Before the big cast BBQ tomorrow Nicole (we are on a first name basis) convenes a cast meeting. To relax the atmosphere Mr. Gordon Lightfoot grabs his guitar out and sings “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”. Bosco, Dylan the Westie, Penny and I are so pumped up! Are we dreaming? Mr. Gordon Lightfoot playsContinue reading ““Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Reviewing the Script of a “Dog Saved My Life” With Nicole Kidman: Paco Saves Nicole Kidman: Mr. Gordon Lightfoot’s New SMASH HIT: Chapter Sixty Three (63)”
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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: “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”
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 Television: Turner Classic Films: “The Power of Film” Series
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is premiering an all-new original documentary series, The Power of Film, which explores some of the most popular and memorable American films of all time. New episodes of the six-part series will premiere every Thursday beginning January 4 at 8pm ET. Hosted and curated by renowned UCLA professor emeritus, founding chair ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Television: Turner Classic Films: “The Power of Film” Series”
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”
RKS 2024 Film: “After the Fire” (Avant que les flames): Tired Old Plot Barely Saved by Fresh Talent
The French film “After the Fire” suffers from tired old plot syndrome perhaps more common in the news of the day or in documentaries than in a feature film. Minority member brutalized and killed by the police. It happens ubiquitously in almost all countries. In this film Karim El Yadari of Strasbourg dies after aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “After the Fire” (Avant que les flames): Tired Old Plot Barely Saved by Fresh Talent”
RKS 2024 Film: “Beehive”: An Alien Invasion is All the Buzz with Stinging Analogies to COVID
Comets are seeing whizzing by in the night sky in a rural British Columbia area. Speculation in the media is that this may be an alien invasion. A crock of crap? Rosy (Meadow Kingfisher) an energetic aspiring filmmaker at age 10ish lives with her father Frank (Stephen J.F. Walker) and her somewhat surly older teenContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Beehive”: An Alien Invasion is All the Buzz with Stinging Analogies to COVID”
“Faceless”: Disturbing documentary but not surprising: Toronto Hot Docs
On July 1st 1997 the United Kingdom’s lease on Hong Kong (HK) expired and political control was handed over to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC and the UK agreed the way of life in HK was to remain unchanged for 50 years with a democratically elected local government, free speech and anContinue reading ““Faceless”: Disturbing documentary but not surprising: Toronto Hot Docs”
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