In the Canadian documentary “Crush: Message in a Bottle” the philosophy and life stories of Ann-Marie Saunders of Saunders Vineyard, Thomas Bachelder of Bachelder Wines and Le Clos Jordanne, Kelly Mason of Mason Vineyards and Shiraz Mottiar of Malivoire Wine Company and Mottiar Vineyard discuss their approach to making wines in the Niagara wine appellationContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine and RKS 2023 Film: “Crush: Message in a Bottle”: Life and Death in Wine”
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RKS 2023 Film: “Verona”: Canadian Teen in Turmoil Film
If you are of a certain vintage you may have seen a fair share of “teen turmoil” genre films. In “Verona” gone are the “Rebel Without a Cause” monikers of teen turmoil such as boys, cars, teen hanky panky and overbearing parental authority. “Verona” as a Segway into modern teen turmoil becomes a bit moreContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Verona”: Canadian Teen in Turmoil Film”
RKS 2023 Film: “Whose Y’er Father?” Easy on the Mind Silly Canadian Spoof: Magnum PEI!
Larry Constable (Chris Locke) is the sole detective in the tiny Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island known for its lobsters and mussels, beaches and delicious potatoes. Constable is a good natured and trustful soul whose detective skills place him between inept and the village simpleton. Like Tom Selleck in “Magnum PI” he has aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Whose Y’er Father?” Easy on the Mind Silly Canadian Spoof: Magnum PEI!”
RKS 2023 Film: “Waikiki”: Vacillating Between Gritty, Fantasy, Myth and Reality
Writer and Director Christopher Kahunahana’s “Waikiki” shatters the myth and fantasy of Waikiki, Hawaii held by many. The opening scene features a massive cruise ship arriving and the closing scene a cruise ship departing. Beautiful Hawaiian scenery weaves in and out of the film. The opening scene also includes happy Hawaiian hula dancers performing forContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Waikiki”: Vacillating Between Gritty, Fantasy, Myth and Reality”
RKS 2023 Film: “Trafficked Voices”: Sex Trafficking Canadian Style
“Trafficking Voices” is a Canadian documentary in which the voices of victims, parents of victims, police, trafficking specialists in law and finance lend their commentary to the sale, trading and exploitation of young vulnerable women some as young as 14. 93% of human trafficking victims are Canadian. The ultimate message is that trafficking of fleshContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Trafficked Voices”: Sex Trafficking Canadian Style”
RKS 2023 Film: “Suzume” New Makoto Shinkai Animated Film
Yes another one of those Japanese animated films with those huge wide eyes! Long gone are those days when animation meant “made for children”. This film is not suitable for children. In “Suzume” there is a fantastic story about mostly threatening creatures from another world but as well themes of love, death, teen rebellion andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Suzume” New Makoto Shinkai Animated Film”
RKS 2023 Film: “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”: Shakespeare or Homer Simpson?
Watching “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History” my conclusion is that this is no “101” history course. Newbies to Hip Hop may take it as more of a graduate course but sophisticated Hip Hoppers will be in Nirvana with a veritable cast of Hip Hop stars reminiscing about the early beginnings of Hip Hop seemingly inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”: Shakespeare or Homer Simpson?”
RKS 2023 Film: “Daniel’s Gotta Die”: Stuck in Clichés and Stereotypes
“Daniel’s Gotta Die” has a compelling storyline. Daniel (Joel David Moore) has just inherited billions from his dad Edward James Powell (Iggy Pop). He has a choice of sharing it with his family or taking the whole lot and walking away. If he decides to share the inheritance, which he does, well his dad’s willContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Daniel’s Gotta Die”: Stuck in Clichés and Stereotypes”
RKS 2023 Film: “The Mission”: Same Old Story of Christian Kamikaze Imperialism
John Chau was an American Christian zealot, most likely affected by the Messiah Complex. This 26 year old man in his twenties was, pardon the expression, “hellbent” on heading to the North Sentinel Island, an Indian possession, to bring the word of “his” saviour to the heathen and dangerous hunters and gatherers populating the island.Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Mission”: Same Old Story of Christian Kamikaze Imperialism”
RKS 2023 Film: “Failure to Protect”: Criminals Having More Rights Than Parents in the Web of Child Protective Services: State Child Abduction a.k.a. “Protective Custody”
“Failure to Protect”, although dealing with California’s Child Protective Services (CPS), has wider implications than simply Californian juvenile protection. It may apply to many jurisdictions in Europe and North America. The doc follows five parents throughout the state of California as they fight through the child protection regime in California to reunite with their stateContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Failure to Protect”: Criminals Having More Rights Than Parents in the Web of Child Protective Services: State Child Abduction a.k.a. “Protective Custody””
