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Tag Archives: true stories
FLIX PIX (1271): “JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH: Betrayal, Barbarism and Regret”
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (directed by Shaka King, 2020) **** (out of 5) . > This excellent biopic of the social justice orator Fred Hampton packs a wallop- as it should, with a story like his. . It’s a true … Continue reading →
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KPK on the CINEMA (146): “The Films of APRIL 2024”
. > Interesting to note, there are three titles among this month’s crop that are all political dramas dealing with popular uprisings in Mexico, Israel and Southeast Asia that were the result of the hubris entrenched powers who were more … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alain Delon, allegory, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Hill, artists, arts, B-movies, Barbara Graham, Bartlett Robinson, biography, cinema, colonialism, Communism, crime, criticism, Dabbs Grier, death penalty, documentaries, Douglas Booth, drama, Edward S. Montgomery, Elia Kazan, entertainment, entitlement, ethics, Fantastic Fungi, fantasy, film noir, films, French cinema, From the Earth to the Moon, Gavin MacLeod, George Putnam, George Sanders, historical fiction, hitmen, hubris, I Want to Live!, ideas, imperialism, Irina Starshenbaum, Israel, Jean Peters, Jean-Pierre Melville, John Marley, John Steinbeck, Joseph Cotton, Jules Verne, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Le Samouraï, Marlon Brando, Mexican history, Michael Winterbottom, movies, murder, mushrooms, Nam June Paik: Moon is the First TV, nature, Netflix, occupation, opinion, Pat Hingle, PBS, Phillip Coolidge, pioneers, politics, psilocybin, Raymond Bailey, reviews, revolution, revolutionaries, Robert Wise, romance, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Shoshana, Simon Oakland, Steven Yeun, Susan Hayward, terrorism, The Ugly American, Theodore Bikel, true stories, uprisings, video art, visionaries, Viva Zapata, war profiteering
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KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”
. > Eight 4-star films! Damn, that’s a good month. So much cinematic pleasure. Let’s dig in! (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 … Continue reading →
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Tagged #MeToo, 1921, A Minute's Wait, Aaron Jackson, abuse, acceptance, action, Adam Arkin, adventure, Alex Sharp, Alex Wolff, Amber Heard, American Samoa, Andre Brugher, Andreas Malm, animation, anthologies, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, arts, Ashley Judd, Austin Butler, Bill Nighy, biographies, Black Americans, Blitz Bazawule, Bowen Yang, British cinema, British folk heroes, British history, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cavalcade, change, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, cinema, classics, Coleman Domingo, comedy, coming of age, cooking, corruption, crime, criticism, Cyril Cusack, Daniel Goldhaber, Danielle Brooks, Dave Bautista, David Allen Grier, death, Denis Villeneuve, Dick Powell, Dicks: The Musical, disasters, discrimination, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Trump, drama, Dune: Part Two, ecoterrorism, Elizabeth Moss, Elvis Presley, England, entertainment, environmental activism, epics, families, family ties, Fantasia Barrino, fantasy, farce, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, folk heroes, football, fossil fuels, Frank Herbert, Frank O'Connor, friendship, Fucking Identical Twins, Gene de Paul, Geoffrey Keen, global warming, grief, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Bailey, Harvey Weinstein, historical epics, historical fiction, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Howard Keel, humor, ideas, Ikiru, illness, Irish cinema, Irish culture, irony, Isabella Rossellini, It Happened Tomorrow, Jack MacGowran, James Austin Johnson, James Neilson, Jane Powell, Jason Mamoa, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Ehle, Jenny Slate, Jodi Kantor, John Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Mercer, Jon Batiste, Josh Brolin, Josh Sharp, Julie Newmar, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gregory, Léa Seydoux, Lesley Stahl, life, Linda Darnell, living, Louis Gossett Jr, love, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Martin J. McHugh, Martin Short, Marvel films, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Twohey, Michael Fassbinder, Michael Hordern, Michael Kidd, Michael Sarnoski, mockumentaries, monkeywrenching, mortality, movies, musicals, Nathan Lane, nature, New York Times, Next Goal Wins, Nick Offerman, Nicolas Cage, Noel Coward, oceans, opinion, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick MacGoohan, Patrick Wilson, pets, philosophy, Pig, pollution, Priscilla, profanity, protest, Rebecca Ferguson, relationships, remakes, René Clair, resistance, reviews, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sabotage, Samantha Morton, Sasha Lane, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, sexism, sexual assault, She Said, silent films, smugglers, soccer, Sofia Coppola, sports, Stanley Donen, Stellan Skarsgård, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Terry Gilkyson, The Color Purple, The Johnstown Flood, The Majesty of the Law, the rape of the Sabine Women, The Rising of the Moon, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, the troubles, The Wonderful World of Color, Thomas Rongen, thrillers, time, time travel, Timothée Chalamet, true stories, truffle hunters, Tyrone Power, underdogs, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Arnett, Willem Dafoe, World War I, Zendaya
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FLIX PIX (1203): “Mossad Goes Undercover to Smuggle Refugees to Safety in THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT”
RED SEA DIVING RESORT (directed by Gideon Raff, 2019) ***+ (out of 5) . > This title is a solid action flick based on real, and dramatic events. . No one knows for sure the origins of the Black Jewish population … Continue reading →
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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”
. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder
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FLIX PIX (1186): “THE SOCIETY OF SNOW is Not a Fraternity I Would Like to Join!”
THE SOCIETY OF SNOW (directed by J. A. Bayona, 2023) ****+ (out of 5) . > Man versus Nature is, for me, the most compelling of conflicts. What are your odds of survival if you are one puny human, when your … Continue reading →
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Tagged anthropophagy, arts, cannibalism, cinema, criticism, disasters, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, J.A. Bayona, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, nature, opinion, plane crashes, reviews, South America, Spanish cinema, survival, The Society of Snow, thrillers, true stories
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KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”
. > January is always a busy movie month for me, as I make my annual effort to see as many of the nominated movies as I can before the annual Oscar ceremony rolls ‘round. This year I was far ahead … Continue reading →
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QuickPix (48): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 16”
> 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 Aaron Copeland, Andrew Scott, arts, broken hearts, brothers, Christian Petzold, coming of age, conflict, disappointment, disease, drama, German cinema, Henry James, Iceland, Icelandic cinema, identity, Israel, livestock, love, loyalty, Montgomery Clift, negotiation, Olivia de Havilland, Oslo, Oslo Peace Accords, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Paris, PLO, politics, QuickPix, Ralph Richardson, Rams, redemption, refugees, romance, Ruth Wilson, sacrifice, The Heiress, tragedy, Transit, true stories, Washington Square, William Wyler, World War II
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QuickPix (37): “Great FILM NOIR 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 →
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Tagged anti-Semitism, Bradford Dillman, Call Northside 777, classics, Compulsion, corruption, crime, Crossfire, Dean Stockwell, film noir, Illinois, James Stuart, justice, KPKworld, law enforcement, melodrama, Orson Welles, police procedural, Richard Basehart, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Robert Young, San Francisco, The House on Telegraph Hill, trauma, true stories, World War II
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KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”
. > There goes November. Here comes the heavy hitters of Oscarbait season. Some good stuff this month- and I suspect, some great stuff next month! Let’s get started: (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Time For Drunken Horses, Abu Ghraib, adaptations, Adolphe Menjou, Alan J. Pakula, All the Light We Cannot See, American culture, Amy Sedaris, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, animation, Anthony Doerr, Aria Mia Loberti, armed conflict, artists, arts, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Sukowa, battle, Ben Kingsley, Ben Platt, biography, Bob Balaban, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Cameron Mitchell, Catherine O'Hara, celebrity, Cheaper By the Dozen, child actors, child labor, child soldiers, cinema, circus, classics, Clifton Webb, Columbian cinema, comedies, comedy, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, conspiracies, crime, criminals, criticism, Cromwell, cults, culture, Dalíland, Dark City, Dermot Mulroney, Desperate Souls, Devi, directing, Disney, documentaries, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward G. Robinson, Elemental, Elia Kazan, entertainment, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, escapes, espionage, European history, exploitation, fame, families, family, family films, fantasy, farce, fascism, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Lederer, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr., Fredric March, fundamentalism, Gala Dalí, gambling, Gloria Grahame, greed, guerillas, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hinduism, historical epics, history, horror, Hugh Laurie, Hume Cronyn, hysteria, ideas, Indian cinema, injustice, Iranian cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cho, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Josephine, Jude Law, Julianne Nicholson, Kal Penn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars Eidinger, Liam Neeson, Louis Hoffman, love, Man on a Tightrope, Manos, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, movies, Myrna Loy, Nancy Buirski, Napoleon, nature, Nazis, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, Nick Lieberman, obsession, occupied France, opinion, Oscar Isaacs, parents, parody, patriarchy, Paul Lukas, Paul Schrader, Paula Prentiss, persecution, personalities, Pixar, political assassinations, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, precious gems, professional gamblers, PTSD, radio, rebels, relationships, religion, resistance fighters, revenge, reviews, Richard Boone, Ridley Scott, Rob Corddry, Robert Sherwood, romance, Rose Byrne, Saint-Malo, Salvador Dalí, satire, Satyajit Ray, screenwriting, sequels, smuggling, spectacle, spies, spirituality, spoofs, Spy, superstition, survival, The Card Counter, The Conqueror Worm, The Grey, The Parallax View, Theater Camp, thrillers, Tiffany Haddish, torture, totalitarianism, tradition, true stories, TV miniseries, Tye Sheridan, Vanessa Kirby, Vincent Price, violence, war, Warren Beatty, William Daniels, witch hunts, Witchfinder General, wolves, World War II, zealotry
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