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QuickPix (35): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 5”

Posted on January 22, 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 A Shot in the Dark, Alfred Zeisler, art, Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Charles Brackett, Cheaper By the Dozen, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, Clifton Webb, comedies, criticism, Don Ameche, Elke Sommer, entertainment, families, films, humor, ideas, John Barrymore, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Astor, Midnight, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, Peter Sellers, QuickPix, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, sequels, The Amazing Adventure, The Pink Panther, 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. Scott, Aardman Studios, Aaron Copland, Aaron Sorkin, ABC TV, action, actresses, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adir Miller, Adolph Green, adventure, aggression, Alasdair Gray, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, Alexander Payne, allegory, Amanda Plummer, American history, American politics, American Symphony, amnesia, Andy Richter, animation, Anne Baxter, Anne Hathaway, Annette Bening, anthologies, Anthony Hopkins, anti-Semitism, Anwar Sadat, Armageddon Time, artists, arts, attachments, Audra McDonald, Banks Repeta, Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, Bella Ramsey, Ben Gazzara, Ben Kingsley, Betty Comden, Bill Irwin, biography, biopics, blaxploitation, Bob Balaban, Bob Costas, Bradley Cooper, Branford Marsalis, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Britt Ekland, brutality, Bullworth, bullying, cancer, Carey Mulligan, Carol For Another Christmas, Celine Song, Charles Laughton, Charles Melton, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, Christine Baranski, cinema, civil rights, Colman Domingo, comedians, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, conductors, conscience, conspiracies, Coretta Scott King, creativity, criticism, Cuba, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dave Bautista, David Alan Grier, David Cross, David Griffin, David Zucker, death, Dennis Quaid, determination, Diana Nyad, diplomacy, Disney animation, documentaries, documentary, Dominic Sessa, Don Cheadle, Doris Kearns Goodwin, drama, Drew Barrymore, Duncan Jones, dystopia, ecology, Emma Stone, endurance swimming, entertainment, environment, environmental disasters, equality, Eric Bana, escape, Ethan Hawke, Eva Marie Saint, exploitation, explorers, fame, families, fantasy, farce, Farley Granger, Felicia Montealegre, feminism, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, Florence Pugh, Florida, folk heroes, Francis Ford Coppola, Frankenstein, fraud, Fred Allen, friendship, gender roles, genius, George Hamilton, George Kennedy, George Lucas, Golda, Golda Meir, Greta Lee, grief, grifters, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, Hayley Atwell, HBO, Helen Mirren, Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Henry Kissinger, Henry Koster, history, Holly Hunter, homosexuality, horror, Howard Hawks, humor, I Love You Again, ideas, Imelda Staunton, Indians, injustice, insanity, invasion, irony, isolationism, Israel, Israeli cinema, Israeli history, J. 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S. Van Dyke, Wanda Sykes, war, war crimes, Warren Beatty, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Powell, William Sydney Porter, writers, Yom Kippur War | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

Posted on December 2, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > There goes November. Here comes the heavy hitters of Oscarbait season. Some good stuff this month- and I suspect, some great stuff next month! Let’s get started: (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Time For Drunken Horses, Abu Ghraib, adaptations, Adolphe Menjou, Alan J. Pakula, All the Light We Cannot See, American culture, Amy Sedaris, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, animation, Anthony Doerr, Aria Mia Loberti, armed conflict, artists, arts, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Sukowa, battle, Ben Kingsley, Ben Platt, biography, Bob Balaban, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Cameron Mitchell, Catherine O'Hara, celebrity, Cheaper By the Dozen, child actors, child labor, child soldiers, cinema, circus, classics, Clifton Webb, Columbian cinema, comedies, comedy, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, conspiracies, crime, criminals, criticism, Cromwell, cults, culture, Dalíland, Dark City, Dermot Mulroney, Desperate Souls, Devi, directing, Disney, documentaries, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward G. Robinson, Elemental, Elia Kazan, entertainment, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, escapes, espionage, European history, exploitation, fame, families, family, family films, fantasy, farce, fascism, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Lederer, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr., Fredric March, fundamentalism, Gala Dalí, gambling, Gloria Grahame, greed, guerillas, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hinduism, historical epics, history, horror, Hugh Laurie, Hume Cronyn, hysteria, ideas, Indian cinema, injustice, Iranian cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cho, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Josephine, Jude Law, Julianne Nicholson, Kal Penn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars Eidinger, Liam Neeson, Louis Hoffman, love, Man on a Tightrope, Manos, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, movies, Myrna Loy, Nancy Buirski, Napoleon, nature, Nazis, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, Nick Lieberman, obsession, occupied France, opinion, Oscar Isaacs, parents, parody, patriarchy, Paul Lukas, Paul Schrader, Paula Prentiss, persecution, personalities, Pixar, political assassinations, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, precious gems, professional gamblers, PTSD, radio, rebels, relationships, religion, resistance fighters, revenge, reviews, Richard Boone, Ridley Scott, Rob Corddry, Robert Sherwood, romance, Rose Byrne, Saint-Malo, Salvador Dalí, satire, Satyajit Ray, screenwriting, sequels, smuggling, spectacle, spies, spirituality, spoofs, Spy, superstition, survival, The Card Counter, The Conqueror Worm, The Grey, The Parallax View, Theater Camp, thrillers, Tiffany Haddish, torture, totalitarianism, tradition, true stories, TV miniseries, Tye Sheridan, Vanessa Kirby, Vincent Price, violence, war, Warren Beatty, William Daniels, witch hunts, Witchfinder General, wolves, World War II, zealotry | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1002): “Myrna Loy and William Powell Are LOVE CRAZY”

Posted on January 6, 2023 by KPKeelan

LOVE CRAZY (directed by Jack Conway, 1941) ***** (out of 5) . > Charming William Powell and vivacious Myrna Loy were Hollywood gold. . The two are so great together, it’s a good thing producers had the wisdom to pair them … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Jack Conway, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Love Crazy, marriage, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, relationships, reviews, screwball comedies, William Powell | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (619): “John Ford’s Undercooked ARROWSMITH”

Posted on June 24, 2022 by KPKeelan

ARROWSMITH (directed by John Ford & William Desmond Hurst, 1931) **+ (out of 5) . > On the surface, this title appeared to have everything going for it. . Taken from a lauded Sinclair Lewis novel, this film stars the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Arrowsmith, art, cinema, classic literature, criticism, drama, films, ideas, John Ford, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, reviews, Ronald Coleman, Sinclair Lewis, William Desmond Hurst | Leave a comment

“KPK Takes a Loving Look at The THIN MAN Series” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on October 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE THIN MAN (1934) ***** AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936) ***** ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939) **** SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (1941) *** THE THIN MAN GOES HOME (1944) ***+ SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947) *** * > Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man, cinema, film criticism, film noir, films, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, reviews, Shadow of the Thin Man, Song of the Thin Man, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, William Powell | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (123): “Don’t Mess With This LIBELED LADY”

Posted on August 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

LIBELED LADY (directed by Jack Conway, 1936) ***** (out of 5) . > Four iconic stars conspire to make this sophisticated black-and-white comedy romp a classic of its genre. . Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and THE THIN MAN’s William … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged cinema, classics, comedies, criticism, entertainment, film, Jack Conway, Jean Harlow, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Libeled Lady, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, reviews, screwball comedies, Spencer Tracy, suggestions, William Powell | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (108): The Films of February 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I only just finished writing reviews to films I saw in December of 2020! But I’m catching up fast. Being so busy writing reviews means I am watching fewer movies and more series, like Allen vs. Farrow and The … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged @Large, action, adventure, Ai Weiwei, Alcatraz, Aldis Hodge, Alec Guinness, American history, American politics, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, art, Arthur Kennedy, artists, biography, Black Muslims, Brian Keith, Bruno Ganz, Candice Bergen, Cary Grant, Cassius Clay, Chelsea Manning, Cherry Jones, China, Chinese cinema, Chinese repression, Chris Cooper, Cillian Murphy, civil rights, classics, colonialism, comedies, comedy, crushes, David Lean, debate, dialogue, documentaries, drama, Eli Goree, Emily Mortimer, epics, Facebook, fantasy, French cinema, Hero, historical epics, historical fiction, history, ideas, imperialism, Instagram, installations, Irresistible, Jean Renoir, Jeff Orlowski, Jet Li, Jim Brown, John Kiriakou, John Milius, Jon Stewart, Jose Ferrer, Kemp Powers, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lawrence of Arabia, Leslie Odom Jr., liberals, love, Mackenzie Davis, Malcolm X, manipulation, marketing, martial arts, masterpieces, morality, Muhammad Ali, Myrna Loy, Natasha Lyonne, Netflix, Omar Sharif, One Night in Miami, Patricia Clarkson, Perdicaris incident, Peter O’Toole, political prisoners, political satire, politically correct, power, privacy, privilege, propriety, Regina Hall, relationships, Robert Bolt, romance, Rose Byrne, Rudyard Kipling, Rules of the Game, Sally Potter, Sam Cooke, satire, Sean Connery, Sharif Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni, Shirley Temple, social class, social media, Steve Carell, T.E. Lawrence, teenagers, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The Party, The Social Dilemma, The Wind and the Lion, Theodore Roosevelt, TikTok, Timothy Spall, Tony Leung, Topher Grace, Trace, Twitter, violence, war, Will Sasso, Yours Truly, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (64): The Films of JUNE 2017

Posted on June 18, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Politics, biography, drama, fantasy, animation, humor… Jim Jarmusch, film noir, Phillip Roth, John Ford, Bong Joon-ho… Movies from Sweden, Iran, Spain, the U.S. and France… Pop a beer or brew some coffee. Let’s get started. (Ratings are on a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Man Called Ove, Adam Driver, Albert Brooks, allegory, animal rights, animation, Anthony Weiner, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Arrowsmith, art, Asghar Farhadi, Benicio Del Toro, black comedy, Bong Joon-ho, Brilliant Stoned Drunk Dead, Bryan Singer, Bud Cort, Chevy Chase, Chris Pratt, cinema, comedies, comic books, courtroom drama, criticism, Dave Bautista, denial, Diego Luna, drama, Felicity Jones, film, film noir, French cinema, genetic engineering, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Holocaust deniers, Indignation, Iranian cinema, Jack Elam, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, James Schamus, Jeff Bridges, Jim Jarmusch, John Belushi, John Ford, Kansas City Confidential, Kevin Keelan, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Russell, Linda Emond, Logan Lerman, Lorne Michaels, Mads Mikkelsen, Marion Cotillard, Marvel Studios, Michael O’Donoghue, movies, My Big Night, Myrna Loy, National Lampoon, Netflix, Okja, Oscar Isaac, P.J. O'Rourke, Paterson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Phillip Roth, political campaigns, politics, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, reviews, Ricky Gervais, Rogue One, Rolf Lassgård, Ronald Coleman, Sarah Gordon, Saturday Night Live, Sinclair Lewis, Spanish cinema, Star Wars, suggestions, Swedish cinema, The Little Prince, The Salesman, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, vegetarianism, X-Men Apocalypse, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (62): The Films of APRIL 2017

Posted on June 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

. April was another busy movie month for me. I saw 23, mostly entertaining/occasionally stunning films made between 1920 and 2016, running the gamut from broad romantic comedy to serious documentary, from silent to musical, from the U.S. and countries … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged acting, Alfred Newman, Australian cinema, Barack Obama, Barry, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Carla Juri, Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Cinema Verite, City of God 10 Years Later, Clark Gable, Clifton Webb, Clive Owen, comedies, destiny, Devin Terrell, Disney, Doctor Strange, documentaries, Doris Day, drama, Ed Wynn, Elia Kazan, Elite Zexer, fantasy, film noir, Fire at Sea, Fritz Lang, From the Terrace, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gentlemen's Agreement, George Stevens, Gianfranco Rosi, Gig Young, Greg Kinnear, Gregory Peck, Growing Up Wild, Harriet Andersson, Hillary Clinton, Ingmar Bergman, Ira Sachs, Israeli cinema, Jane Russell, Joanne Woodward, Kevin Spacey, Korean cinema, Lampedusa, Little Men, Marilyn Monroe, Matthew Modine, Millie Perkins, Morris From America, musicals, Myrna Loy, Naomi Watts, nature, Netflix, NOW In the Wings on a World Stage, Paul Newman, refugees, rescues, Richard Basehart, Richard III, Robert Wise, romance, Sam Mendes, Sand Storm, Scrabble, Scrabylon, Shakespeare, Shelley Winters, silent films, Stefan Fatsis, Summer With Monika, Sundance, Swedish cinema, Tanna, Teacher's Pet, The Confirmation, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Final Hours, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Wailing, Tilda Swinton, wildlife | Leave a comment

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QuickPix (35): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 5”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

FLIX PIX (1002): “Myrna Loy and William Powell Are LOVE CRAZY”

FLIX PIX (619): “John Ford’s Undercooked ARROWSMITH”

“KPK Takes a Loving Look at The THIN MAN Series” (by KPKeelan)

FLIX PIX (123): “Don’t Mess With This LIBELED LADY”

KPK on the CINEMA (64): The Films of JUNE 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (62): The Films of APRIL 2017

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