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FLIX PIX (926): “In 1967, CASINO ROYALE Was Kitschy Trash. It Still Is.”
CASINO ROYALE (directed by John Huston, Val Guest, Joseph McGrath, Ken Hughes & Robert Parrish, 1967) *+ (out of 5) . > Not two minutes into the opening credits I saw one good reason why this is considered one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 007, arts, bombs, camp, Casino Royale, Charles Boyer, cinema, comedies, criticism, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, entertainment, films, George Raft, Ian Fleming, ideas, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Ken Hughes, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, reviews, Robert Parrish, satire, slapstick, spies, spoofs, turkeys, Ursula Andress, Val Guest, William Holden, Woody Allen
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“James Coburn is Derek Flint, Superspy!” (by KPKeelan)
. OUR MAN FLINT (directed by Daniel Mann, 1966) ***** (out of 5) * > Since this broad spoof of James Bond 007 hit theaters in January of 1966, I must have been all of 9-years old when I thrilled to … Continue reading
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Tagged 007, action, comedy, Daniel Mann, Gordon Douglas, humor, James Bond, James Coburn, kitsch, Lee J. Cobb, satire, sequels, spies, spoofs
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KPK on the CINEMA (84): The Films of February 2019
. All hail February! Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it… (All 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 Pix columns.) … Continue reading
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