Documentary
Pandemic: How to Prevent An Outbreak review – is the flu going to kill us all?
According to Netflix’s new six-part docuseries Pandemic: How to Prevent An Outbreak, we’re all going to die. Obviously we’re all going to die anyway, but...
The Goop Lab season 1 review – all is well with Gwyneth Paltrow
Netflix series The Goop Lab Season 1 will be released on the platform on January 24, 2020. I had absolutely no idea that Gwyneth Paltrow runs...
‘James May: Our Man In Japan’ Review: Amazon Continues To Expand Top Gear Universe
I genuinely believe when BBC dismissed the original Top Gear clan that it did them a world of good. They had to move on, don’t get...
Cheer Season 1 Review: Blood, Sweat and Cheers
Netflix Series Cheer Season 1 will be released on the platform on January 8, 2020. Netflix already have Last Chance U and it seemed unlikely...
Sex Explained Season 1 Review: Let’s Talk About Sex Baby
You may be aware of Netflix’s bite-sized factoids in the form of Explained, well now the platform has decided to release a different version of that...
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up Review: A Year in the Life
The greatest problem with Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up (Netflix), a new six-part docuseries about the life and career of the world’s highest-grossing comedian, is the...
After the Raid Review: A Small Window Into The Emotional Fallout After An Immigration Raid
With the release of After the Raid it’s evident that Netflix, as a streaming platform and as an organisation, have a vested interest in the...
Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer Review
Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (Netflix) debuted on December 18, 2019. As a cat owner, I can tell you with some degree...
The Cave (2019) Review: A Devastating, Horrifying Account Of Injustice And Suffering
National Geographic’s The Cave is a documentary that is siloed amongst a rare breed of films that archives an unforgivable moment in 21st-century history. The documentary is...
The Confession Killer: A Fresh Take On True Crime
True Crime has been having its moment for a little while now. Nothing quite gives an audience a shudder like seeing real-life monsters come to...
The Movies That Made Us Season 1 Review: A Fond, Informative Look At the Classics
Spun-off from Netflix’s docuseries The Toys That Made Us, and retaining the same format and nostalgic tone, The Movies That Made Us serves a quartet of classics for...
Broken Season 1 Review: Netflix Exposes Mass Consumer Products
Netflix Series Broken Season 1 is a 4-part series looking into negligence in the consumer business. The series will be released on November 27, 2019....
Spirits In The Forest Review: A Depeche Mode Concert Film
Over the course of 2017 and 2018, legendary band Depeche Mode embarked on a tour that was eventually attended by a band of six fans,...
Narcoworld: Dope Stories Review: Netflix’s New Docuseries Doesn’t Deliver A Good Hit
The drug trade is — along with true-crime murder-mysteries — among Netflix’s favorite subjects, and so it should come as no surprise that Narcoworld: Dope Stories is...
‘Who Killed Little Gregory?’ Review: Another True-Crime Hit For Netflix
In answer to the question posed by the title of this five-part docuseries, who, indeed? It’s a dramatic conundrum likely to be not at all...
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator Review: An Empire Built On Abuse – And How Its Founder Continues To Get Away With It
An old and well-known fable holds that the way to cook a frog is slowly. If one is tossed into a pan of boiling water,...
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman Review: Absolutely Extraordinary
Before I watched Lorena, Light-Footed Woman I didn’t even know ultra-marathons existed. It’s any marathon that exceeds the traditional 26.219-mile length. I didn’t know who Lorena...
Maradona in Mexico Season 1 Review: The Legend Shows It Never Goes Away
Netflix Series Maradona in Mexico Season 1 will be released on the platform on November 12, 2019. I know what you are thinking — Maradona...
Fire in Paradise Review: An Intense Account Of 2018’s Catastrophic Camp Fire
Netflix short documentary Fire in Paradise documents California’s deadliest wildfire. It’s an intense account of the events that occurred in 2018 and was ironically titled “Camp Fire”....
‘Little Miss Sumo’ Review: A Brief But Powerful Look At One Of Japan’s Best Female Sumo Wrestlers
Needless to say, “little” doesn’t apply to Hiyori, the subject of Netflix’s short documentary Little Miss Sumo. But the “miss” certainly fits. Hiyori is 20,...