It is almost inevitable that a death in the family brings about a streak of self realization. It can also tear apart a family or reunite it or even a bit of both. The American film “Give or Take” examines bereavement and its effect on family and friends. Kenneth dies in Cape Cod leaving aContinue reading “RKS Film: “Give or Take”: Death and Self Realization”
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RKS Film: “Flee”: Up Personal and Close with Afghan “Refugee”
With so much political and military turmoil in the world the number of refugees looking for refuge has mushroomed. It is at the point that I think there is now a genre of documentary films called the “refugee genre”. But we should be careful to distinguish between “refugee” and “economic migrants”. Refugees are those fleeingContinue reading “RKS Film: “Flee”: Up Personal and Close with Afghan “Refugee””
RKS Film: “City of Vultures 2”
Yes a sequel to 2016’s “City of Vultures” itself perhaps a classic film of the “urban crime genre”. The plot is simple. Richard Steele known as “G” (Marcus Carothers) is a nasty Chicago gangster who starts a war by staging a heist on another gang scoring drugs and $300,000. Several members of the rival gangContinue reading “RKS Film: “City of Vultures 2””
RKS Film: “The Other Me”: Hansel and Gretel, Blindness and Sexuality
When is the last time you had a puzzle to solve? Would some hints have been helpful? In the film “The Other Me” you end up thinking what is the scene all about? Why was this and that said? There are numerous clues thrown at you in “The Other Person” and for me it wasContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Other Me”: Hansel and Gretel, Blindness and Sexuality”
RKS Film: “I May be Dead by Tomorrow”: The Never-Ending Battle of Street People
If you live in a major urban centre and are working in or commuting in the downtown core you have seen it time and time again. Homeless people. Homeless people begging. Homeless people drinking. Homeless people fighting. Erratic homeless people shouting to themselves. Homeless people living in encampments. It could be like stoplights they areContinue reading “RKS Film: “I May be Dead by Tomorrow”: The Never-Ending Battle of Street People”
RKS Film: “City of Vultures”
I recently saw “City of Vultures II” which will be released on February 1st and you will see my review on January 31. But the original “City of Vultures” is now available for free on Tubi at https://tubitv.com/movies/417685/city-of-vultures?start=true You need not see the original before you watch the sequel but if you do you willContinue reading “RKS Film: “City of Vultures””
RKS Film: “The Contrast”: Weak with One Saving Grace
The film “The Contrast” will be released on digital platforms on January 18, 2022. This American film is an adaptation of 1787 Royall Tyler’s “The Contrast” a great favourite of President George Washington. It is about the impending celebration of the marriage of Maria (Joy Villa) to cad and fortune hunter Dimple (Lee Donoghue). TheContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Contrast”: Weak with One Saving Grace”
RKS Film: “Nocturna; The Great Old Man’s Night” (Side A): Perhaps a Different Type of Horror Film? : The Horror of Dementia?
Gonzalo Calzada has a double feature for us. There is “Nocturna Side A The Great Old Man’s Night” and “Nocturna Side B Where the Elephant’s Go to Die”. Side A “The Great Old Man’s Night” seems to have been widely accepted by reviewers as a horror film. Certainly, there are fragments of horror primarily nearContinue reading “RKS Film: “Nocturna; The Great Old Man’s Night” (Side A): Perhaps a Different Type of Horror Film? : The Horror of Dementia?”
RKS Film: “They/Them/Us”: A Deservedly Happy Ending
When I received “They/Them/Us” for review it sounded somewhat like “Cheaper by the Dozen” made in 1950 followed by a 2003 remake. Yes my fear was cheese and a “Leave it to Beaver” squeaky clean film sanitized for all to see! Thank goodness most of the cheese was sanitized out of this film and itContinue reading “RKS Film: “They/Them/Us”: A Deservedly Happy Ending”
“In Your Face”: Fascinating Journey into Natural and Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition
If you are Canadian you no doubt are familiar with one the nation’s must trusted and respected scientists David Suzuki. He has an uncanny ability to not only simplify science but to make it enjoyable. A Canadian documentary “In Your Face” is presented on David Suzuki’s “Nature of Things” a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television showContinue reading ““In Your Face”: Fascinating Journey into Natural and Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition”
