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FLIX PIX (1303): “PUSS IN BOOTS Returns With THE LAST WISH”

Posted on June 24, 2024 by KPKeelan

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (directed by Joel Crawford, 2022) ***+ (out of 5) . > Once more, o fearless feline, into the breach! . I enjoyed most of the admittedly uneven SHREK movies, but the best thing about them … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged adventure, animation, Antonio Banderas, arts, cinema, comedy, criticism, death, Dreamworks, entertainment, family, films, Flix Pix, Florence Pugh, Harvey Guillén, heroes, ideas, Joel Crawford, John Mulaney, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, movies, Olivia Colman, opinion, Puss in Boots, Ray Winstone, reviews, Salma Hayek Pinault, sequels, Shrek, spinoffs, supernatural, The Last Wish | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1301): “The BLACK PANTHER is Back in WAKANDA FOREVER”

Posted on June 22, 2024 by KPKeelan

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (directed byRyan Coogler, 2022) ** (out of 5) . > After seeing this bloated franchise sequel (Marvel’s 30th feature!), my buddy John quipped that WAKANDA FOREVER was the perfect film… if you happen to be an 8-year … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Afrofuturism, Angela Bassett, arts, Black Panther, cinema, criticism, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Martin Freeman, Marvel Studios, movies, opinion, reviews, Ryan Coogler, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, superheroes, Wakanda Forever | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

Posted on April 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Eight 4-star films! Damn, that’s a good month. So much cinematic pleasure. Let’s dig in! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) Titles in PURPLE have been … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 1921, A Minute's Wait, Aaron Jackson, abuse, acceptance, action, Adam Arkin, adventure, Alex Sharp, Alex Wolff, Amber Heard, American Samoa, Andre Brugher, Andreas Malm, animation, anthologies, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, arts, Ashley Judd, Austin Butler, Bill Nighy, biographies, Black Americans, Blitz Bazawule, Bowen Yang, British cinema, British folk heroes, British history, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cavalcade, change, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, cinema, classics, Coleman Domingo, comedy, coming of age, cooking, corruption, crime, criticism, Cyril Cusack, Daniel Goldhaber, Danielle Brooks, Dave Bautista, David Allen Grier, death, Denis Villeneuve, Dick Powell, Dicks: The Musical, disasters, discrimination, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Trump, drama, Dune: Part Two, ecoterrorism, Elizabeth Moss, Elvis Presley, England, entertainment, environmental activism, epics, families, family ties, Fantasia Barrino, fantasy, farce, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, folk heroes, football, fossil fuels, Frank Herbert, Frank O'Connor, friendship, Fucking Identical Twins, Gene de Paul, Geoffrey Keen, global warming, grief, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Bailey, Harvey Weinstein, historical epics, historical fiction, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Howard Keel, humor, ideas, Ikiru, illness, Irish cinema, Irish culture, irony, Isabella Rossellini, It Happened Tomorrow, Jack MacGowran, James Austin Johnson, James Neilson, Jane Powell, Jason Mamoa, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Ehle, Jenny Slate, Jodi Kantor, John Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Mercer, Jon Batiste, Josh Brolin, Josh Sharp, Julie Newmar, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gregory, Léa Seydoux, Lesley Stahl, life, Linda Darnell, living, Louis Gossett Jr, love, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Martin J. McHugh, Martin Short, Marvel films, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Twohey, Michael Fassbinder, Michael Hordern, Michael Kidd, Michael Sarnoski, mockumentaries, monkeywrenching, mortality, movies, musicals, Nathan Lane, nature, New York Times, Next Goal Wins, Nick Offerman, Nicolas Cage, Noel Coward, oceans, opinion, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick MacGoohan, Patrick Wilson, pets, philosophy, Pig, pollution, Priscilla, profanity, protest, Rebecca Ferguson, relationships, remakes, René Clair, resistance, reviews, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sabotage, Samantha Morton, Sasha Lane, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, sexism, sexual assault, She Said, silent films, smugglers, soccer, Sofia Coppola, sports, Stanley Donen, Stellan Skarsgård, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Terry Gilkyson, The Color Purple, The Johnstown Flood, The Majesty of the Law, the rape of the Sabine Women, The Rising of the Moon, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, the troubles, The Wonderful World of Color, Thomas Rongen, thrillers, time, time travel, Timothée Chalamet, true stories, truffle hunters, Tyrone Power, underdogs, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Arnett, Willem Dafoe, World War I, Zendaya | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1216): “The Majesty and Disappointment of DUNE: PART TWO”

Posted on March 26, 2024 by KPKeelan

DUNE: PART TWO (directed by Denis Villeneuve, 2024) **** (out of 5) . > Denis Villeneuve’s long anticipated sequel to his 2022 hit is Big! Loud! Action-packed! And yet, somehow, kinda cursory. . Yeah, it was great. Bursting with energy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Anya Taylor-Joy, arts, Austin Butler, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, cinema, criticism, Dave Bautista, Denis Villeneuve, entertainment, epics, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, Florence Pugh, Frank Herbert, Hans Zimmer, ideas, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Léa Seydoux, movies, opinion, Rebecca Ferguson, reviews, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Stellan Skarsgård, supernatural, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya | Leave a comment

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

FLIX PIX (1198): “SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is Pure Pleasure”

Posted on February 22, 2024 by KPKeelan

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson, 2023) **** (out of 5) . > Funny, I didn’t want to like this continuation of the last animated Spider-Man nearly as much as I did. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, cinema, criticism, Daniel Kaluuya, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Issa Rae, Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marvel Studios, movies, Netflix, opinion, Oscar Isaac, reviews, sequels, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, superheroes, supernatural | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1184): “Aardman is Back With CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET”

Posted on February 8, 2024 by KPKeelan

. CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET (directed by Sam Fell, 2023) **** (out of 5) . > Once more, intrepid chickens! Into the breech! . Hard to believe it’s been over two decades since the original CHICKEN RUN (a cracking … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Aardman Studios, action, animation, arts, Bella Ramsey, British cinema, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, cinema, comedies, criticism, entertainment, escape, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Imelda Staunton, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Miranda Richardson, movies, Netflix, opinion, reviews, Sam Fell, sequels, Thandiwe Newton | Leave a comment

QuickPix (35): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 5”

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 A Shot in the Dark, Alfred Zeisler, art, Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Charles Brackett, Cheaper By the Dozen, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, Clifton Webb, comedies, criticism, Don Ameche, Elke Sommer, entertainment, families, films, humor, ideas, John Barrymore, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Astor, Midnight, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, Peter Sellers, QuickPix, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, sequels, The Amazing Adventure, The Pink Panther, wit | Leave a comment

QuickPix (8): “Great FANTASIES For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

Posted on January 5, 2024 by KPKeelan

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged Anthony Quinn, Bible stories, Christianity, Cinemascope, classics, epics, Errol Flynn, fantasy, George Sanders, Henry King, Long John Silver, Maureen O’Sullivan, piracy, pirates, Richard Burton, Robert Newton, romance, sequels, spectacle, swashbucklers, swordplay, The Adventures of Don Juan, The Black Swan, The Robe, Treasure Island, Tyrone Power | Leave a comment

QuickPix (4): “Great SCIENCE FICTION For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

Posted on January 3, 2024 by KPKeelan

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged aliens, Andrew Garfield, art, Carey Mulligan, Chris O’Dowd, Chris Pine, cinema, classics, clones, cloning, criticism, Daniel Brühl, David Oyelowo, dystopia, ecological disaster, entertainment, ethics, exploration, films, horror, ideas, J.J. Abrams, James T. Kirk, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Never Let Me Go, opinion, outer space, Prometheus, QuickPix, reviews, Ridley Scott, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Spock, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Future, Zachary Quinto, Zhang Ziyi | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: sequels

FLIX PIX (1303): “PUSS IN BOOTS Returns With THE LAST WISH”

FLIX PIX (1301): “The BLACK PANTHER is Back in WAKANDA FOREVER”

KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

FLIX PIX (1216): “The Majesty and Disappointment of DUNE: PART TWO”

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

FLIX PIX (1198): “SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is Pure Pleasure”

FLIX PIX (1184): “Aardman is Back With CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET”

QuickPix (35): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 5”

QuickPix (8): “Great FANTASIES For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

QuickPix (4): “Great SCIENCE FICTION For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

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