It’s not that I disliked the original 1990 tv miniseries of IT… it was perfect fine in a made-for-tv-in-the-90s sort of way. But that was back when made-for-tv wasn’t exactly a medal of honor. It was edgy and bloody for … Continue reading
I was pretty into this documentary about the anthrax investigation post 9/11. Like many of us, the anthrax scare was just more nightmare fuel to stare at on tv in those late days of 2001. I didn’t think it was … Continue reading
I went into this Netflix documentary with lowered expectations based on the reviews. Hoping that maybe it was dog-piling… I mean, how can you screw up an informative documentary that bad? Well, you can, as it turns out. The flick … Continue reading
I think the Inside of the Mind of a Cat is a scattering of loose change, a couple of raggedy mice toys, a stray laser pointer, and a cow bell that clangs randomly. But this Netflix documentary wants to explore … Continue reading
I wasn’t planning to watch this three episode documentary on Netflix since I thought the fantastic Woodstock ’99 on HBO last year covered the same bases. But I heard recently this one was good too, longer, and had additional footage … Continue reading
I didn’t follow the true-life rescue story from 2018 that this doc covers. I remember it happening but also remember it just being another news story about people lost in a cave, in a mine, or down a well. I … Continue reading
Considering I got to the point of referencing any found footage film as “yet another found footage film”, I was a little hesitant to watch this Shudder documentary. And I think I was ultimately right. This doc isn’t terrible but … Continue reading
The thing that’s even creepier and skeevier than the re-enactments in this fairly decent documentary is that it’s produced by Blumhouse. They have the right to make whatever kind of movies they want, but seeing the name of a low … Continue reading
White Hot tells the story of the rise of Abercrombie & Fitch from just a hundred year old clothing store to the most elite and prestigious and nakedest clothing store in your local mall. How it sold an image more … Continue reading
Even by Richard Linklater’s sometimes shaggy standards of what makes a narrative film, this movie is barely a movie. More of a memory or animated documentary about what it was like growing up in the space age of the 1960s. … Continue reading