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
Subscribed to HBO Now (since Dish Network is somehow still fighting with HBO) for Game of Throne purposes, so gave their most recent in-the-news documentary The Inventor (Out for Blood in Silicon Valley) a watch. This is the story of … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix documentary about Flat Earth conspiracy theorists Behind the Curve. The title suggested it wasn’t pro-flat earth but I wasn’t sure and I didn’t want to suggest to Netflix or Flat Earth conspiracy people that I … Continue reading
Rented a documentary in iTunes called Rodents of Unusual Size (tagline: They DO exist). So, yeah, they got me on the Princess Bride reference but also on the basic premise of the doc. It’s about the (very large) rodents called … Continue reading
Checked out the 2018 documentary Free Solo which finally made its way to my local theater (and its faux IMAX screen). This is the documentary about the first guy to free climb (as in, with no ropes) the face of … Continue reading
Checked out the Netflix documentary about the failed Fyre festival that fizzled out spectacularly in 2017 (I think). There’s a matching, competitive Hulu documentary as well… but I don’t have Hulu so Netflix is it. I don’t travel in circles … Continue reading
And, finally, watched the documentary RBG – about Ruth Bader Ginsberg – which was made by CNN Films and was able to catch it on CNN itself (also available on iTunes). I checked this out after watching – and being … Continue reading
Soooo… I went to see Michael Moore’s new totally objective documentary Fahrenheit 11/9. I avoided the Dinesh D’Souza political doc that likened Trump to Lincoln instead of Trump to Hitler like Moore does. But I don’t particularly like Trump (spoiler … Continue reading
Three Identical Strangers is a new theatrical documentary that I had little interest in seeing but finally went to tonight. I should have been interested though because this is a fantastic film. I only knew the basic premise (which is … Continue reading