You know, I envy kids who grew up with the Harry Potter books and films. For me growing up, I had three great Star Wars movies, kinda sorta three Back to the Future films, and a bunch of mostly independent … Continue reading
Burning is an Amazon Prime documentary about the Australian bushfires in 2019 and 2020. Or, rather, it’s about climate change that resulted in the continent-wide series of bushfires. I tuned in for the facts about the fire and got something … Continue reading
Clerk is not exactly an unbiased documentary/biography/filmography of writer/director Kevin Smith’s life. I like Kevin Smith and listen to his podcasts and watch (and usually like) his movies so there was very little new information for me here. But a … Continue reading
For spooky season 2021, I bit the bullet and subscribed to Shudder to get to a bunch of older horror flicks. And I found this documentary which I’d heard about but hadn’t realized was a Shudder original. So that’s something… … Continue reading
For a decent amount of time, I found this… documentary?… pretty decent. But the longer it went, the more shallow, repetitive, and disorganized it felt. The flick is hosted by Rob Lowe and his iffy script as he goes through … Continue reading
I imagine many people had a similar experience… but I watched Boss Ross as a teenager and A) could never replicate what he did so easily and B) watched impressed (and annoyed) as he’d slap something on canvas and then … Continue reading
I found Woodstock ’99 documentary to be a fantastic narrative about the concert that went up in flames. Definitely a doc with a pre-determined angle and opinion but they gave enough people time for the defense in this trial. And … Continue reading
Val is a pretty good documentary that wavers in interest and quality but ultimately skews closer to pretty good than average. It’s about the life and career of Val Kilmer who is recovering from throat cancer and has a breathing … Continue reading
Not to mix my classic Holiday Specials, but I feel like a real Grinch giving this one a mediocre score. I mean, c’mon… it’s Chuck and Snoopy and Woodstock and the gang with archival interviews with Charles Schultz. What kind … Continue reading
An interesting documentary about the scientific team that recently used an array of telescopes across the planet to piece together a picture of a massive black hole. It’s a slightly less complete documentary abut black holes in general, as suggested … Continue reading