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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 (1140): “Martin Scorsese’s Heartbreaking Epic KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”

Posted on March 9, 2024 by KPKeelan

. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (directed by Martin Scorsese, 2023) ****+ (out of 5) . > Marty Scorsese’s long-anticipated 26th feature film is finally out, and I am pleased to report, it is his best movie in 20 years. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged American Indians, Barry Corbin, Charlie Musselwhite, corruption, drama, epics, exploitation, greed, injustice, Jack White, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese, murder, Osage Nation, Pete Yorn, racism, Robert De Niro, tragedy, westerns | Leave a comment

“My Thoughts on the 96th ACADEMY AWARDS” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on February 29, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > With chronic insomnia, I was awake to watch the live-streamed announcement of the nominated films from 2023. It was almost exactly what I expected, and largely, what I hoped for. My thoughts, dear readers: . The ten BEST … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged 20 Days in Mariupol, Academy Awards, America Ferrera, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Annette Bening, arts, Asteroid City, Barbie, Christopher Nolan, cinema, criticism, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, El Conde, Elemental, Emma Stone, entertainment, films, Greta Gerwig, Hayao Miyazaki, ideas, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Foster, John Batiste, Justine Triet, Kevin Keelan, Killers of the Flower Moon, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lily Gladstone, Maestro, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, movies, Napoleon, Nyad, opinion, Oppenheimer, Oscars, Past Lives, Perfect Days, Poor Things, Robbie Robertson, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Hüller, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sterling K. Brown, The Boy and the Heron, The Holdovers, The Zone of Interest, Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

Posted on November 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > This month: a Noël Coward comedy of manners, a previously unseen Hitchcock thriller, a return to seminal swashbucklers of my youth, the Greatest Concert Film Ever Made, a silly Marx Brothers lark, Tracy and Hepburn meet Elia Kazan, … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

Posted on February 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

. I allowed myself to get dozens of film reviews in arrears again, while busily completing a slew of new stories for 2023’s TALES FROM A WINDBAG. (Read them!) https://lastcre8iveiconoclast.wordpress.com/category/tales-from-a-windbag/) Almost caught-up now. Unfortunately, there are six pretty bad films … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Abigail Breslin, addiction, adventure, ageing, Akira Kurosawa, alcoholism, Alessandro Nivola, All Fall Down, Amsterdam, Angela Lansbury, Angelo Badalamenti, animation, antisemitism, Anya Taylor-Joy, arts, Broadway, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, clones, comedies, comedy, conmen, crime, criminals, criticism, Damsel, David O. Russell, David Zelner, Dick Powell, Dinner For Schmucks, Dominique Pinon, drama, Dreyfus affair, dystopia, Edward Dmytryk, entertainment, espionage, Eva Marie Saint, families, fantasy, Farewell, films, flight, France, Frank Oz, French cinema, Gene Tierney, Gore Verbinski, Graham Grene, history, horror, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, ideas, injustice, Isla Fisher, Japanese cinema, Jay Roach, Jean Arthur, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, John David Washington, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Jules Dassin, Karl Malden, Kermit the Frog, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Madadayo, Marc Caro, Margot Robbie, Marx brothers, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Miss Piggy, movies, murder, musicals, My Lovely, My Sweet, Nathan Zelner, Ned Beatty, Nicol Williamson, Night and the City, noir, Only Angels Have Wings, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Rudd, persecution, pilots, Rami Malek, Rango, Raymond Chandler, relationships, respect, reviews, Richard Widmark, Rita Hayworth, Robert De Niro, Robert Morley, Robert Pattinson, Ron Perlman, sci-fi, science fiction, spies, Steve Carell, surrealism, Taylor Swift, The Big Store, The City of Lost Children, The Human Factor, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Swimmer, Thomas Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Stoppard, violence, Warren Beatty, westerns, William Inge, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (904): “Scorsese Revisits Gangster Noir With THE IRISHMAN”

Posted on November 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE IRISHMAN (directed by Martin Scorsese, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > Once again (and probably not for the final time), Martin Scorsese dips his brush into the gangster genre, with predictably excellent results. . Leading man Robert De Nero … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Al Pacino, arts, Bobby Cannavale, cinema, criticism, digital technology, entertainment, epics, films, Frank Sheehan, gangsters, Harvey Keitel, I Hear You Paint Houses, ideas, Jesse Plemons, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin Scorsese, movies, Netflix, opinion, organized crime, Ray Romano, reviews, Robert De Niro, Steven Van Zandt | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (840): “JOKER is a Deep, Deep Bummer”

Posted on October 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

JOKER (directed by Todd Phillips, 2019) **** (out of 5) . > It shouldn’t be hard for me to review this film: I don’t have much to say about it. (Famous last words!) . In a sense- JOKER is what it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged abuse, arts, bullying, cinema, comic books, criticism, entertainment, films, Gotham City, ideas, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, origin stories, reviews, Robert De Niro, The King of Comedy, Todd Phillips, villains | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (735): “Bertolucci Revisits 1900”

Posted on August 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

1900 (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci , 1976) **** (out of 5) . > When the great Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci passed away, I decided to make a point of seeking out his films that had evaded my attention. . I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 1900, art, Bernando Bertolucci, Burt Lancaster, cinema, criticism, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Ennio Morricone, films, Gérard Depardieu, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert De Niro, Sterling Hayden | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (722): “John Frankenheimer’s Exciting RONIN”

Posted on August 15, 2022 by KPKeelan

RONIN (directed by John Frankenheimer, 1998) **** (out of 5) . > John Frankenheimer was winding down his career (and his life), when he made this solid action flick. (He had only one more feature and a TV movie left in … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, art, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Jean Reno, John Frankenheimer, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Natascha McElhone, opinion, reviews, Robert De Niro, Ronin, Sean Bean, Stellan Skarsgård | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (507): “The Flamboyant Excesses of AMERICAN HUSTLE”

Posted on April 29, 2022 by KPKeelan

AMERICAN HUSTLE (directed by David O. Russell, 2013) *** (out of 5) . > Sad to report: this is not the movie the very entertaining trailers suggest it is. . The showcase scene featuring Bradley Cooper with his hair in … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged American Hustle, Amy Adams, art, Bradley Cooper, cinema, criticism, David O. Russell, films, ideas, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert De Niro | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Robert De Niro

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

FLIX PIX (1140): “Martin Scorsese’s Heartbreaking Epic KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”

“My Thoughts on the 96th ACADEMY AWARDS” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

FLIX PIX (904): “Scorsese Revisits Gangster Noir With THE IRISHMAN”

FLIX PIX (840): “JOKER is a Deep, Deep Bummer”

FLIX PIX (735): “Bertolucci Revisits 1900”

FLIX PIX (722): “John Frankenheimer’s Exciting RONIN”

FLIX PIX (507): “The Flamboyant Excesses of AMERICAN HUSTLE”

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