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FLIX PIX (1122): “Taika Waititi’s Insanely Wonderful Coming-of-Age Treasure: BOY”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by KPKeelan

BOY (directed by Taika Waititi, 2010) ****+ (out of 5) . > Comically nimble kiwi filmmaker Taika was the big heart behind this sophomore coming of age feature, and the film is one big ear-to-ear smile. . It has grown in … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, boy, cinema, comedies, coming of age, criticism, entertainment, families, fathers and sons, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, New Zealand cinema, opinion, parenthood, responsibility, reviews, Taika Waititi | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (117): The Films of November 2021

Posted on January 27, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Love and war, heartless big business, off-kilter spiritual claptrap, a visit to the French countryside, ethics and morality, obsession, crime and racism… Life has a lot going on! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged absurdism, accidents, adaptations, aging, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alexander Mackendrick, Amazon, Andrzej Wajda, Antonio Banderas, artists, arts, Ashes and Diamonds, assassins, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Burgess Meredith, Burt Lancaster, business, Canadian cinema, choices, cinema, Cinema Verite, classics, Coda, comedy, competitiveness, corruption, couples, Cousin Jules, crime, criticism, cyberbullies, David D'Amato, David Farrier, death, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, Dominique Benicheti, drama, Ed Begley, England, English cinema, entertainment, exploitation, fantasy, Felice Guiteaux, fetishes, film, film noir, filmmaking, forgiveness, fraud, French cinema, George Bernard Shaw, George C. Scott, Glenn Corbett, guilt, Gun Crazy, Guy Hamilton, harassment, humor, ideas, illness, inventors, investigative journalism, irony, James Shigeta, John Dall, Jules Guiteaux, Julie Christie, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Los Angeles, love, Maelström, manslaughter, Marie-Josée Croze, metaphor, Mexican cinema, morals, movies, murder, mysticism, nature, New Zealand cinema, obsession, opinion, Pain and Glory, pathos, patterns, Pedro Almodovar, Peggy Cummins, Penelope Cruz, period pieces, perversion, Petulia, plays, Polish cinema, quests, race, redemption, reviews, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Lester, Rod Serling, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sacrifice, Samuel Beckett, social satire, soldiers, Spanish cinema, spirituality, surrealism, symbolism, The Crimson Kimono, The Devil’s Disciple, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Holy Mountain, the seasons, Tickled, time, tradition, tragedy, TV dramas, values, Van Heflin, violence, Waiting for Godot, Walter Burke, work, World War II, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (107): The Films of January 2021

Posted on July 31, 2021 by KPKeelan

. January 2021! At last. The end of our great national nightmare and a return to sanity! This batch was so easy to review. Probably because I enjoyed most of the movies so very much, I imagine. (All ratings are … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, arts, Bacurau, Barbara Feldon, Birds of Prey, boy, Brazilian cinema, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Laughton, cinema, classics, comedies, coming of age, corruption, criticism, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Delbert Mann, Dick Van Dyke, drama, entertainment, Ewan McGregor, experimental film, fantasy, film, Fitzwilly, Gene Kelly, George Cukor, Graham Greene, Guy Maddin, horror, ideas, It’s Always Fair Weather, John McGiver, Jungle Book, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lionel Barrymore, Maggie Smith, Margot Robbie, Maureen O’Sullivan, Michael Kidd, movies, musicals, New Zealand cinema, Norman Fell, opinion, Oscar Wilde, revenge, reviews, Robert Young, Rosie Perez, Rudyard Kipling, Sabu, Sam Waterston, sci-fi, science fiction, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, The Canterville Ghost, The Green Fog, Tod Browning, Travels With My Aunt, Vertigo, violence, World War II, Zoltan Korda | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (1122): “Taika Waititi’s Insanely Wonderful Coming-of-Age Treasure: BOY”

KPK on the CINEMA (107): The Films of January 2021

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