Tag Archives: Ryan Gosling

“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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 65, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Driver, Adolf Hitler, adventure, Agnes Moorehead, Alexander Graham Bell, America Ferrera, anti-nuclear, Arlene Dahl, arts, Barbie, Bernard Herrmann, Broken Lance, Cast Ronald Colman, cattlemen, Cesar Romero, Chico Marx, cinema, classics, Cleopatra, Colm Bairéad, comedy, coming of age, County Waterford, criticism, Dennis Hopper, Diane Baker, dinosaurs, drama, Dua Lipa, Edward Dmytryk, Edward Everett Horton, entertainment, families, fantasy, farce, feminism, films, Gaelic language, gender roles, geology, girls, Greta Gerwig, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Hedy Lamarr, Hippocrates, ideas, Ireland, Irish cinema, Irwin Allen, James Mason, Joan of Arc, John Carradine, John Cena, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, Kate McKinnon, Katharine Hepburn, Kenan Wynn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lucille Ball, Margot Robbie, Marie Antoinette, Mark Antony, Mattel, Michael Cera, miners, Moses, movies, Napoleon, Nero, Noah Baumbach, opinion, parody, Pat Boon, patriarchy, Peter Lorre, Queen Elizabeth, ranchers, reviews, Rhea Perlman, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, romance, Ruth Handler, Ryan Gosling, Satan, sci-fi, science fiction, sexism, Simu Liu, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Spencer Tracy, stereotypes, The Quiet Girl, The Story of Mankind, Vincent Price, Virginia Mayo, westerns, Will Farrell, William Shakespeare, Without Love, women | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (456): “The Undeniable Charm and Pathos of THE NOTEBOOK”

Posted on April 4, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE NOTEBOOK (directed by Nick Cassavetes, 2004) ***+ (out of 5) . > THE NOTEBOOK is a warm, human, unapologetically manipulative romance. . At the time of its release, it was much-beloved by wistful teenage girls around the world, who projected … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, dementia, films, Gina Rowlands, ideas, James Garner, Joan Allen, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nick Cassavetes, nostalgia, opinion, Rachel McAdams, reviews, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, The Notebook | Leave a comment

“Two BLADE RUNNERs” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on October 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, 1982) ***+ > I saw this seminal sci-fi film, sometime way back in history… and didn’t care much for it at the time. . I remember being entertained, but the fact that I remembered very little of … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged art, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, cinema, Denis Villeneuve, Edward James Olmos, film, film criticism, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Ryan Gosling, Sean Young | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (159) “Did We Learning Anything From THE BIG SHORT That Left Us Holding the Bag?”

Posted on September 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE BIG SHORT (directed by Adam MacKay, 2015) **** (out of 5) . > Best known for his silly Will Farrell comedies, former SNL head writer Adam McKay has pulled off quite a trick here: . McKay took the driest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam McKay, Anthony Bourdain, art, banking, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, cinema, criticism, drama, economics, film criticism, films, fraud, greed, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Led Zeppelin, Marisa Tomei, movies, opinion, reviews, Ryan Gosling, Selena Gomez, Steve Carell, The Big Short, theft | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

Posted on July 10, 2021 by KPKeelan

. APRIL! The earth keeps turning. And away we go… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to receive a full 5 stars.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix Pix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adam McKay, alcoholism, Alex Honnold, All the Way, American history, Americana, Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, art, Bing Crosby, biography, Boy Erased, Bradley Whitford, Bryan Cranston, Burning, capers, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, Closed Curtain, Colin Farrell, comedy, Damien Chazelle, Danny DeVito, Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back, Dick Cheney, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dumbo, El Capitan, ethics, F.W. Murnau, fantasy, films, First Man, Frank Capra, Frank Langella, Free Solo, freeclimbing, Gary Cooper, gay conversion therapy, German cinema, Grace Kelly, Hal Roach, heists, hitmen, horror, Iranian cinema, Italian cinema, Jafar Panahi, Jean Arthur, Jessica Harper, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Keelan, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Bird Johnson, Last Flag Flying, Laurence Fishburne, LBJ, Liam Neeson, Lucas Hedges, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lynne Cheney, Martin Luther King, Melissa Leo, Michael Keaton, morality, mountain climbing, movies, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, music, Muslim culture, National Geographic, Neil Armstrong, Netflix, Nicole Kidman, Nosferatu, obsession, opinion, politics, power, Quincy, Quincy Jones, relationships, repression, reviews, Richard Linklater, Richard Russell, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, silent films, spaceflight, special effects, Steve Carell, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, Steven Yeun, surrealism, Suspiria, The Circus, The Country Girl, Tim Burton, Tom Wilkinson, tragedy, vampires, veterans, Vice, Viola Davis, war, Widows, William Holden | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

Posted on June 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Well, that was an enjoyable month’s worth of movies. Look at all the 4-and-a-half star films! Fab. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, American Honey, Amy Adams, animal rescue, animation, anime, art, Billy Bob Thornton, Blackmail, Blade Runner 2049, Bolivia, Charles Laughton, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Claude Rains, Colin Farrell, comedies, crime, criminals, Cyril Ritchard, Daniel Brühl, Danny Boyle, Daphne De Maurier, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, drama, Drunken Angel, Edward James Olmos, elections, Elijah Wood, Elle Fanning, epics, Evo Morales, Ewan McGregor, feudalism, films, Frances McDormand, gangsters, grifters, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, heroin addiction, history, humor, Humphrey Bogart, Hurricane Katrina, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK, Jamaica Inn, James Carville, Japanese cinema, Jared Leto, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Dunst, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louisiana, Martin McDonough, Maureen O’Hara, Melanie Lynskey, melodrama, mental health, metaphor, Michael Curtiz, Mine, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, movies, Nazis, New Orleans, Nicole Kidman, noir, opinion, Our Brand is Crisis, Park Chan-wook, Passage to Marseille, Peter Lorre, Peter Straughan, pets, Poland, political campaigns, politics, Princess Mononoke, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robert Newton, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, Santa Sangre, Sasha Lane, science fiction, Sean Young, sequels, Shia LaBeouf, Sofia Coppola, Studio Ghibli, surrealism, Sydney Greenstreet, symbolism, T2 Trainspotting, Takashi Shimura, The Beguiled, the Civil War, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, thrillers, Toshiro Mifune, violence, Woody Harrelson, World War II, Yakuza, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (60): The Films of FEBRUARY 2017

Posted on June 14, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Whew. Busy month, Brace yerself maties. The Sea of Cinema yielded a bountiful harvest in February! (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Hard Day's Night, action, Adam Driver, Adam West, Albert Brooks, Alun Owen, animation, autism, Barack Obama, Beatlemania, Bedazzled, biography, Boy & the World, Brazilian cinema, brothers, Captain America Civil War, Captain Kirk, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, cinema, Civil War, comedies, cults, Damien Chazelle, Diane Keaton, disease, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Ellen DeGeneres, Elvis & Nixon, Elvis Presley, Emma Stone, erotica, estrangement, Eugene Levy, fantasies, film criticism, films, Finding Dory, Güneş Şensoy, horror, Iceland, Icelandic cinema, Idris Elba, Into the Inferno, Jason Lin, Jeff Nichols, Joel Edgerton, John Cho, Karl Urban, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Spacey, Kirsten Dunst, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, La La Land, Life Animated, livestock, Manchester By the Sea, Marvel Studios, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Michelle Obama, Michelle Williams, Midnight Special, movies, musicals, Mustang, Netflix, Norwegian cinema, opinion, Owen Susskind, paranormal, Parker Sawyers, Peter Cook, Pixar, Rams, Raquel Welch, reviews, Richard Lester, Richard Nixon, Roar Uthaug, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Robyn Davidson, rock 'n' Roll, Roger Ebert, romance, Ron Susskind, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Satan Comes to Eden, science fiction, Simon Pegg, Southside With You, Stanley Donen, Star Trek Beyond, supernatural, The Beatles, The Boy, the Congo, The Duke of Burgundy, The Galapagos Affair, The Square, The Wave, thrillers, Tika Sumpter, Tracks, tragedy, Turkish cinema, Virunga, volcanoes, Werner Herzog, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | 2 Comments

KPK on the CINEMA (47): The Films of December 2015

Posted on June 1, 2021 by KPKeelan

. December 2015: the month that was, the year that was, the 15 films I saw, and how I felt about them. (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, Abraham Attah, Adam Driver, Adam McKay, Amy, Amy Adams, Amy Winehouse, Avengers, Beasts of No Nation, Ben Whishaw, Big Eyes, biography, Brad Pitt, Brie Larson, Bryan Cranston, C-3PO, Carrie Fisher, Chappie, Cheryl Strayed, Chewbacca, Christian Bale, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Colin Firth, Daisy Ridley, Dalton Trumbo, Daniel Craig, David James Elliott, Dev Patel, Diane Lane, Dope, drama, Edward G. Robinson, Ellie Fanning, Emma Donoghue, film criticism, films, George Lucas, Gett The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Hedda Hopper, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba, Ishmael Beah, J.J. Abrams, Jacob Tremblay, James Bond, Jay Roach, John Boyega, John Goodman, John Wayne, Kingsman: The Secret Service, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis C.K., Luke Skywalker, Marisa Tomei, Mark Ruffalo, Max Von Sydow, Michael Stuhlbarg, movies, Naomie Harris, Neil Blomkamp, Oscar Isaac, Princess Leia, R2-D2, Ralph Fiennes, Reese Witherspoon, reviews, Richard Pryor, Robert Downey Jr., Room, Ryan Gosling, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Spectre, Star Wars, Steve Carell, Telly Savalas, The Age of Ultron, The Big Short, The Force Awakens, Tim Burton, Tony Bennett, Trumbo, Which Way is Up | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Ryan Gosling

“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”

FLIX PIX (456): “The Undeniable Charm and Pathos of THE NOTEBOOK”

“Two BLADE RUNNERs” (by KPKeelan)

FLIX PIX (159) “Did We Learning Anything From THE BIG SHORT That Left Us Holding the Bag?”

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (60): The Films of FEBRUARY 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (47): The Films of December 2015

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