Documentary
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 4 Recap and Breakdown – A Star Witness
Franky Carrillo was charged with the murder of Donald Sarpy. Episode 4 gives us a scenario: a young kid who lived in an area of...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 3 Recap and Breakdown – Careless Science
There’s a lot riding on bite mark analysis in The Innocence Files Episode 3. It opens up with Dr West harping on how they shouldn’t remove Confederate...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown – Introduction of DNA
Episode 2 is really the downfall of bite mark analysis, with Dr Michael West blabbering on about how his work is effective, while his opposite...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 1 Recap and Breakdown – Teeth Marks
On September 15, 1990, in Mississippi, 3-year-old Courtney Smith was announced missing. The Innocence Files Episode 1 details how Courtney Smith was found in a...
Money Heist: The Phenomenon review – how a Spanish crime-drama became a global mega-hit
Today, the fourth season of the indescribably popular Spanish crime-drama Money Heist debuts on Netflix, and it’s accompanied by an hour-long documentary feature, Money Heist: The Phenomenon, which...
Dolphin Reef review – an impressive undersea adventure on Disney+
Dolphin Reef is one of two Disneynature documentaries to drop on Disney+ today, the other being Elephant, an ever so slightly lesser production that felt...
Sunderland ‘Til I Die season 2 review – a curious docuseries of a recovering football club
Netflix’s Sunderland ‘Til I Die season 2 was released on the platform on April 1, 2020 – add it to your list now. If I’m...
How to Fix a Drug Scandal series review – Netflix unveils a judicial collapse
Netflix documentary series How to Fix a Drug Scandal will be out on the platform on April 1st, 2020. When crime drug lab chemist Sonja...
A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story review – a feat that will never be repeated
A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story will be released on Netflix on March 20th, 2020 – Add it to your list now. ...
Tiger King review – a true-crime story so weird it must be true
Is now the best time ever for a Netflix true-crime series to grip the entire world at once? These things, as we have established time...
Dirty Money season 2 review – a damning exploration of corporate greed
This review of Dirty Money Season 2 contains some minor spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by clicking these words....
Our Godfather review – a polarizing documentary feature
Our Godfather is an interesting case study — fascinating really, in taking away the Hollywood lore of most gangster films for a clean, no-nonsense, but arm’s-length...
Babies season 1 review – time to feel scientifically broody with Netflix’s new docuseries
Netflix series Babies season 1 will be released on the platform on February 21, 2020 – add it to your list now. “I never want...
Visible: Out on Television review – LGBTQ history through the lens of TV
Apple TV+ series Visible: Out on Television will be released on the platform on February 14, 2020. For Apple TV+, Visible: Out on Television is a...
All or Nothing: Philadelphia Eagles Season 1 Review – high expectations after glorious Super Bowl 2018 win
Amazon Prime’s All or Nothing: Philadelphia Eagles is now on the platform. For the first time in 8 years, I did not watch Super Bowl...
#cats_The_Mewvie review – a feature-length advert and an insufferable documentary
If #cats_The_Mewvie (hereafter just Cats The Mewvie, since I cannot physically bring myself to type that awful formatting more than once) were better, I might...
They’ve Gotta Have Us Season 1 Review – an important, timely docuseries
One has to imagine that the release today of Simon Frederick’s three-part docuseries They’ve Gotta Have Us (Netflix) is in no small part a reminder...
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer review – a novel approach to a familiar story
There are some stories that are told and retold in various forms, and perhaps will continue to be told forever. The story of Ted Bundy...
Night on Earth Season 1 review – what happens when the sun goes down
The nature documentary is not a new concept, but it is an ever-evolving one. Just as animals big and small are subject to the increasingly...
The Pharmacist series review: Netflix reveals pained father unravelling the opioid crisis
Netflix series The Pharmacist will be released on the platform on February 5, 2020. Docuseries The Pharmacist exemplifies the pain of losing a child. The Netflix...