RKS 2024 Film: “Carol Doda: Topless at the Condor”: Artistic Exploration Sputters to Nostalgia Act

Carol Doda (1937-2015) has been recognized as the first “legal” topless dancer in the United States. Using archival footage including press interviews we trace the history of Carol Doda and perhaps of more interest the evolution of American attitudes towards sexuality and the feminist movement. The film also delves into (although not expressly) the AmericanContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Carol Doda: Topless at the Condor”: Artistic Exploration Sputters to Nostalgia Act”

RKS 2024 Film: “The Burning Season”: Raging Hormones, Various Intoxications of the Flesh and Deception from Z to A: The Canadian Film Fest

I have viewed some fine films showing at The Canadian Film Fest. There are so many film festivals in the world it is impossible to keep track of them all and I stumbled into this one by chance. It is certainly not a major festival but based on the festival films I watched great careContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Burning Season”: Raging Hormones, Various Intoxications of the Flesh and Deception from Z to A: The Canadian Film Fest”

RKS 2024 Film: “Place of Bones”: The Good, Bad, Ugly and a Taste for the Finer Things in Life: Canadian Film Fest

I can’t think of any Canadian westerns I have encountered so I snapped up the opportunity to watch “Place of Bones” set in 1876 Canada. In many respects it is a traditional 1950’s and 1960’s western. Good god-fearing sodbusters Pandora Meadow (Heather Graham) and her daughter Hester (Brielle Robillard) living a marginal existence in aContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Place of Bones”: The Good, Bad, Ugly and a Taste for the Finer Things in Life: Canadian Film Fest”

“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)

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)”

“Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Will Nicole Kidman Cancel Production of “A Dog Saved My Life”?: Chapter Sixty Seven (67)

Nicole set a breakfast meeting for the entire crew and cast of “A Dog Saved My Life”. We are in a state of shock and disbelief. This is no movie. This is life. After breakfast Nicole asks for quiet announcing she will be cancelling filming. She will pay all of us as if the projectContinue reading ““Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Will Nicole Kidman Cancel Production of “A Dog Saved My Life”?: Chapter Sixty Seven (67)”

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?”

“Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog” : The Final Cut: Cast and Crew Party for “A Dog Saved My Life”: Meeting Mel Gibson: Croc Protection and Poofy the Poodle: Nicole Kidman wants the Rat Pack to Meet Julian: Chapter Sixty Four (64)

Outside our villa by the pool is where the cast and crew party will be held. The menu will be steak, chicken, rabbit and saltwater crocodile filets. The Australians in Darwin call the saltwater crocodile “Salties”. Dylan the Westie, Penny, Bosco and I think we will score some meat! “We Dogs Love Meat!”. There areContinue reading ““Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog” : The Final Cut: Cast and Crew Party for “A Dog Saved My Life”: Meeting Mel Gibson: Croc Protection and Poofy the Poodle: Nicole Kidman wants the Rat Pack to Meet Julian: Chapter Sixty Four (64)”

“Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Reggie is Under the Spell of Nicole Kidman! Chapter Sixty Two (62)

On our flight to Darwin, Australia from Toronto we watched 6 Nicole Kidman movies and that lady can act. Bob says she has won an Academy Award. My favourite film is “Eyes Wide Shut” which took two years of filming and was it Kubrick’s last film? She is good looker too! And I am goingContinue reading ““Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Reggie is Under the Spell of Nicole Kidman! Chapter Sixty Two (62)”

“Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Our Second Disney Promotional Tour: Reggie Goes to Australia to Screen Test for Nicole Kidman’s New Movie: Reggie Prays with the Ayatollah in Tehran: Chapter Sixty One (61)

The sequel to “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” has been released by Disney and it’s breaking all records yet again. Hard to guess the title? “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog 2”. Enough is enough for the time being.  We are tiring of these incessant and repetitive promotional tours. I heard Bob saying to Fay DylanContinue reading ““Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog”: The Final Cut: Our Second Disney Promotional Tour: Reggie Goes to Australia to Screen Test for Nicole Kidman’s New Movie: Reggie Prays with the Ayatollah in Tehran: Chapter Sixty One (61)”

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”