Tag Archives: Tim Blake Nelson

FLIX PIX (710): “THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS is a Blast!”

Posted on August 9, 2022 by KPKeelan

. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, 2018) ****+ (out of 5) . > The hardworking Coen brothers teamed up with Netflix to produce this peach of an anthology western- a potpourri of six short tales … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged anthologies, arts, Brendan Gleeson, cinema, comedy, criticism, Dave Franco, drama, Ethan Coen, films, Harry Melling, humor, ideas, irony, Joel Coen, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Liam Neeson, movies, Netflix, opinion, reviews, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Tyne Daly, westerns | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (467): “The Intense Psychodrama of WORMWOOD: An American Conspiracy”

Posted on April 9, 2022 by KPKeelan

WORMWOOD: An American Conspiracy (directed by Errol Morris, 2018) ****+ (out of 5) . > Errol Morris teamed up with Netflix to produce this stylish, in-depth six part crime docudrama that tells a dark story of government secrets run amok. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Bob Balaban, cinema, criticism, Errol Morris, films, government secrets, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, LSD, MK-Ultra, Molly Parker, movies, Netflix, opinion, Peter Sarsgaard, reviews, Tim Blake Nelson, Wormwood An American Conspiracy | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (120): The Films of February 2022″

Posted on March 25, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > February is here, and before the end of the month: the Oscar nominations. This year, I on on it, baby! The quest to see all the previous year’s most celebrated films is on. Titles in PURPLE have been … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 101 Dalmatians, A.I., About Endlessness, action, adventure, Afghanistan, aging, Alex Trebek, Alicia Vikander, Alzheimer’s, ambition, America America, animation, artificial intelligence, arts, Barry Keoghan, Bigbug, biographies, Bradley Cooper, carnies, Cate Blanchett, Channing Tatum, child abuse, cinema, classics, Columbian refugees, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, crime, criminals, criticism, Cruella, Daniel Brühl, Danish cinema, David Gordon Green, David Lowery, David Strathairn, death, Dev Patel, diaspora, Dick Johnson is Dead, Disney, Disney animation, documentaries, drama, Dwayne Johnson, dying, dystopia, Elia Kazan, emigration, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Encanto, England, entertainment, espionage, families, family, fantasy, fascism, fashion, fate, film noir, films, Flee, fraud, Free Guy, French cinema, Gael García Bernal, Greece, Greek emigration, grief, grifters, Grigori Rasputin, Guillermo Del Toro, hope, human life, human rights, human trafficking, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, immigrants, Jack Farthing, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jodie Comer, Joe, Joel Edgerton, John Huston The Green Knight, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kaiser Wilhelm, karma, Kevin Keelan, King George, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Lady Diana, life, Lin-Manuel Miranda, love, M. Night Shyamalan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, memory, motherhood, movies, musicals, Netflix, Nicholas Cage, Nightmare Alley, obsession, Old, Olivia Coleman, online gaming, opinion, origin stories, people, Peter Lorre, philosophy, poverty, prequels, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Ralph Fiennes, refugees, remakes, responsibility, revenge, reviews, Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Roy Andersson, royal family, royalty, Rufus Sewell, Ryan Reynolds, Sally Hawkins, satire, science fiction, Sean Harris, sequels, smuggling, social criticism, social satire, Spencer, spies, Stanley Tucci, Stathis Giallelis, supernatural, Surface Pressure, surrealism, Swedish cinema, Sydney Greenstreet, Taika Waititi, technology, The Future, the Internet of everything, The King's Man, The Lost Daughter, The Maltese Falcon, The Mitchells Vs. The Machine, Thomasin McKenzie, Tim Blake Nelson, Timothy Spall, Tom Hollander, Toni Collette, tragedy, Tsar Nicholas, Tye Sheridan, villains, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, Willem Dafoe, World War I | Leave a comment

“KPK Looks at the 2021 BEST PICTURE Nominees” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

. BELFAST CODA DON’T LOOK UP DRIVE MY CAR DUNE KING RICHARD LICORICE PIZZA NIGHTMARE ALLEY THE POWER OF THE DOG WEST SIDE STORY – – – – – – BELFAST (directed by Kenneth Branagh) ****+ > Altogether, over 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged abuse, Academy Awards, Adam McKay, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Ariana Grande, arts, Ashleigh Banfield, Aunjanue Ellis, Australian cinema, Bardem, Belfast, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Bradley Cooper, carnies, Cate Blanchett, Catholics, Charlotte Rampling, childhood, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, climate change, Coda, coming of age, con men, conflict, criticism, Dave Bautista, David Alvarez, David Strathairn, deafness, Denis Villeneuve, disability, disaster films, division, Don’t Look Up, drama, Drive My Car, Dune, economics, Emilia Jones, entertainment, epics, Eugenio Derbez, families, fantasy, film criticism, film noir, films, Frank Herbert, fraud, gangs, gentrification, global warming, grifters, Guillermo Del Toro, Himesh Patel, ideas, Irish politics, Jane Campion, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, Jonah Hill, Josh Brolin, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Keith Carradine, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, King Richard, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, Leonardo DiCaprio, Licorice Pizza, Liev Schreiber, Mark Rylance, Marlee Matlin, Mary Steenburgen, memory, Meryl Streep, movies, musicals, Nightmare Alley, Northern Ireland, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Oscar nominees, parenting, Paul Thomas Anderson, Protestants, Rachel Zegler, Reinaldo Marcus Green, relationships, religion, remakes, revenge, reviews, Richard Jenkins, Richard Williams, romance, Romeo and Juliet, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sarah Silverman, Serena Williams, Sian Heder, social satire, spiritualism, sports films, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, success, suggestions, tennis, The Power of the Dog, the troubles, Tim Blake Nelson, Timothée Chalamet, Toni Collette, tragedy, tribalism, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, Venus Williams, violence, West Side Story, westerns, Will Smith, Willem Dafoe, Zendaya | Leave a comment

“A Couple of Strange Treks Down NIGHTMARE ALLEY” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

* > TV treasure TCM had the grace to resurrect the original 1947 noir on its lineup, to whet our appetite for the much-anticipated remake. Thanks, guys! Here is my look at both memorable movies: . NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) ***+ (directed … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged arts, Bradley Cooper, carnies, carnival midway, Cate Blanchett, cinema, con artists, con men, criticism, David Strathairn, drama, entertainment, film noir, films, Flix Pix, fraud, grifters, Guillermo Del Toro, ideas, Joan Blondell, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Steenburgen, movies, Nightmare Alley, opinion, remakes, reviews, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, spiritualism, Tim Blake Nelson, Toni Collette, Tyrone Power, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (105): The Films of November 2020

Posted on July 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

. NOVEMBER 2020… Finally finished in March 2021! Slowly working my way through the backlog, with 31 down and 42 to go! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, Aaron Copeland, action, Adam Driver, addiction, adultery, adventure, alcoholism, Alfred Hitchcock, American culture, Amy Adams, Andy Serkis, animation, Anthony Franciosa, anti-Semitism, Appalachia, Arte Johnson, Arthur Hill, arts, At the Circus, B-movies, Barbara Stanwyck, Bertrand Bonello, Billy Dee Williams, Bing Crosby, biography, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, brainwashing, Brie Larson, Bruce Dern, camp, Carrie Fisher, Cary Grant, Cecil Kellaway, Chico Marx, cinema, class, classics, Cole Porter, Colm Feore, comedies, comic books, coming of age, conflict, conscience, conspiracies, corporations, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, cults, cybercrime, dada, Daisy Ridley, detectives, Diane Baker, Dieudonné, documentaries, Domhnall Gleeson, Donald Pleasence, Dorothy Arzner, Dr. Seuss, drama, dysfunction, dystopia, End of Sentence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, estrangement, exploitation, exposés, fairytales, families, fantasy, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, films, Frank Oz, Frank Sinatra, fraud, Fredric March, French cinema, friendship, future, Gabriel Basso, genius, George Lucas, Glenn Close, Godfrey Cambridge, Grace Kelly, Gregory Chelli, grief, Groucho Marx, hackers, hacktivists, Haiti, Hans Christian Andersen, harassment, Harper, Harpo Marx, Harrison Ford, hate speech, hatred, Hedy Lamarr, Henry James, High Society, Hillbilly Elegy, hostages, Hume Cronyn, humor, I Married a Witch, I Vitelloni, Ian Fleming, Ian McDiarmid, ideas, inequality, infidelity, injustice, intimidation, Ireland, Israel, Italian cinema, J.D. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jack MacGowran, Jacques Prévert, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Caan, James Cagney, James Coburn, Jamie Foxx, Janet Leigh, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, Jews, Joan Blondell, Joanne Woodward, John Boyega, John Ford, John Garfield, John Hawkes, John Houseman, John Steinbeck, Jon Favreau, Judi Dench, Jules Verne, Julie Harris, Just Mercy, justice, Karl Urban, Keri Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, La Bête Humaine, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Lee J. Cobb, Les Gémeaux, Lew Harper, Lewis Gilbert, liberation, lies, Louis Armstrong, Louis Theroux, love, M.C. Escher, machismo, manipulation, Margaret Dumont, Maria Bakalova, Mariette Hartley, Marisa Tomei, Mark Hamill, Marnie, marriage, Marx brothers, masterpieces, Max Fleischer, Maxfield Parrish, Melanie Griffith, men, Merrily We Go to Hell, Metropolis, Michael B. Jordan, mocumentaries, Monterey, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, murder, musicals, My Scientology Movie, mysteries, Netflix, noir, Norman Jewison, Olivia de Havilland, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Paul Grimault, Paul Newman, pirates, politics, poverty, pranks, psychological drama, race, racing, racism, Ralph Richardson, relationships, religion, René Clair, responsibility, retaliation, revenge, reviews, Richard E. Grant, rituals, Roald Dahl, Robert Wagner, Rollerball, Roman Polanski, romance, Ron Howard, Ross MacDonald, Rudolph Maté, Rudy Giuliani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Salvador Dalí, Samantha Eggar, Samuel L. Jackson, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, secrets, sequels, Sharon Tate, Shelley Winters, Simone Simon, slapstick, slavery, social satire, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man Far From Home, spies, sports, Star Wars, steampunk, Strother Martin, superheroes, supernatural, surrealism, Sylvia Sidney, symbolism, Thandie Newton, The Adventures of Tintin, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Crowd Roars, The Dark Past, The Drowning Pool, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Future, The Heiress, The Human Beast, The King and the Mockingbird, The Layabouts, The Light at the Edge of the World, The Patriot, The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The President’s Analyst, The Rise of Skywalker, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Tim Blake Nelson, Tippi Hedren, Tom Holland, Tortilla Flat, totalitarianism, tragedy, Transylvania, trauma, Ulcan, values, vampires, Van Heflin, Veronica Lake, Victor Fleming, vigilantes, Vin Diesel, violence, voodoo, Walt Disney, Washington Square, Will Geer, William Daniels, William Holden, William Wyler, Wojciech Kilar, You Only Live Twice, Yul Brynner, Zendaya, Zombi Child, zombies, zombiism | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (81): The Films of November 2018

Posted on July 5, 2021 by KPKeelan

. November: T’is the season for the studios to roll out the heavy guns. The cinema year generally gets better as it progresses toward the holiday season. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Copeland, action, Afghanistan, Afterimage, Amy Adams, Andie MacDowell, Andrzej Wajda, animation, anthologies, Aquaman, artists, Atomic Blonde, Barry Levinson, Batman v Superman, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, biography, bondage, Brendan Gleeson, California, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, circus freaks, classics, cold war, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, comedies, comic books, corruption, crime, Dave Franco, David Arquette, Dawn of Justice, Denzel Washington, Diane Lane, drama, Elton John, Emily Watson, ethics, exploitation, F. Murray Abraham, family, fantasy, Frank Oz, Gal Godot, Gonzo, Halle Berry, Harry Melling, Henry Cavill, Holly Hunter, Hugh Jackman, humor, Ingrid Bergman, Intermezzo, James MacAvoy, Jason Momoa, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeremy Irons, John Goodman, John Steinbeck, Julianne Moore, justice, Kathy Griffin, Kevin Clash, Kevin Costner, Kingsman, Laurence Fishburne, lesbian sex, Liam Neeson, Lois Lane, love, Luke Evans, marriage, Marvel Studios, Michael Gambon, Michael Shannon, Miss Piggy, morality, Muppets From Space, musicals, P.T. Barnum, Polish cinema, politics, polyamory, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, puppets, Ray Liotta, Rebecca Hall, relationships, repression, Rob Schneider, Robert Mitchum, Rock the Kasbah, Roman J. Israel Esq, romance, sadomasochism, spies, superheroes, Svensk Filmindustri, Swedish cinema, Taron Egerton, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen brothers, The Golden Circle, The Greatest Showman, The Red Pony, Tim Blake Nelson, Toby Jones, Tom Waits, Tyne Daly, violence, war, Watsonville, westerns, William Moulton Marston, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Zac Effron | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (72): The Films of February 2018

Posted on June 26, 2021 by KPKeelan

. February 2018: 12 films, 12 contemplations. Brew yourself a cuppa… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) February 2018: 12 films, 12 contemplations. Pour yourself a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Adam Driver, Afghanistan, Angelina Jolie, animation, Armen Weitzman, art, Bill Murray, biography, biological warfare, Bob Balaban, Carrie Fisher, Cat Ballou, cats, Chevy Chase, Chris O’Dowd, Christopher Guest, cinema, comedy, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Brühl, David Oyelowo, documentaries, Domhnall Gleeson, Doug Kenney, drama, Ed Helms, Ed Sullivan, Eric Olson, Errol Morris, Erv Dahl, Federico Fellini, film, film criticism, François Truffaut, Gary Oldman, George Lucas, Gilda Radner, Greta Gerwig, Harold Ramis, Istanbul, Italian cinema, J.J. Abrams, Jack Black, Jackie Tohn, Jan Lewan, Jane Fonda, Joe Wright, Joel McHale, John Belushi, John Daly, John Gemberling, Kedi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lee Marvin, Lorne Michaels, LSD, Mark Hamill, Michael O’Donoghue, Michael Sherman, mind control, Molly Parker, movies, murder, Nat King Cole, National Lampoon, Netflix, Nora Twomey, opinion, Paul Scheer, Paul Shaffer, Peter Sarsgaard, Project MK-Ultra, reviews, Rian Johnson, Rick Glassman, Roberto Rossellini, Rodney Dangerfield, Saoirse Ronan, science fiction, Seth Green, Star Wars, Strong Island, Stubby Kaye, Taliban, The Breadwinner, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Darkest Hour, The Flowers of St. Francis, The Last Jedi, The Polka King, Thomas Lennon, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Snyder, Tracy Letts, tragedy, westerns, Will Forte, Winston Churchill, Wormwood An American Conspiracy, Yance Ford, Zhang Ziyi | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (710): “THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS is a Blast!”

FLIX PIX (467): “The Intense Psychodrama of WORMWOOD: An American Conspiracy”

“A Couple of Strange Treks Down NIGHTMARE ALLEY” (by KPKeelan)

KPK on the CINEMA (81): The Films of November 2018

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