HBO aired a new documentary last night called Beware the Slenderman… it’s about the internet meme/creepypasta Slenderman but, more specifically, about the two early teen girls who stabbed their friend 17 times in order to please the fictional character. It’s … Continue reading
Viva Amiga is a new documentary (available on iTunes) about the Commodore Amiga computer from 1985 (and on). It’s a relatively short documentary and doesn’t go into nearly enough detail and then spends the final fifteen minutes or so talking … Continue reading
Watched the 2016 documentary Tower which is now available streaming. This one is about the University of Texas sniper who terrorized the campus in 1966. Charles Whitman took over the tower on campus and indiscriminately shot and killed/wounded around 50 … Continue reading
Morgan Spurlock is the documentary director behind Super Size Me (where we discovery if you eat McDonalds for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you will get fat) and Pom Wonderful Presents: The Best Movie Ever sold (where we learn that product … Continue reading
I also watched, by some coincedence, Into the Inferno which is a Werner Hertzog documentary not about Tom Hanks, Robert Langdon, or Dan Brown but about volcanoes and the science and myths we create about them. Odd it came out … Continue reading
Rented the documentary For the Love of Spock, which is kind of embarrassing to say. But it’s a pretty good documentary about the life and career of Leonard Nimoy as directed and narrated by his son. It has some good … Continue reading
Rented the new documentary Raiders! which is the story of three kids who, in 1984, decided to film a shot for shot re-enactment of Raiders of the Lost Ark (including crazy car stunts, lighting each other on fire, making nazi … Continue reading
Watched Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Where to Invade Next”… which sounds like a screed against the military/industrial complex but is actually just a bit of shtick he used to travel around Europe finding cool ideas. He pretends to invade that … Continue reading
Checked out the 2015 film Being Evel, a documentary (co-produced by Johnny Knoxville) about famed 70s daredevil Evel Knievel. I had his toy crank bike as a kid but I had no real idea his story and this flick covers … Continue reading
Also caught the documentary Back in Time which is a making-of the Back to the Future movies, released in time for the 30th anniversary and the Back to the Future Day. It’s available on iTunes and on Netflix. So save … Continue reading