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FLIX PIX (1280): “Noah Baumbach Makes Some WHITE NOISE”

Posted on May 31, 2024 by KPKeelan

WHITE NOISE (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > This offbeat Netflix weirdo is the first film from Noah Baumbach not to have been penned by him. . You wouldn’t know this from the dialogue, every syllable … Continue reading →

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“KPK Looks at All Ten BEST PICTURE Nominees for 2023- A Stellar Year For Cinema!”

Posted on March 10, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Holy crap! What an embarrassment of riches! You won’t hear me whining that 2023 was a tepid year for movies. Ten titles nominated this year. Two of them are over-rated. 8 of them are a cornucopia of cinematic … Continue reading →

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Flix Pix (1103): “BARBIE is a Sweet Pink Acid Cocktail. Drink Up!”

Posted on February 26, 2024 by KPKeelan

. BARBIE (directed by Greta Gerwig, 2023) *** (out of 5) . > WARNING! Have you seen the movie BARBIE? Millions of men who see this piece of woke propaganda are waking up to find their junk has disappeared! This film … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged America Ferrera, Barbie, comedy, Dua Lipa, farce, feminism, gender roles, girls, Greta Gerwig, John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Margot Robbie, Mattel, Michael Cera, Noah Baumbach, parody, patriarchy, Rhea Perlman, Ruth Handler, Ryan Gosling, sexism, Simu Liu, stereotypes, Will Farrell, women | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

Posted on September 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Last month: OPPENHEIMER. This month: BARBIE. What an odd couple. (What would their offspring look like? A plastic Shiva- destroyer of worlds and purveyor of high fashion?) Kinda slow month. Busy realizing some old, previously unrecorded stories. Three … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

Posted on February 11, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > End of the year: 7 films from 2022- the year that was. Always happens, as I gear up for awards season. Enjoy! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 50 First Dates, abuse, action, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, Adam Sandler, airmen, Alice Braga, aliens, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Godfrey, arts, Austin Butler, Barbra Stanwyck, Baz Luhrmann, biography, Bloodsport, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Christian Bale, cinema, Colonel Tom Parker, comedies, comedy, comic books, corruption, crime, criticism, Dave Bautista, DC Comics, death, Dick Martin, disasters, Dom DeLuise, Don Cheadle, Doris Day, drama, Drew Barrymore, Ed Harris, elitism, Elvis, Elvis Presley, entertainment, escape, espionage, fame, family, fantasy, farce, fear, fighter pilots, film noir, films, Flix Pix, Frank Morgan, Frankie Avalon, genius, Greta Gerwig, Groot, Harley Quinn, haute cuisine, horror, hubris, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, Idris Elba, James Stewart, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Connelly, John Cena, John Leguizamo, John McGiver, Jon Hamm, Jordan Peele, Kevin Keelan, King Shark, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, machismo, Margot Robbie, Marvel Studios, memory, Miles Teller, militarism, military, movies, murder, music, musicians, mysteries, Natalie Portman, Nazi Germany, Netflix, Nicholas Hoult, Noah Baumbach, Nope, nuclear disaster, opinion, Panic in the Year Zero, Paul Lynde, Peacemaker, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, power, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Milland, relationships, reviews, Rob Schneider, Robert Stack, Robert Young, Rod Taylor, romance, Russell Crowe, San Fernando Valley, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Astin, sequels, sexual harassment, snobbery, success, superheroes, surrealism, survival, Sylvester Stallone, Taika Waititi Korg, Tár, Tessa Thompson, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Menu, The Mortal Storm, The Suicide Squad, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Thor: Love and Thunder, thrillers, Todd Field, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Top Gun Maverick, tragedy, Val Kilmer, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis, violence, wealth, White Noise, Will Farrell, World War II, Zeus | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (902): “MARRIAGE STORY: A Love Story About Divorce”

Posted on November 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

MARRIAGE STORY (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2019) **** (out of 5) . > Noah Baumbach delivers another excellent, powerful film, rightly nominated for Best Picture. . Scarlett Johannsen and Adam Driver are pure nitro-glycerine as a married couple negotiating a painful … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, arts, cinema, criticism, divorce, entertainment, families, family, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, movies, Noah Baumbach, opinion, reviews, Scarlett Johansson | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (652): “MISTRESS AMERICA is More Good Fun From Noah Baumbach”

Posted on July 11, 2022 by KPKeelan

MISTRESS AMERICA (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > Noah Baumbach has done it again. . The man really knows how to fashion modern, quirky, low-key human comedies that sparkle with electricity. He seems especially talented at … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, comedies, criticism, films, Greta Gerwig, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lola Kirk, Mistress America, movies, Noah Baumbach, opinion, reviews | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (637): “Noah Baumbach’s Telling and Funny WHILE WE’RE YOUNG”

Posted on July 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > As the closing credits rolled, I had that ‘aha-moment’ when I saw the director’s credit. . No wonder I enjoyed this film so much! All Noah … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, aging, Amanda Seyfried, art, Ben Stiller, cinema, comedies, criticism, films, generations, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Naomi Watts, Noah Baumbach, opinion, relationships, reviews, While We're Young, youth culture | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (94): The Films of December 2019

Posted on July 18, 2021 by KPKeelan

. December! Gad I hate this month. At least there are usually good movies out, vying for Oscar’s attention… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, adventure, African cinema, Al Pacino, Alain Resnais, American history, Amy Ryan, animation, Anna Paquin, Anthony Hopkins, art, artists, Atlantics, Bad Times at The El Royale, beauty, Benedict XVI, betrayal, biography, Bishops, Bobby Cannavale, Caesar Romero, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Cheyenne Autumn, childhood, Chinese cinema, Christianity, classics, comedies, comedy, crime, cruelty, Dean Martin, Deborah Kerr, digital technology, divorce, dogma, Don Rickles, drama, Drew Goddard, Duplo, dysfunction, E. M. Forster, Edward G. Robinson, emigration, Emmanuelle Riva, epics, faith, families, family, family films, fantasy, Fernando Meirelles, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Frank Sheehan, Frank Sinatra, French cinema, Ganges River, gangsters, genocide, German cinema, Gregory Peck, grief, Harvey Keitel, heartbreak, Hiroshima Mon Amor, Huck Finn, humor, Hungarian cinema, I Hear You Paint Houses, ideology, India, Indians, Jack Goes Boating, James Stewart, Jean Renoir, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Plemons, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, John C. Reilly, John Ford, John Paul II, Johnathan Pryce, Jorge Bergoglio, Joseph Ratzinger, Juliette Binoche, justice, Laura Dern, Lego Batman, life, love, maritime, Mark Twain, Marriage on the Rocks, Marriage Story, martial arts, Martin Scorsese, Mary Steenburgen, Mati Diop, Mickey Rooney, migration, Milorad Krstic, Mississippi River, Nazi Germany, Netflix, Never Look Away, Noah Baumbach, nuclear war, Ordet, organized crime, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Polish cinema, politics, Pope Francis, racism, Ray Romano, reform, relationships, religion, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Jenkins, Richard Widmark, Robert De Niro, romance, Ruben Brandt Collector, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Koch, Senegal, sequels, Shadow, Step Brothers, Steven Van Zandt, supernatural, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Irishman, The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part, The River, The Two Popes, Toy Story 4, tradition, tragedy, war, westerns, Will Ferrell, Word War II, Wyatt Earp, Zhang Yimou | Leave a comment

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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Tag Archives: Noah Baumbach

FLIX PIX (1280): “Noah Baumbach Makes Some WHITE NOISE”

“KPK Looks at All Ten BEST PICTURE Nominees for 2023- A Stellar Year For Cinema!”

Flix Pix (1103): “BARBIE is a Sweet Pink Acid Cocktail. Drink Up!”

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (131): “The Films of January 2023”

FLIX PIX (902): “MARRIAGE STORY: A Love Story About Divorce”

FLIX PIX (652): “MISTRESS AMERICA is More Good Fun From Noah Baumbach”

FLIX PIX (637): “Noah Baumbach’s Telling and Funny WHILE WE’RE YOUNG”

KPK on the CINEMA (94): The Films of December 2019

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

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