Documentary
A Secret Love review – a bittersweet and bluntly emotional love story
This review of A Secret Love (Netflix) is spoiler-free. Chris Bolan’s deeply personal, unashamedly blunt, and memorably bittersweet documentary feature A Secret Love (Netflix) chronicles...
The Last Dance episode 3 & 4 recap – taking the next step
This recap of The Last Dance Episode 3 and The Last Dance Episode 4 contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous...
Coronavirus, Explained review – Vox remain at the forefront of current affairs with “This Pandemic”
Coronavirus, Explained (Netflix) debuted on Sunday, April 26. This review is of the first episode, “This Pandemic”. Since (ostensibly) democratically-elected public officials have now resorted...
Beastie Boys Story review – Spike Jonze shows a different way to do a documentary
Apple TV+ documentary Beastie Boys Story will be released on the platform on April 24, 2020. When I saw the 2-hour duration for Beastie Boys...
I Promise review – no child should be left behind
This review of I Promise (Quibi) is spoiler-free. “Every 26 seconds a kid drops out of High School… that doesn’t make sense.” That’s the spark...
Absurd Planet season 1 review – Netflix series is a fun way to look at animals
Netflix series Absurd Planet season 1 was released on Netflix on April 22, 2020. Remember Dancing with the Birds? The reason that was good to watch and...
The Last Dance episodes 1 & 2 recap and review – the sport documentary genre may have a new MVP
This review of The Last Dance (Netflix) is based on The Last Dance Episode 1 and The Last Dance Episode 2 and contains spoilers. Few sportspeople...
Human Nature review – an elegant, delicate, and beautifully structured documentary
Early in the new documentary film Human Nature, Hank Greely, a Bioethicist from Stanford University, said, “The idea of gene therapy is simple — add in...
Amazing Grace review – musical history observed
Amazing Grace is the film of Aretha Franklin recording her landmark gospel album in Los Angeles in 1972. That’s it in simple terms, but that’s...
Home season 1 review – Apple TV+ docuseries reveals conceptual housing
Apple TV+ documentary series Home season 1 will be released on the platform on April 17, 2020. Despite the world in turmoil, it’s no surprise...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 9 Recap and Breakdown – A Shoddy Drawing
There’s a lot of conspiracy in The Innocence Files Episode 9 that seems less dramatic than the previous episodes. It opens in Macomb, Michigan, where...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 8 Recap and Breakdown – Waiting On Death Row
In 2005, Alfred Dewayne Brown was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Houston police officer Charles Clark. Lawyer Brian Stolarz was adamant that...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 6 Recap and Breakdown – Positive Identification
The Innocence Files Episode 6 delves into how eyewitness identification works. The chapter begins with Janet Burke being asked to recall what she can remember...
‘The Innocence Files’ Episode 5 Recap and Breakdown – No Witnesses
There’s more scandalous information in The Innocence Files Episode 5. First of all, the new jurors were unaware of a mistrial in Franky Carrillo’s first...
‘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...