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Tag Archives: The Rocket
QuickPix (45): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 15”
> 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
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Tagged adventure, Australian cinema, books, childhood, Christopher Nolan, classics, cliches, coming of age, corruption, crime, drama, Emily Watson, families, Geoffrey Rush, John Wayne, Kim Mordaunt, Laos, Laotian refuges, Nazis, Nazism, neo-noir, Paranoia, QuickPix, reading, revenge, romance, stalking, stigma, superstition, The Book Thief, The Rocket, The State of the Union, tragedy, voyeurism, Wake of the Red Witch, World War II
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FLIX PIX (608): “THE ROCKET is Blissful Cinema”
THE ROCKET (directed by Kim Mordaunt, 2013) **** (out of 5) ,. > Wonderful Australian film about a dogged cultural curse. . Twins who survive when their counterpart dies are considered back luck in superstitious Laotian society. They are for forever … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Australian cinema, childhood, cinema, criticism, drama, families, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, Kim Mordaunt, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laotian culture, movies, opinion, refugees, reviews, superstition, The Rocket
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KPK on the CINEMA (29): The Films of MAY 2014
* MAY 2014: 22 films: from horror classics (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) to great modern documentaries (ONLY THE YOUNG). Some great stuff here, but a number of great let-downs too. Can’t say I chose as well as usual this … Continue reading
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