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Tag Archives: Ron Howard
FLIX PIX (993): “Ron Howard Attempts a HILLBILLY ELEGY”
HILLBILLY ELEGY (directed by Ron Howard, 2020) *** (out of 5) * > Here’s a film that was much-anticipated after the bestselling J. D. Vance novel, then much-maligned upon its release. . Maybe it’s not Opie’s… I mean, Ron Howard’s best … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, Amy Adams, Appalachia, biography, drama, dysfunction, Gabriel Basso, Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Netflix, poverty, Ron Howard
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FLIX PIX (603): “Han SOLO Can’t Get No Respect”
SOLO: A Star Wars Story (directed by Ron Howard, 2018) ***+ (out of 5) . > Poor Han Solo just can’t get no respect. . This stand-alone offshoot of the Star Wars franchise had an infamously troubled gestation. Directors came … Continue reading
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Tagged Alden Ehrenreich, art, Chewbacca, cinema, criticism, Danny Glover, fantasy, films, George Lucas, Han Solo, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lando Calrissian, movies, opinion, reviews, Ron Howard, Solo, Star Wars
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FLIX PIX (350): “Herman Melville IN THE HEART OF THE SEA”
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (directed by Ron Howard, 2015) **** (out of 5) . > This big, noisy, exciting seafaring adventure from reliable director Ron Howard purports to tell the true tale that inspired Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”. . … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Ben Whishaw, Chris Hemsworth, cinema, film criticism, films, Herman Melville, In the Heart of the Sea, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Moby Dick, movies, opinion, reviews, Ron Howard, seafaring, storytelling, whaling
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“A Paisley-Colored Look Back at THE BEATLES: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond” (by KPKeelan)
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (directed by Alan Parker, 2017) *** (out of 5) * > This journal of the great psychedelic-maharaja-Peter Max period the Beatles personified from 1966 to 1970, is both … Continue reading
Posted in QUIET in the BACK!
Tagged Alan Parker, art, cinema, criticism, death, documentaries, drama, Eight Days a Week, films, ideas, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, music, opinion, popular culture, reviews, rock and roll, Ron Howard, The Beatles
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FLIX PIX (120): “RUSH is a Real Rush!”
RUSH (directed by Ron Howard, 2013) **** (out of 5) . > Talk about truth-in-advertising! This Ron Howard racing flick is a rush from beginning to end. . Who woulda thunk bland young “Opie” had so many good films in him? … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hemsworth, cinema, criticism, Daniel Brühl, entertainment, film, James Hunt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nike Lauda, opinion, reviews, Ron Howard, Rush, suggestions
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KPK on the CINEMA (80): The Films of OCTOBER 2018
. Here we go again! It’s a compulsion, I tell ya! TONS of great films to review this month! That’s always fun. (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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Tagged A Quiet Place, action, Alden Ehrenreich, ALS, American politics, Amy Sedaris, animation, art, Atari, autism, Bill Plympton, Blackmail, caregiving, Chewbacca, childhood, cinema, Colin Farrell, comedy, Communism, Coney Island, conflict, crime, criticism, Dakota Fanning, Danny Glover, David Warner, disease, dissent, documentaries, Donald Trump, drama, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Fahrenheit 11/9, families, films, football, Fred Rogers, French cinema, gangsters, Gleason, H.G. Wells, Han Solo, history, horror, Jack the Ripper, Jason Isaacs, Jeffery Tambor, Jim Belushi, John Krakowski, Joseph Stalin, Julianne Moore, Kahlil Gibran, Kate Winslet, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lando Calrissian, Lebanese cinema, Malcolm McDowell, Mark Rylance, marriage, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Keaton, Michael Moore, Michael Palin, middle east, Millicent Simmonds, movies, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, My Life as a Zucchini, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, Nikita Khrushchev, opinion, Ottoman Empire, PBS, Persian culture, Please Stand By, popular culture, propaganda, Public Broadcasting, Ready Player One, reviews, romance, Ron Howard, satire, science fiction, Simon Russell Beale, Solo, Spider-Man Homecoming, sports, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steve Buscemi, Steve Gleason, Steve Schirripa, Steven Spielberg, superheroes, suspense, Team Gleason, The Death of Stalin, The Insult, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Prophet, thriller, Time After Time, time travel, Todd Haynes, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Toni Collette, Tony Sirico, tragedy, USSR, Video games, Will Forte, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Wonder Wheel, Wonderstruck, Woody Allen, Yorgos Lanthimos
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KPK on the Cinema (59): The Films of JANUARY 2017
. WELCOME to a fresh new year of cinematic ruminations. With one exception, I really enjoyed watching every film I saw this first month of the scary New Trumpian Era. (Can’t say CLIENT 9 was exactly entertaining.) (Ratings are on … Continue reading
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Tagged A War, action, Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, animation, Anna Ferris, Anthony Weiner, art, Ben Kingsley, Ben Wheatley, Bill Murray, biography, Borgen, Chris Pine, cinema, Client 9, comedy, Concussion, criticism, Danish cinema, Disney, documentaries, Dr. Bennet Oamlu, drama, Eight Days a Week, Elizabeth Moss, Elizabeth Olsen, films, football, Gary Shandling, Guy Maddin, Hank Williams, Haskell Wexler, heists, High-Rise, I Saw the Light, Idris Elba, Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Favreau, Keanu, Kevin Keelan, Key & Peele, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kubo and the Two Strings, Laika Entertainment, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Luis Guzmán, Luke Evans, Lupita Nyong’o, Marshall McLuhan, mass media, Maximilian Schell, Medium Cool, Melina Mercouri, Michael Sheen, movies, music, NFL, Peter Landesman, Peter Ustinov, Pilou Asbæk, remakes, reviews, Robert Forster, Ron Howard, Rudyard Kipling, Scarlett Johansson, science fiction, Sienna Miller, The Beatles, The Jungle Book, Tobias Lindholm, Tom Hiddleston, Topkapi, Will Forte
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KPK on the CINEMA (48): The Films of January 2016
. 31 days, 14 films. Lots of great stuff… and one absolute dud! (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Alicia Vikander, Amanda Seyfried, art, artificial intelligence, Ben Stiller, Ben Whishaw, Brooklyn, Cartel Land, Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Citizenfour, comedy, David Foster Wallace, David Lipsky, documentaries, Domhnall Gleeson, drama, Edward Snowden, Elizabeth Moss, Emmanuel Lubezki, End of the Tour, Ex Machina, film criticism, history, In the Heart of the Sea, Indonesia, Irish emigration, Islamic fundamentalism, Jason Segal, Jessie Eisenberg, Joshua Oppenheimer, Katherine Waterston, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Poitras, Leonardo DiCaprio, love, mass murder, Matthew Heineman, Melissa McCarthy, movies, Naomi Watts, Noah Baumbach, Oscar Isaac, Phoenix, Queen of the Earth, reviews, Ron Howard, science fiction, Sean S. Baker, Spy, Tangerine, The Act of Killing, the Knights Templar, The Look of Silence, The Oscars, The Revenant, Timbuktu, Tom Hardy, While We're Young
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