Category Archives: film

RKS 2024 Film: “The Omicron Killer”: A Film Trying to Discover Itself

I am uncertain how many viewers want reminders of COVID triggered by “The Omicron Killer”. The Omicron Killer is a New York City serial killer preferring kills of the bashing as opposed to the slashing method. I can’t find any scenes that remind me of New York City. Outdoor scenes could be in New Jersey!Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Omicron Killer”: A Film Trying to Discover Itself”

RKS 2024 Film: “Total Trust”of the Good Comrades or Total Mistrust of the Paranoid Comrades

The documentary “Total Trust” enables a better understanding of the oft use phrase the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a “surveillance society” where Big Data and surveillance are attempted to be sold by the good comrades running the state apparatus as desirable for “public safety” and “good order” with a good dose of “foreignContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Total Trust”of the Good Comrades or Total Mistrust of the Paranoid Comrades”

RKS 2024 Film: “The Madones”: The B Side Life of a One Hit Wonder Group

No typo here. This film is not about rockers The Ramones but a fictional all female Canadian rock group The Madones. They had their only big hit,” Mad Ones” twenty years ago. We know these bands as one hit wonders. Three sisters Rose (Lucy De Coutere), Gladys and Stella (Terra Doyle) were in this all-girlsContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Madones”: The B Side Life of a One Hit Wonder Group”

RKS 2024 Film: “Union Street”: Being Black in Vancouver and Beyond

“Union Street” is a Canadian documentary focusing on a microcosm of black history in the City of Vancouver, particularly a district known in East Vancouver as Hogan’s Alley. It had a rich history for black Vancouver for almost a century where train porters, speakeasies, juke joints, restaurants and thriving businesses existed with musicians such asContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Union Street”: Being Black in Vancouver and Beyond”

RKS 2024 Film: “Unshook”: Part of the Telus Celebration of Black History Month

Telus Originals honours Black History Month in Canada with the launch of Documentary Features “Union Street”, “Handle with Care” and two shorts “Unshook” and “Out There”. “Unshook” is a short film documentary in which 19-year-old Afro-Cuban Canadian René Osmani Diakité copes with the recent death of his African born physician father and his grandfather dyingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Unshook”: Part of the Telus Celebration of Black History Month”

“Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” :The Final Cut: The Making of Disney’s “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Terrifying Stink of Cairo: This Will Not Be a “Lady and the Tramp Story!: Chapter Thirty One (31)

The contracts with Disney have been signed. Bob as co-producer and screenplay writer is in Los Angeles Monday-Friday at Disney Studios working on the Disney animated film “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” production. Dillie the Westie and I miss him and the walks he took us on in the neighborhood. Fay is more likely toContinue reading ““Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” :The Final Cut: The Making of Disney’s “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Terrifying Stink of Cairo: This Will Not Be a “Lady and the Tramp Story!: Chapter Thirty One (31)”

RKS 2024 Film: “Our Time to Be Kind”: Of Tears and Trust: Of Science and Hysteria

“Our Time to Be Kind”, a Canadian documentary, is ostensibly a profile of Dr. Bonnie Henry the Provincial Health Officer of the Canadian province of British Columbia during that time of COVID pandemania where science and hysteria co-existed. As a Torontonian, British Columbia is a 5-hour flight away but Dr. Bonnie Henry was often onContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Our Time to Be Kind”: Of Tears and Trust: Of Science and Hysteria”

RKS 2024 Film: “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”: Are You and Joseph Chambers Chumps?

Pay attention very closely to the opening scene of “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” and store that in your mind. Of course, you may want to revisit that opening scene after the closing credits have rolled. Joe (Clayne Crawford) and his family have moved to rural America to escape the urban grid thinking they wouldContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers”: Are You and Joseph Chambers Chumps?”

RKS 2024 Film: “Cold Road”: The Revenge of the Thin Ice

Tracy (Roseanne Supernault) and her dog Pretzel (Karibou) are on a 12-hour winter drive to the Canadian “Far North” to attend her mother’s death bed. Tracy can’t seem to do anything right and has a miserable personal relationship or lack of it with her husband Danny. Even her sister Eve criticizes and disses her forContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Cold Road”: The Revenge of the Thin Ice”

RKS 2024 Film: “Come Lie with Me” (Arrête avec tes mesonges): The Torture of Remaining in the Closet

I take issue with the translation of “Arrête avec tes mesonges” which in my French means “stop with your lies” far more appropriate than “Come Lie with Me” given the path and plot of the film. You see Stéphane Belcourt (Guillame de Tonquédec) is a gay novelist who is quite out of the closet. OnContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Come Lie with Me” (Arrête avec tes mesonges): The Torture of Remaining in the Closet”