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Tag Archives: Tim Robbins
FLIX PIX (1104): “A PERFECT DAY… Not!”
A PERFECT DAY (directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > Someone threw a dead man in the well. Bummer. . If he isn’t fished out in 24 hours the whole well will be tainted and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Perfect Day, aid workers, arts, Benecio del Toro, black comedy, cinema, conflict, criticism, Fernando León de Aranoa, films, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, the Balkans, Tim Robbins
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FLIX PIX (1069): “DARK WATERS: Depraved Corporate Malfeasance and Accountability”
DARK WATERS (directed by Todd Haynes, 2019) **** (out of 5) . > Dark chicanery from corporate criminals DuPont poisons everyone on the globe! . Mark Ruffalo heads a fine cast in this legal drama about nefarious corporate criminality, telling the … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Anne Hathaway, arts, Bill Pullman, cinema, corporate crime, courtroom drama, criticism, Dark Waters, Du Pont, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mare Winningham, Mark Ruffalo, movies, opinion, poisoning, pollution, reviews, Teflon, Tim Robbins, Todd Haynes, toxins
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FLIX PIX (607): “CODE 46 and the Future of Human Genetics”
CODE 46 (directed byMichael Winterbottom, 2003) **+ (out of 5) . > The occasionally brilliant Michael Winterbottom, (WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, TRISTAM SHANDY, and the amazing THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO), helmed this interesting sci-fi/romance about a dystopian future where genetic diversity … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cinema, Code 46, criticism, drama, films, genetics, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michael Winterbottom, movies, opinion, reviews, Samantha Morton, science fiction, Tim Robbins
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FLIX PIX (191): “WELCOME TO ME… Now Go Away”
WELCOME TO ME (directed by Shira Piven, 2014) **+ (out of 5) . > Um… okay. . This must have looked like a viable idea on paper, when producers Will Farrell and his partner Adam MacKay (THE BIG SHORT), considered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam McKay, art, cinema, comedies, film criticism, films, James Marsden, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Cusak, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mental health, movies, opinion, reviews, Shira Piven, Tim Robbins, Welcome to Me, Will Ferrell
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FLIX PIX (137): “Enter the American Family With CINÉMA VÉRITÉ”
CINÉMA VÉRITÉ (directed by Shari Springer Berman, & Robert Pulcini, 2011) **** (out of 5) . > HBO did a fine job of dramatizing the compelling story of Santa Barbara’s Loud family- TV’s first reality stars. . Way back in 1973, PBS … Continue reading
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Tagged An American Family, cinema, Cinema Verite, criticism, Diane Lane, entertainment, film, HBO, James Gandolfini, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Loud family, movies, opinion, PBS, reviews, suggestions, Tim Robbins
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KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020
. AUGUST 2020: A sombre time, but a great crop of movies! So many 4-and-a half and five-star films! Oh, the bounty, amid all the horror! Just pinch me. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (53): The Films of June & July, 2016
. I spent these two months in Ireland, with very limited access to movies. The few I did see were (mostly) courtesy of the Bantry Public Library. Thanks guys. Ah, yer grand! (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note … Continue reading
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Tagged A Million Ways to Die in the West, Amanda Seyfried, biography, Charlize Theron, comedy, David Lang, drama, fantasy, film, film criticism, Giovanni Ribisi, Harvey Keitel, humor, ideas, Idris Elba, James Marsden, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Cusak, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laca Bigazzi, Liam Neeson, Mandela Long Walk to Freedom, Mark Rylance, mental illness, Michael Caine, movies, Naomie Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, Nelson Mandela, opinion, Paolo Sorrentino, Paul Dano, Rachel Weisz, reviews, Roald Dahl, Sarah Silverman, satire, Seth MacFarlane, Steven Spielberg, The Wizard of Oz, Tim Robbins, Welcome to Me, Winnie Mandela, youth
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KPK on the CINEMA (40): The Films of APRIL 2015
. I saw 30 films in April 2015. Best. Month. Ever. Renewing my focus on “classic” cinema, I have never watched so many 5-star gems in one month: 12 of them! I was transfixed by treasures from the likes of John … Continue reading
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