Tag Archives: Michael Curtiz

FLIX PIX (1060): “Edward G. Robinson is THE SEA WOLF”

Posted on May 10, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE SEA WOLF (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1941) ***** (out of 5) . > Taken from the Jack London story, Michael Curtiz delivers another slam-bang entertainment, featuring three great performances from three great stars. . This is a first-class adventure- a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged adventure, art, Barbary Coast, cinema, classics, criticism, drama, Edward G. Robinson, entertainment, films, Ida Lupino, ideas, Jack London, John Garfield, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michael Curtiz, movies, opinion, pirates, reviews, smuggling, The Sea Wolf | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (979): “Michael Curtiz Takes Humphrey Bogart on a PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE”

Posted on December 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1944) ****+ (out of 5) . > Viva la France! . Classic director Michael Curtiz (CAPTAIN BLOOD! THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD! ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES! YANKEE DOODLE DANDY! WHITE CHRISTMAS! LIFE WITH FATHER! … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, art, cinema, Claude Rains, criticism, drama, films, French resistance, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, James Wong Howe, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michael Curtiz, movies, Nazis, opinion, Passage to Marseille, Peter Lorre, reviews, Sydney Greenstreet, World War II | Leave a comment

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

FLIX PIX (249): “Ride With THE COMANCHEROS”

Posted on December 20, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE COMANCHEROS (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1961) ***** (out of 5) . > Classic director Michael Curtiz does it again- reminding us why the American western can be a truly great genre. . John Wayne is simply wonderful here, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, film criticism, films, John Wayne, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Curtiz, movies, opinion, reviews, Stuart Whitman, westerns | Leave a comment

“WE’RE NO ANGELS (1989 and 1955)” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on October 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

WE’RE NO ANGELS (Neil Jordan, 1989) *** > I’d hoped to see the original 1955 comedy classic before watching this reboot, but after a long time marked “very long wait” at the top of my Netflix queue, the original suddenly became unavailable… … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged Aldo Rey, Basil Rathbone, comedy, convicts, Humphrey Bogart, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Curtiz, Neil Jordan, Peter Ustinov, remakes, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, We're No Angels | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

Posted on July 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

. March 2020 came in like a lamb… went out like a lion! This world we have taken for granted may never be the same again. One good thing about this social distancing, shelter in place era… Plenty of time … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

Posted on June 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Well, that was an enjoyable month’s worth of movies. Look at all the 4-and-a-half star films! Fab. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, American Honey, Amy Adams, animal rescue, animation, anime, art, Billy Bob Thornton, Blackmail, Blade Runner 2049, Bolivia, Charles Laughton, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Claude Rains, Colin Farrell, comedies, crime, criminals, Cyril Ritchard, Daniel Brühl, Danny Boyle, Daphne De Maurier, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, drama, Drunken Angel, Edward James Olmos, elections, Elijah Wood, Elle Fanning, epics, Evo Morales, Ewan McGregor, feudalism, films, Frances McDormand, gangsters, grifters, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, heroin addiction, history, humor, Humphrey Bogart, Hurricane Katrina, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK, Jamaica Inn, James Carville, Japanese cinema, Jared Leto, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Dunst, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louisiana, Martin McDonough, Maureen O’Hara, Melanie Lynskey, melodrama, mental health, metaphor, Michael Curtiz, Mine, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, movies, Nazis, New Orleans, Nicole Kidman, noir, opinion, Our Brand is Crisis, Park Chan-wook, Passage to Marseille, Peter Lorre, Peter Straughan, pets, Poland, political campaigns, politics, Princess Mononoke, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robert Newton, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, Santa Sangre, Sasha Lane, science fiction, Sean Young, sequels, Shia LaBeouf, Sofia Coppola, Studio Ghibli, surrealism, Sydney Greenstreet, symbolism, T2 Trainspotting, Takashi Shimura, The Beguiled, the Civil War, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, thrillers, Toshiro Mifune, violence, Woody Harrelson, World War II, Yakuza, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (30): The Films of JUNE 2014

Posted on May 15, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > JUNE 2014: 35 films reviewed here: from a desperate and compelling Romanian drama about the fierceness of a mother’s love, to a live-action comic book about a brooding mutant confronting his private grief while kicking ass. That’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 3 Idiots, A Field in England, Akira Kurosawa, Angela Davis, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Mann, Atiq Rahini, Ben Wheatley, Bono, books, Burn, Cahill U.S. Marshall, Child's Pose, Chris Rock, Christina Ricci, cinema, criticism, David Thewlis, Dersu Uzala, Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun, Emily Watson, Enough Said, entertainment, Ernest & Celestine, Farley brothers, film criticism, films, Forest Whitaker, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Gary Cooper, Geoffrey Rush, George Kennedy, Good Hair, Gus Van Sant, Guy Maddin, Her, Holocaust, Hugh Jackman, James Gandolfini, Jason Biggs, Jeremy Davies, Jimmy Stewart, Joaquin Phoenix, John Huston, John Wayne, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Keelan, Kingpin, KPK, KPKeelan, Kurt Cobain, Last Days, Lauren Bacall, Lena Olin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Like Someone in Love, Luminita Gheorghiu, Mackenzie Foy, Malificent, Michael Curtiz, Michael Pitt, Milla Jovovich, Million Dollar Hotel, Moulin Rouge, movies, Nazis, Noises Off, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Giamatti, persecution, Peter Bogdanovich, Randy Quaid, reading, reviews, Rod Steiger, Roman Polanski, Scarlett Johansson, Sissy Spacek, Spike Jonze, Stuyvesant High School, Susannah York, The Book Thief, The Comancheros, The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, The Far Country, The Killing of Sister George, The Ninth Gate, The Patience Stone, The Wolverine, Tim's Vermeer, tragedy, Waiting For Armageddon, Walter Brennan, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Wim Wenders, Woody Allen, Woody Harrelson, World War II, X-Men 2 United, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Michael Curtiz

FLIX PIX (1060): “Edward G. Robinson is THE SEA WOLF”

FLIX PIX (979): “Michael Curtiz Takes Humphrey Bogart on a PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE”

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

FLIX PIX (249): “Ride With THE COMANCHEROS”

“WE’RE NO ANGELS (1989 and 1955)” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (30): The Films of JUNE 2014

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