Documentary

Return to Space review – documenting the new space age of commercial space travel

April 8 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix documentary Return to Space was released on Netflix on April 7, 2022. When I first heard about the documentary Return to Space, I anticipated this...

Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star review – an intoxicating mystery

April 8 2022, by M.N. Miller

This review of the Netflix docuseries Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star contains spoilers. Senzo Meyiwa was South Africa’s biggest soccer star and the center...

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story review – home-grown horror no one could make up

April 6 2022, by Kira Comerford

Netflix docuseries Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story was released on the streaming service on April 6, 2022. Netflix has released Jimmy Savile: A British...

Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain review – behind the scenes of a comedy troupe!

April 2 2022, by Romey Norton

This review of Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain is spoiler-free.  Netflix has released something I have not seen in a while, a mockumentary. This play...

Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King review – the Bitcoin boom makes for another riveting con

March 30 2022, by Adam Lock

This review of the Netflix documentary film Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King contains spoilers. Netflix is in the con artist business....

Broken Idol: The Undoing of Diomedes Díaz review – crowds, basuco and cocaine

March 30 2022, by Romey Norton

Netflix documentary Broken Idol: The Undoing of Diomedes Díaz was released on the streaming service on March 30, 2022.  Netflix has released a documentary about...

The Principles of Pleasure season 1 review – informative and important series exploring female pleasure

March 22 2022, by Adam Lock

This review of the Netflix docuseries The Principles of Pleasure season 1 does not contain spoilers. Having worked in the education sector for many years,...

The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank review – real life Money Heist without the drama

March 16 2022, by Adam Lock

This review of the Netflix true crime series The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank contains spoilers. As Netflix grew so did its need for...

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. review – the latest con artist doc everyone will be talking about

March 15 2022, by Adam Lock

This review of the Netflix true crime series Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. contains spoilers. Netflix has moved on from an obsession with true crime murderers...

Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 4 – what the ending says about the Abu Dhabi finale

March 11 2022, by Daniel Hart

I don’t think I’ll ever forget what happened in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 12, 2021. I remember being in a state...

Dear… Season 2 review – more of the same sanitized back-patting

March 4 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Dear… Season 2 is spoiler-free. Dear… is a show that absolutely should not work as well as it does, but also one...

Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale review – love, care, togetherness and climate change

March 4 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix documentary film Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale was released on the streaming service on March 4, 2022. Climate change is one of the important...

Lucy and Desi review – fixing what Being the Ricardos got wrong

March 3 2022, by Ricky Valero

Amazon Original Documentary film Lucy and Desi will be released on the streaming service on March 4, 2022. After watching Being the Ricardos and being...

Wasteland (2022) review – the “sh**ness” problem in America

February 24 2022, by M.N. Miller

Paramount+ docuseries Wasteland (2022) was released on the streaming service on February 24, 2022. The four-part docuseries Wasteland (2022), now streaming on Paramount +, is...

Race: Bubba Wallace review – Netflix docuseries chronicles NASCAR star’s fight against racial injustice

February 22 2022, by Romey Norton

Netflix Docuseries Race: Bubba Wallace was released on the streaming service on February 22, 2022. Directed and executive produced by Erik Parker, (L.A. Burning: The...

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing review – heartbreaking investigation into the Boeing disasters

February 18 2022, by Romey Norton

Netflix documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing was released on the streaming service on February 18, 2022.  Do you remember the flight crashes in 2018...

Lincoln’s Dilemma review – eye-opening, morally complex and thought-provoking

February 18 2022, by M.N. Miller

Apple TV+ docuseries Lincoln’s Dilemma was released on the streaming service on February 18, 2022. Apple TV+ has an exposure problem. That is something they...

Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy review – a surprisingly endearing documentary

February 12 2022, by Adam Lock

This review of the Netflix documentary series Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy does not contain spoilers and is based on Act 1.  Nearly all of the...

The Tinder Swindler review – serial dater steals more than just your heart

February 2 2022, by Romey Norton

Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler was released on the streaming service on February 2, 2022. How, in the 21st century, with all the technology and...

Three Songs for Benazir review – award-winning Afghan documentary affects us all

January 25 2022, by Romey Norton

Netflix documentary short Three Songs for Benazir was released on the streaming service on January 24, 2022. Netflix has released the documentary short Three Songs...