Needless to say, Bob, Fay, Dylan the Westie and I were floored when we received a call at lunchtime from Nicole Kidman in Los Angeles. “A Dog Saved My Life” is nominated for the best picture, Nicole Kidman for best actress, Mr. Gordon Lightfoot for best song, Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog-Russell Crowe for bestContinue reading ““Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Reggie is Up for an Academy Award! Dancing with Mr. Gordon Lightfoot in the Kitchen: Malivoire, Lightfoot, Kidman, Dylan the Westie and Reggie up for Oscars! Chapter Seventy One (71)”
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RKS 2024 Film: “Cherry”: A Fly on the Wall Not Wanting to be on That Wall
Marie-Lise Chouinard (1986-2002) a beloved Quebecoise dies slowly in front of the camera. At age 36 she has lymphoma with months to live and heroically with vivacity and humour, but not without moments of sadness and distress, lifts her persona to the very end. When I grasped her terminal state I did not want toContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Cherry”: A Fly on the Wall Not Wanting to be on That Wall”
RKS 2024 Film: “Piss on Patriarchy”: Ladies, Welcome to the Esteemed Category of Mass Killer: Equality Richard Speck?
Gender Equity in Media Society presents their 19th annual international film festival, GEMFest in Vancouver in person 5-9March2024 and virtually 12-16March2024 with 14 Canadian films. The festival, now in its 19th year, continues to provide a platform for challenging gender imbalance and the lack of equity and diversity in the screen-based media industry. In aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Piss on Patriarchy”: Ladies, Welcome to the Esteemed Category of Mass Killer: Equality Richard Speck?”
RKS 2024 Film: “ Praying For Armageddon”: The End of the World…..Again
Watching “Praying For Armageddon” what struck me was the look of the Christian fundamentalists in this documentary. I thought for a moment these were the same faces and personalities as in the “Freedom Convoy” which descended in Ottawa on 22January2022. Ostensibly their protest centred on COVID governmental restrictions on individual liberty but were much broaderContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “ Praying For Armageddon”: The End of the World…..Again”
RKS 2024 Film: “Suze”: Go Ahead and Dump Everything on a Good Trooper
Suze (Michaela Watkins) is a single divorcee living with her self centred and spoilt daughter Brooke (Sara Waisglass) in Hamilton, Ontario. Nothing is going Suze’s way. Just as Brooke is off to start McGill University in Montreal her goofy boyfriend Gabe attempts suicide and his father then dumps Gabe on Suze to watch as heContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Suze”: Go Ahead and Dump Everything on a Good Trooper”
RKS 2024 Film: “Exile”: Canadian Hitchcockian Delight!
Ted Evans (Adam Beach) is a remorseful man consumed by guilt but then again he may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder veering into a serious delusional. Too much vodka one night behind the wheel he crashes into the car driven by Mrs. McGrath killing her and her two children. Ted is convinced inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Exile”: Canadian Hitchcockian Delight!”
RKS 2024 Film: “To Kill a Tiger”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
In a small Indian village Kiran, a 13-year-old, is savagely beaten and raped by three young men and then threatened with death if she tells anyone about the rape. Kiran tells her father Ranjit of the gang rape and he notifies the police. The lads are arrested and jailed. Given the prevalence of rape inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “To Kill a Tiger”: Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film”
RKS 2024 Film: “Sometimes I Think About Dying”: Triple Captivation
“Sometimes I Think About Dying” offers viewers triple captivation. Daisy Ridley as Fran captivates. The offbeat musical score captivates. The inventive and tight directing and writing captivates. Fran is a most uncaptivating woman. Awkward, isolated, lonely and seemingly unable to make any meaningful human connection. In the midst of fellow workers at a small officeContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Sometimes I Think About Dying”: Triple Captivation”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Great Salish Heist”: Of Rezy Indians, Well Meaning White Folks and Russian Mobsters
If you enjoy a good heist movie with tension, action, humour, sarcasm and more than a few double crosses you will enjoy the Canadian feature film “The Great Salish Heist”. No state secrets, secret and revealing information on a disc, gold or diamonds are the object of the heist. Steve Joe (Darrell Dennis) is aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Great Salish Heist”: Of Rezy Indians, Well Meaning White Folks and Russian Mobsters”
RKS 2024 Film: “Orah”: Omnipresent Corruption and Raw Justice: Mommy Vengeance!
“Orah” is a stellar Canadian-Nigerian co-production where Nigerian corruption meets Canadian-Nigerian raw justice. Orah (Oyin Oladejo), a 15-year-old Nigerian, starts off the film by blasting vengeance style an older man sitting in a Lagos barber’s chair with a home-made shotgun. Considering who her victim was poetic justice is dished up in Lagos, Nigeria. Teenage OrahContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Orah”: Omnipresent Corruption and Raw Justice: Mommy Vengeance!”
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