) **+ (out of 5) . > I wanted to enjoy this unlikely pairing of Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. . I didn’t, much. . The only real pleasures here were … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, comedies, criticism, entertainment, fantasy, farce, films, Flix Pix, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, movies, opinion, reviews, romance, The Prince and the Showgirl | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1192): “Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe Shoot the Rapids on THE RIVER OF NO RETURN”

Posted on February 16, 2024 by KPKeelan

. THE RIVER OF NO RETURN (directed by Otto Preminger & Jean Negulesco, 1954) ****+ (out of 5) . > Here’s a near-classic western that had escaped my gaze until now. . Otto Preminger directs a stalwart Robert Mitchum and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bicycle Thieves, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Jean Negulesco, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marilyn Monroe, movies, opinion, Otto Preminger, reviews, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, The River of No Return, Tommy Rettig, westerns | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

Posted on February 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > January is always a busy movie month for me, as I make my annual effort to see as many of the nominated movies as I can before the annual Oscar ceremony rolls ‘round. This year I was far ahead … Continue reading →

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QuickPix (32): “Great MUSICALS For You to Savor, Vol. 3”

Posted on January 19, 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 Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, art, biography, Chris Cooper, cinema, Clark Terry, creativity, criticism, Dave Grohl, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Donald Glover, Eat That Question, Ed Helms, Emily Blunt, entertainment, films, Frank Zappa, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ideas, Jane Russell, Jason Segel, jazz legends, Jim Parsons, Justin Kauflin, Ken Jeong, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Liam Hemsworth, live performance, Marilyn Monroe, mentoring, movies, Mumbles, music biographies, music documentaries, musicals, musicians, opinion, performance, QuickPix, Rashida Jones, reviews, romance, RuPaul, Sarah Silverman, The Muppets, Tina Fey, Zach Galifianakis | Leave a comment

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

Posted on January 11, 2024 by KPKeelan

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

KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”

Posted on January 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > All hail December, the time of year most of the really great stuff hits America’s big silver screens (O the joy!), and tiny streaming devices (O, the horror!). Just check out how many of these titles came out in … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20 Days in Mariupol, A Christmas Carol, A.O. 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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

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > AUGUST 2022 (126) (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 7 films: THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION (1957) **** A … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Sunday in New York, action, Akira Kurosawa, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Miller, arts, battle, Björk, Cary Grant, cinema, Claes Bang, Clark Gable, classics, Cliff Robertson, cowboys, criticism, drama, Eli Wallach, entertainment, Ethan Hawke, fantasy, feudal Japan, films, Frank Sinatra, genius, George Harrison, George Martin, ideas, Jane Fonda, Japanese cinema, John Huston, John Lennon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Let It Be, Linda McCartney, Macbeth, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ritter, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Mike Mitchell, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, music, music documentaries, musicians, Nevada, Nicole Kidman, Norse mythology, opinion, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Reno, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, Robert Culp, Robert Eggers, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, Ronin, sex, songwriters, Sophia Loren, Spain, Stanley Kramer, supernatural, The Beatles: Get Back, The Misfits, The Northman, The Pride and the Passion, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Toshiro Mifune, values, violence, war, westerns, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (703): “Marilyn Monroe Tells Richard Widmark: DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by Roy Ward Baker, 1952) ***+ (out of 5) . > Unexpected! The poster for this minor gem I found on Netflix screamed “NOIR!” but it lied. This is not film noir it is a psychological drama, and a pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Anne Bancroft, art, cinema, criticism, Don’t Bother to Knock, drama, film noir, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marilyn Monroe, mental illness, movies, opinion, psychological drama, reviews, Richard Widmark, Roy Ward Baker | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

Posted on November 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > THIS MONTH: Disney animation, Judy Holliday comedies, sly social satire, stark drama, film noir, experimental cinema, tales of obsession and coming of age, and vacuous British pop romance from the swinging sixties. (Sorry, no gothic horror documentaries this … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abstract, action, adultery, adventure, aging, Alan Tudyk, Anna Faris, Anthony Hopkins, Asif Mandvi, autocrats, Awkwafina, Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Kingsley, Black Jack, British cinema, business, Carroll Baker, childhood, Chris Elliot, Chris Parnell, Clash by Night, classics, comedy, coming of age, corruption, crime, cults, Darling, dementia, depression, Diane Ladd, Dirk Bogarde, Disney animation, Doris Roberts, drama, Edward Norton, experimental film, families, fantasy, farce, female empowerment, film noir, Florian Zeller, fraud, Fred Armisen, Fritz Lang, Full of Life, George Cukor, grief, heroines, His Kind of Woman, humor, Imogen Poots, independent films, infidelity, Jack Carson, Jack Garfein, Jack Lemmon, Jane Russell, Jean Stapleton, Jim Backus, John C. Reilly, John Schlesinger, Judy Holliday, Julie Christie, Kathryn Hahn, Kelly Marie Tran, Ken Loach, Kim Novack, Laurence Harvey, life, London, love, madness, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Robson, marriage, memory loss, Monterey California, myth, Nasim Pedrad, Olivia Coleman, Paul Douglas, period pieces, Phffft, pregnancy, quests, Ralph Meeker, rape, Raya and the Last Dragon, Raymond Burr, relationships, Richard Conte, Richard Quine, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, romance, Rufus Sewell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sandra Oh, satire, Schizopolis, sex, sexism, shareholders, slapstick, Something Wild, Southeast Asian culture, Steven Soderbergh, surrealism, The Dictator, The Father, The Marrying Kind, the sixties, The Solid Gold Cadillac, tragedy, trauma, trust, Vincent Price | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Marilyn Monroe

FLIX PIX (1264): “Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe Are: THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL”

FLIX PIX (1192): “Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe Shoot the Rapids on THE RIVER OF NO RETURN”

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

QuickPix (32): “Great MUSICALS For You to Savor, Vol. 3”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

FLIX PIX (703): “Marilyn Monroe Tells Richard Widmark: DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK”

KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

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