“72 Hours” is more or less run of the mill. FBI good. Criminals almost all bad. The glory of a unified family. Suggested sexuality geared toward prime-time television. If you appreciate this type of film good on you mate and enjoy. If you are searching for something novel or intellectually challenging best forget this film.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “72 Hours”: Rather Run of the Mill”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Literature: Napalm Nightmare (Bryce Courtenay)
“When I came to I was lying on a large raised platform together with several wounded Korean and Chinese soldiers. The bloke next to me was sitting up as if he was frozen into position, with his hands clasped about his knees. He was a blackish brown colour, the skin on his body so completelyContinue reading “RKS Literature: Napalm Nightmare (Bryce Courtenay)”
Penniless Pensioner Wines: The Under $15 Man Tries Morgado Silgueiros from Portugal’s Dão
Well in rapid succession the Penniless Pensioner has snagged a $12.95 wine from Portugal’s Dão’s region. His last wine we snuffled about was also from the Dão so he concludes this region cherishes penniless pensioners. The wine has seen no oak and is a blend of Touriga Nacional, Jaen, Tinta Roriz and Alfrochiero. One readerContinue reading “Penniless Pensioner Wines: The Under $15 Man Tries Morgado Silgueiros from Portugal’s Dão”
RKS Literature: Life in the 1930’s at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Harlem (Bryce Courtenay)
“The idea of a black orphan aspiring to rise above his or her predestined station in life simply never occurred to them. Children such as Jimmy who were demonstrably bright were regraded as potentially dangerous. They would only become frustrated in later life and, as a consequence, turn to crime. It was better to subdueContinue reading “RKS Literature: Life in the 1930’s at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Harlem (Bryce Courtenay)”
RKS 2024 Film: “Across the River and Into the Trees”: The Acheron River in Greek Mythology
Having recently returned from Thessaloniki, Greece attending the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival I was snagged by “Across the River” in this film’s title. I watched the short “Acheron” at the festival which is the river in Greek mythology crossed when traversing to the world beyond and hopefully not to Hades but the point isContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Across the River and Into the Trees”: The Acheron River in Greek Mythology”
RKS 2024 Film: “Porcelain War”: Ukrainian Self Defence and Survival Through Art
“Porcelain War” is remarkably different from its Ukrainian relative “Honeymoon” I watched earlier this month at The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival”. “Honeymoon” was the story of two Ukrainian artists, newly married, trapped in their flat surrounded by the Russian army. It was a film of fear and desperation. “Porcelain War” is a story ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Porcelain War”: Ukrainian Self Defence and Survival Through Art”
RKS 2024 Wine: Tired of that “farm to table” expression but the wine bearing that name?
Was it a decade or so I was reviewing a restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton Central Park South in New York and they were terribly excited about the “farm to table concept”. Sounds bucolic like a noble farmer carefully tending his plot or animals with his hands and lovingly of course, the tastiest fowl, lamb orContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Tired of that “farm to table” expression but the wine bearing that name?”
RKS 2024 Film: “Sarogeto”: Succession Planning: Magnanimous or Creepy?
Grace (Ikumi Yoshimatsu) as a child in 1969 Japan suffered the death of her mother. Her father, unable to maintain the family home, sent Grace to live with a cousin’s family while he departed for Hong Kong in a search for employment. Grace met Michael Stanton (Winsor Harmon), her future husband, at a celebratory dinnerContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Sarogeto”: Succession Planning: Magnanimous or Creepy?”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Heirloom”: A Somewhat Comedic and Dramatic Thriller
Having some 55 years of dog ownership there was immediate resonance with the Canadian film “The Heirloom”. It is a movie about making a movie which fits perfectly with my attendance early this month at The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival where amongst 21 other movies I watched three Greek movies about making a filmContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Heirloom”: A Somewhat Comedic and Dramatic Thriller”
RKS 2024 Film: “Meanwhile on Earth” (Pendent ce Temps Sur Terre)
At some point in time, you must have watched on the screen astronauts tumbling into the darkness of space never to be seen again. In “Meanwhile on Earth” Franck Martens and his crew suffer a mishap and all spin off into the blackness. Martens is a national hero in France. Martens’ sister Elsa (Megan Northam)Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Meanwhile on Earth” (Pendent ce Temps Sur Terre)”
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