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KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

Posted on June 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > And away we go! (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 expanded for Flix Pix columns > This month I review … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Amy Ryan, animation, anxiety, Ari Aster, Arthur Treacher, arts, Aubrey Plaza, Bao Nguyen, Beau is Afraid, Ben Hecht, Billy Joel, Blake Edwards, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Brian Keith, Bruce Springsteen, buddy films, Burt Reynolds, childhood, cinema, classics, Clint Walker, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, credit card fraud, crime, criticism, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Dean Martin, desire, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Dorothy Lamour, drama, dysfunctional families, Edmund Gwenn, Emily the Criminal, entertainment, espionage, family, family films, famine relief, films, Foreign Correspondent, friendship, Gene Tierney, George Roy Hill, George Sanders, Geraldine Page, guilt, Harry Belafonte, Heidi, Henry Mancini, Hollywood, horror, Huey Lewis, I. S. Johar, ideas, India, injustice, IRA, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Irish troubles, Jackie Gleason, Jay North, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McCrea, John Berry, John Carradine, John Ford, John Ritter, Jon Hall, justice, Ken Kragen, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, László Kovács, Lillian Hellman, Lionel Richie, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Astor, Maya, metaphor, Michael Jackson, military life, moviemaking, movies, music documentary, Nathan Lane, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nickelodeon, opinion, Paranoia, Parker Posey, Patti LuPone, Paul Simon, Peter Bogdanovich, political thriller, Polynesia, Quincy Jones, Ralph Nelson, Ray Charles, Raymond Massey, recording sessions, relationships, resistance movements, retribution, reviews, romance, Ryan O'Neal, scams, Sheila E, Shirley Temple, silent movies, Smokey Robinson, Soldier In the Rain, songwriting, south seas, spies, Stella Stevens, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Steve McQueen, Stevie Wonder, surrealism, suspense, symbolism, Tatum O'Neal, The Greatest Night in Pop, The Hurricane, The Informer, Thomas Mitchell, Tina Turner, Toys in the Attic, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Una O'Connor, Victor McLaglen, We Are the World, Wendy Hiller, William Goldman, Willie Nelson, Yvette Mimieux | Leave a comment

QuickPix (50): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 17”

Posted on January 31, 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 Émile Zola, Cary Grant, Douglas Sirk, drama, Dreyfus affair, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, Imitation of Life, Jean Arthur, John Gavin, Jose Ferrer, Lana Turner, Milena Smit, Only Angels Have Wings, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Rita Hayworth, Sandra Dee, Spanish Civil War, Thomas Mitchell | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

Posted on February 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

. I allowed myself to get dozens of film reviews in arrears again, while busily completing a slew of new stories for 2023’s TALES FROM A WINDBAG. (Read them!) https://lastcre8iveiconoclast.wordpress.com/category/tales-from-a-windbag/) Almost caught-up now. Unfortunately, there are six pretty bad films … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Abigail Breslin, addiction, adventure, ageing, Akira Kurosawa, alcoholism, Alessandro Nivola, All Fall Down, Amsterdam, Angela Lansbury, Angelo Badalamenti, animation, antisemitism, Anya Taylor-Joy, arts, Broadway, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, clones, comedies, comedy, conmen, crime, criminals, criticism, Damsel, David O. Russell, David Zelner, Dick Powell, Dinner For Schmucks, Dominique Pinon, drama, Dreyfus affair, dystopia, Edward Dmytryk, entertainment, espionage, Eva Marie Saint, families, fantasy, Farewell, films, flight, France, Frank Oz, French cinema, Gene Tierney, Gore Verbinski, Graham Grene, history, horror, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, ideas, injustice, Isla Fisher, Japanese cinema, Jay Roach, Jean Arthur, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, John David Washington, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Jules Dassin, Karl Malden, Kermit the Frog, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Madadayo, Marc Caro, Margot Robbie, Marx brothers, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Miss Piggy, movies, murder, musicals, My Lovely, My Sweet, Nathan Zelner, Ned Beatty, Nicol Williamson, Night and the City, noir, Only Angels Have Wings, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Rudd, persecution, pilots, Rami Malek, Rango, Raymond Chandler, relationships, respect, reviews, Richard Widmark, Rita Hayworth, Robert De Niro, Robert Morley, Robert Pattinson, Ron Perlman, sci-fi, science fiction, spies, Steve Carell, surrealism, Taylor Swift, The Big Store, The City of Lost Children, The Human Factor, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Swimmer, Thomas Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Stoppard, violence, Warren Beatty, westerns, William Inge, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (894): “John Ford’s Classic Western STAGECOACH”

Posted on November 9, 2022 by KPKeelan

STAGECOACH (directed by John Ford, 1939) ***** (out of 5) . > I am not sure I ever saw this black-and-white John Ford western chestnut, though I well remember seeing the color remake from 1966. It left a big impression at … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Andy Devine, arts, cinema, classics, criticism, Donald Meek, drama, entertainment, films, ideas, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Stagecoach, Thomas Mitchell, westerns | Leave a comment

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KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

QuickPix (50): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 17”

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

FLIX PIX (894): “John Ford’s Classic Western STAGECOACH”

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