Documentary

Sunderland ‘Til I Die season 2 review – a curious docuseries of a recovering football club

April 1 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

March 31 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

March 20 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

March 20 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

March 12 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

March 9 2020, by M.N. Miller

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

February 16 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

February 13 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

February 7 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

February 6 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

February 5 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

January 31 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

January 29 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

January 29 2020, by Daniel Hart

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...

Pandemic: How to Prevent An Outbreak review – is the flu going to kill us all?

January 23 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

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

January 20 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

January 3 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

January 3 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

January 2 2020, by Daniel Hart

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

December 27 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

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...