Heard some praise for a new documentary about the early work of Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda called We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (it’s a Hulu film). Apparently he was/is part of a comedy rap improv group… and since his lyrics are … Continue reading
Also checked out the new(ish) Beastie Boys documentary cleverly called The Beastie Boys Story. This was on Apple TV Plus… the streaming service, not the device. The movie came out earlier this year and not very many people noticed… and … Continue reading
Rented a new documentary (on iTunes) called Spaceship One which is about the Biosphere Two project back in the early 90s. If that rings a bell, that was the self-contained environment that a bunch of people built to see if … Continue reading
Watched the documentary Never Surrender on Amazon Prime. This is a doc about the making of – and the ongoing fandom for – the movie Galaxy Quest. Now, I liked Galaxy Quest… it’s a fun, fairly smart movie. But not … Continue reading
Watched the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien which I rented for 99 cents on iTunes. This one came out last year to very good reviews but I didn’t catch up to it until the current low rental fee. I … Continue reading
Also rented a (very long) documentary called In Search of the Last Action Heroes on iTunes. This is a documentary ostensibly about action movies from the 1960s to the present… but really it’s just about 80s and early 90s. Maybe … Continue reading
Tracked down the Peter Jackson WW1 documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. It came out at the beginning of the year and has been on various streaming for a few months. I caught it on HBO (free week trial which … Continue reading
Checked out another (nerdy) documentary – What We Left Behind. A documentary about the middle child Star Trek series Deep Space Nine. Title based on the last episode of the series (What You Left Behind). Rented it on iTunes. … Continue reading
Just checked out a flaming garbage Netflix original documentary called Enter the Anime. Allegedly a documentary explaining to newcomers the origins and meanings of Japanese animation. It fails at everything it claims to be doing and might succeed only at … Continue reading
Apollo 11 is the latest film about the first moon landing. It’s a 2019 theatrical release that I missed, but it was produced by CNN Films so I caught it recently on CNN itself. Nothing better than a free movie! … Continue reading