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

Posted on January 2, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, a new feature here in KPKworld! > Enjoy these 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged Anna Rose Holmer, art, Canadian cinema, cinema, classics, criticism, drama, Elite Zexer, entertainment, films, healing, hysteria, ideas, Israeli cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marlon Brando, Monsieur Lazhar, Morituri, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Robert Wise, Sand Storm, suicide, teaching, The Fits, trauma, Trevor Howard, Wally Cox, William Redfeld, World War II, Yul Brynner | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (121): The Films of MARCH 2022

Posted on April 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > MARCH 2022! TIME MARCHES ON! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (All titles in PURPLE have been expanded for Flix Pix columns.) > This month I … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Big Hand For the Little Lady, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, addiction, AFI, Al Pacino, Alan Hale, Alana Haim, American Film Institute, animation, Ansel Elgort, Aretha Franklin, Ariana DeBose, Arthur O'Connell, arts, Audra McDonald, Aunjanue Ellis, backstage musicals, Benny Safdie, Bhutanese cinema, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, Burgess Meredith, Buster Keaton, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Bickford, Charlotte Rampling, child abuse, Christine Ebersole, cinema, cliches, Clint Eastwood, comedies, comedy, coming of age, Cooper Hoffman, crime, criticism, Cry Macho, Danielle Haim, Dave Bautista, David Alvarez, Denis Villeneuve, Disney, drama, drifters, Dune, Dwight Yokam, Eileen Brennan, Elizabeth Hartman, entertainment, epics, escapes, Este Haim, families, fantasy, films, Forest Whitaker, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Herbert, Fred Gwynne, friendship, gambling, gangs, Gary Goetzman, Gene Hackman, gentrification, George DiCaprio, Geraldine Page, gospel, Grant High School, Haim, Harriet Sansom Harris, Henry Fonda, Herman Munster, Hollywood, Hume Cronyn, ideas, insanity, irony, Italy, Jack Gilford, Jason Momoa, Jason Robards, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Hudson, Jerry Schatzberg, Joanne Woodward, Joel Wachs, John B. Sebastian, John C. Reilly, John Michael Higgins, John Randolph, Jon Peters, Josh Brolin, Karen Black, Kevin Keelan, Kevin McCarthy, King Richard, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, Licorice Pizza, Luca, Lucille Ball, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, madness, Marlon Wayans, Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Rudolph, melodrama, mental illness, mentoring, Mexico, Michael Hordern, movies, musical, musicals, musicians, New York City, opinion, Oscar Isaac, parenting, Paul Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Kastner, Phil Silvers, Pixar, prisoners, psychological drama, Rachel Zegler, relationships, remakes, Repulsion, respect, reviews, Richard Williams, Rip Torn, road trips, Roman Polanski, romance, Romeo and Juliet, rural life, San Fernando Valley, Scarecrow, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Penn, Serena Williams, sex, sex comedy, singers, slapstick, soul music, sports films, stardom, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, success, supernatural, Tail o’ the Cock, teachers, teaching, tennis, The Broadway Melody, There Was a Crooked Man, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, Venus Williams, violence, Warren Oates, West Side Story, westerns, Will Smith, William Holden, You’re a Big Boy Now, Yours Mine and Ours, Zendaya, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

“BAD WRITING: Analogies and Metaphors to Make the Head Swim!”

Posted on March 20, 2019 by KPKeelan

> Every year, English teachers from across the USA are invited to submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers and other humans across … Continue reading →

Posted in TASTY TIDBITS | Tagged comedy, composition, education, humor, KPKworld, language, linguistics, teaching, writing | 3 Comments

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

KPK on the Cinema (121): The Films of MARCH 2022

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