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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

QuickPix (36): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 12”

Posted on January 22, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged adventure, Alfre Woodard, art, Asghar Farhadi, Burt Lancaster, Captain Horatio Hornblower, cinema, courtroom drama, criticism, Down in the Delta, drama, E. M. Forster, entertainment, families, family secrets, films, Gregory Peck, Herbie Hancock, heroes, ideas, Iranian cinema, Javiar Bardem, John Frankenheimer, Kevin Keelan, kidnapping, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Maya Angelou, Mississippi, movies, opinion, Penelope Cruz, psychological thrillers, QuickPix, racism, reviews, seafaring, Shelly Winters, Spain, Telly Savalas | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (920): “John Ford, Eugene O’Neill and THE LONG VOYAGE HOME”

Posted on November 22, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (directed by John Ford, 1940) *** (out of 5) . > Sharing a birthday and a love of theatre and of writing, I was a big fan of Eugene O’Neill as a stage-mad teen. I read all … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, drama, Eugene O'Neill, films, ideas, John Ford, John Wayne, Kevin Keelan, kidnapping, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, sailors, seafaring, seamen, The Long Voyage Home | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (350): “Herman Melville IN THE HEART OF THE SEA”

Posted on February 10, 2022 by KPKeelan

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 →

Posted in Flix Pix | 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 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: seafaring

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

QuickPix (36): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 12”

FLIX PIX (920): “John Ford, Eugene O’Neill and THE LONG VOYAGE HOME”

FLIX PIX (350): “Herman Melville IN THE HEART OF THE SEA”

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