It’s Quieter in the Twilight is a space exploration documentary that would make a nice companion piece to Good Night Oppy. The earlier doc was about the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity that keep on truckin’… this new doc is … Continue reading
I’ve always been a fan of Michael J. Fox since his early days on Family Ties. Back to the Future, Teen Wolf, Doc Hollywood, and even Spin City which I only watched a little (my sitcom watching days were fading). … Continue reading
Judy Blume Forever is a pretty solid documentary about the writer of some very famous and famously banned children’s books. For that reason alone, it should be watched. I liked Judy Blume books way back when and thankfully I only … Continue reading
Pamela, A Love Story is a curious Netflix documentary for me to watch. Even though I was a living adult when Baywatch was huge, I’ve only seen half an episode and I think that was Baywatch Nights. I never found … Continue reading
The Hatchet Wielding (hyphens guys! hyphens!) Hitchhiker is a perfectly ok documentary from Netflix. It’s yet another in a long series of true crime docs, though a little less lurid at first? Maybe? The doc covers a social media kerfuffle … Continue reading
The Subtle Art is a documentary based on a book that I haven’t read (if it helps, I did read “On Bullshit” which seems to be in the same ballpark as far as marketing goes). It’s basic philosophy is that … Continue reading
I decided to give The Automat documentary a try not because I’m fascinated by automats but because I was fascinated by why anyone would make a documentary about automats. And why Mel Brooks was the face of the marketing. Is … Continue reading
The Volcano: Rescue for Whakaari is a surprisingly foreboding and frightening Netflix documentary about a recent event I hadn’t heard about. In 2019, a tourist island volcano off the coast of New Zealand pops while two boat-fulls of tourists are … Continue reading
I was going to lead off this review with the pithy comment, “In the next episode of No Objectivity Theater, it’s the Disney+ documentary Mickey: The Story of a Mouse”. I was going to say that, but now I can’t … Continue reading
Good Night Oppy is a documentary about the two Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. It exists on the borderline between hard science and fluffy science communication. It’s a flick that my jaded, hard science loving brain was enjoying but also … Continue reading