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QuickPix (27): “Great HORROR FLICKS For You to Savor, Vol. 1”
> 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 aliens, Ari Aster, art, B-movies, cinema, classics, criticism, entertainment, fantasy, Fay Wray, films, Gabriel Byrne, genetic mutations, Hereditary, horror, ideas, James Whitmore, Joel McCrea, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, mutants, mystery, opinion, predation, QuickPix, reviews, sci-fi, science fiction, Steve McQueen, survival, The Blob, The Fly, The Most Dangerous Game, Them, thrillers, Toni Collette, Vincent Price, violence
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FLIX PIX (1063): “KNIVES OUT is a Stylish Whodunnit from Rian Johnson”
KNIVES OUT (directed by Rian Johnson, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > Rian Johnson reinvents the whodunnit for a new era with a hotshot cast of stars. . Some are great fun: (Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans), some are … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Chris Evans, Christopher Plummer, cinema, criticism, Daniel Craig, Don Johnson, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Frank Oz, ideas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Keelan, Knives Out, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Shannon, movies, murder, mysteries, opinion, personalities, reviews, Rian Johnson, suspense, Toni Colette, Toni Collette, whodunit
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“A Couple of Strange Treks Down NIGHTMARE ALLEY” (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!
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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 (85): The Films of March 2019
. March!! (I take neither blame nor credit.) Go forward, Time! (Not like we can do much about it anyway…) (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (80): The Films of OCTOBER 2018
. Here we go again! It’s a compulsion, I tell ya! TONS of great films to review this month! That’s always fun. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (68): The Films of OCTOBER 2017
. Having a hard time writing reviews lately. Lonely stuff, sometimes, but that’s the work of a writer. When I buckle down and just DO IT, the process usually brings great rewards. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Ghost Story, action, Amazon jungle, Anthropoid, art, artificial intelligence, battle of the sexes, Beauty and the Beast, Billie Jean King, Blade Runner, Bobby Riggs, Brontis Jodorowsky, Buddhism, Burn Gorman, Casey Affleck, Certain Women, Chinese cinema, Christianity, Cillian Murphy, cinema, Cinema Verite, comedies, coming of age, cyborgs, David Lowery, DC Comics, director’s cuts, Disney, documentaries, drama, dystopia, Eastern mysticism, El Topo, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, exploration, family, film, film criticism, film noir, French cinema, Gal Godot, generational conflict, Harrison Ford, humanity, humor, Ian McKellen, immigrants, In a Valley of Violence, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, James Le Gros, John C. Reilly, John Goodman, John Travolta, Kelly Reichardt, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, King Kong, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Kumail Nanjiani, Laura Dern, life, Luke Evans, Manakamana, Maya Rudolph, Mexican cinema, Michelle Williams, movies, music, musicals, Nazis, Nepal, opinion, Orphan Black, Pakistani-Americans, pilgrims, Police Academy, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Rutger Hauer, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, science fiction, Sean Young, sexism, Sgt. Pepper and Beyond, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, Skull Island, spirituality, Stanley Tucci, Steve Carell, Sunflower, superheroes, supernatural, symbolism, Tatiana Maslany, tennis, The Beatles, The Big Sick, The Grocer's Son, The Lost City of Z, The Way Way Back, Toby Jones, Tom Hiddleston, Toni Collette, tradition, violence, westerns, Wonder Woman, World War II
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