Have you ever had that miserable feeling wondering about the trajectory of where your life was headed feeling like a failure and walked into a joyous family situation? Did you feel like crawling under the carpet? Cole (Alden Ehrenreich) is a struggling musician down on his luck living out of his car. His brother JacobContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Shadow Brother Sunday” (Short): Monetary Desperation, Jealousy and Brotherly Love”
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RKS 2024 Film: “Ily, Bye” (Short): Getting That Job and Incompetence be Damned!
Siobhan (Meg Stalter) receives a tip from her roommate Gary (Kanoa Goo) his boss, the very conservative Mr. Litchfield may be looking for a new employee and suggests she call Litchfield to introduce herself which she does with disastrous results. Siobhan can’t stop her incessant jabbering on the message sounding like an incompetent fool. SiobhanContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Ily, Bye” (Short): Getting That Job and Incompetence be Damned!”
RKS 2024 Film: “Let’s Keep the Party Going” (Short): The Time Limited Advantage of Being a Hollywood Nepo Baby
Hunter (Nick Hurley) experiences minute success in his efforts to make it bigtime as an actor in Hollywood. He chides his agent for wasting his time with auditions for chickenshit commercials depriving him of an opportunity to showcase his acting talents. The film commences with Hunter at an audition being asked to say, “Let’s keepContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Let’s Keep the Party Going” (Short): The Time Limited Advantage of Being a Hollywood Nepo Baby”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area” (Short Film): Searing Hot Allegorical Sarcasm
Imagine a society where mostly young adults choose to apply to the Canadian Government to become wildmen. No taxes are paid, student loans vanish, the impossibility of finding livable and affordable accommodation is overcome and the fruitless search for meaningful employment is avoided as most of the wild men live in Toronto’s extensive ravine system.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area” (Short Film): Searing Hot Allegorical Sarcasm”
RKS 2024 Film: “72 Hours”: Rather Run of the Mill
“72 Hours” is more or less run of the mill. FBI good. Criminals almost all bad. The glory of a unified family. Suggested sexuality geared toward prime-time television. If you appreciate this type of film good on you mate and enjoy. If you are searching for something novel or intellectually challenging best forget this film.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “72 Hours”: Rather Run of the Mill”
RKS 2024 Film: “Across the River and Into the Trees”: The Acheron River in Greek Mythology
Having recently returned from Thessaloniki, Greece attending the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival I was snagged by “Across the River” in this film’s title. I watched the short “Acheron” at the festival which is the river in Greek mythology crossed when traversing to the world beyond and hopefully not to Hades but the point isContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Across the River and Into the Trees”: The Acheron River in Greek Mythology”
RKS 2024 Film: “Sarogeto”: Succession Planning: Magnanimous or Creepy?
Grace (Ikumi Yoshimatsu) as a child in 1969 Japan suffered the death of her mother. Her father, unable to maintain the family home, sent Grace to live with a cousin’s family while he departed for Hong Kong in a search for employment. Grace met Michael Stanton (Winsor Harmon), her future husband, at a celebratory dinnerContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Sarogeto”: Succession Planning: Magnanimous or Creepy?”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Heirloom”: A Somewhat Comedic and Dramatic Thriller
Having some 55 years of dog ownership there was immediate resonance with the Canadian film “The Heirloom”. It is a movie about making a movie which fits perfectly with my attendance early this month at The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival where amongst 21 other movies I watched three Greek movies about making a filmContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Heirloom”: A Somewhat Comedic and Dramatic Thriller”
RKS 2024 Film: “Meanwhile on Earth” (Pendent ce Temps Sur Terre)
At some point in time, you must have watched on the screen astronauts tumbling into the darkness of space never to be seen again. In “Meanwhile on Earth” Franck Martens and his crew suffer a mishap and all spin off into the blackness. Martens is a national hero in France. Martens’ sister Elsa (Megan Northam)Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Meanwhile on Earth” (Pendent ce Temps Sur Terre)”
RKS 2024 Film: “In Flight”: A Turbulent Journey with an Unexpected Landing
I was asked to review the American film “In Flight” indirectly by one of its executive producers. Usually, a request to review emanates from a distributor of the film or its retained public relations firm with detailed information on its cast and a brief plot description. In this case I was provided with a trailerContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “In Flight”: A Turbulent Journey with an Unexpected Landing”
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