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FLIX PIX (236): “A Harrowing Trip to SELMA”

Posted on December 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

SELMA (directed by Ava DuVernay, 2014) **** (out of 5) . > Producers Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, along with director Ava DuVernay have done this country a great service: . To tell this important story at this exact moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Ava DuVernay, Brad Pitt, cinema, civil rights, David Oyelowo, film criticism, films, George Wallace, history, ideas, J. Edgar Hoover, justice, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, L.B.J., M.L.K., Martin Luther King, movies, opinion, Oprah Winfrey, racism, recommendations, Selma, social criticism, suggestions, Tim Roth, Voting Rights Act | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (37): The Films of JANUARY 2015

Posted on May 22, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw 29 films the first month of 2015, including several forays into actual theaters to see celebrated Oscar contenders. January saw some classics lots of near-classics, a corny- yet illuminating musical, a few disappointing misses including the best … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 12 O'Clock Boys, 1776, A Tale of Springtime, Alfred Molina, American history, Amy Sedaris, animation, arts, At Berkeley, August: Osage County, Ava DuVernay, Baltimore, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Boyhood, Broken Arrow, Calvary, Cate Blanchett, Catherine O'Hara, Chef, Chris Cooper, Christina Ricci, Christoph Waltz, cinema, civil rights, Civil War, Colin Firth, Destry Rides Again, Divergent, documentaries, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Redmayne, Ellar Coltrane, Emma Stone, Eric Rohmer, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Felicity Jones, Fess Parker, film criticism, films, founding fathers, Frank, French cinema, Geena Davis, George Clooney, Godfrey Reggio, Gus Van Sant, How to Train Your Dragon 2, ideas, Inherent Vice, Ink, Ireland, James McAvoy, James Stewart, Jane Hawking, Jean Dujardin, Joaquin Phoenix, John Goodman, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, John Michael McDonough, Jon Favreau, Josh Brolin, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Katherine Waterston, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Life Itself, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Love is Strange, Magic in the Moonlight, Mala Noche, Marisa Tomei, Marlene Dietrich, Martin Luther King, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Miles Teller, Morten Tyldum, movies, Muppet Treasure Island, musicals, Oliver Platt, opinion, Owen Wilson, Patricia Arquette, Paul Thomas Anderson, Penelope, Quick Change, Randy Quaid, Reese Witherspoon, reviews, Richard Linklater, Roger Ebert, Sam Shepard, Scarlett Johansson, Selma, Shailene Woodley, Sligo, Soapdish, Stephen Hawking, Steve James, suggestions, Terry Gilliam, The Great Locomotive Chase, The Imitation Game, The Monuments Men, The Muppets, The Theory of Everything, The Zero Theorem, Thomas Pynchon, Tracy Letts, Veronica Roth, Visitors, Walt Disney, Woody Allen, World War II | 1 Comment

“Examining All 8 BEST PICTURE Oscar Nominees From 2014” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by KPKeelan

. > It is very unusual that I should have seen all the BEST PICTURE nominated films before the ceremony- and now that I am writing reviews of every film I watch, I just happen to have composed some thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged Academy Awards, American Sniper, art, Birdman, Boyhood, cinema, film, film criticism, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, opinion, Oscars, predictions, reviews, Selma, suggestions, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash | 1 Comment

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KPK on the CINEMA (37): The Films of JANUARY 2015

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