Documentary

‘I Am Paul Walker’ | Film Review

November 22 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

On the date of November 30th 2013, Paul Walker was involved in a tragic car accident which took his life at just 40 years old...

‘Vai Anitta’ | Netflix Original Series Review

November 16 2018, by Daniel Hart

To be brutally truthful, before watching this Netflix documentary series, I didn’t even know who Anitta was, but to be fair on my knowledge, I...

‘ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black’ | Netflix Review

November 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

In 1970, concerned by growing dissent in the face of the Vietnam War, President Nixon reached out to country western musician Johnny Cash to perform...

Terrorism Close Calls Season 1 Review

October 26 2018, by Daniel Hart

It was only a matter of time before Netflix released an original documentary series about the number of times we have managed to evade and...

‘Derren Brown: Sacrifice’ | Netflix Documentary Review

October 19 2018, by Daniel Hart

Derren Brown is the enigma of our time, regardless if you endorse his variety of work. It’s easy to be cynical with his archives of...

‘Making a Murderer: Part 2 ‘| Netflix Original Series Review

October 19 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix did it again with another fiery documentary series that provokes rational thinking. Making a Murderer: Part 2 delivers a damning case study into the pitfalls of...

‘ReMastered: Who Shot The Sheriff’ | Netflix Documentary Review

October 12 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix Original ReMastered is a series of episodes that gives an in-depth look at music’s greatest legends. The other episodes have not been officially promoted yet...

Fightworld Season 1 Review

October 12 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Frank Grillo makes an enthusiastic host in Netflix’s new original documentary series Fightworld. The 53-year-old actor is shredded, grizzled, and a lifelong fight fan; the...

‘Dancing Queen’ (2018) | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Daniel Hart

It’s difficult to comprehend a show like Netflix’s Dancing Queen; I feel torn and uneasy at the pressure put on children to perform. It becomes bizarrely...

‘Two Catalonias’ | Netflix Original Documentary Review

September 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The most effective scene in Two Catalonias occurs early in the two-hour runtime. It’s filmed from above, presumably from a balcony, in a swaying handheld...

‘Three Identical Strangers’ | Film Review

September 13 2018, by M.N. Miller

Three teenagers, who by pure coincidence (some might call it fate) in the fall of 1979 discovered they were triplets separated at birth. They reunite,...

‘Minding the Gap’ | Film Review

September 4 2018, by M.N. Miller

Filmmakers from different races, genders, and upbringings are being given platforms to a wider net to express their unique views that weren’t available before. Alternate...

‘City of Joy’ | Netflix Documentary Review

September 3 2018, by Daniel Hart

I welled up ever so slightly during City of Joy. The Netflix documentary details so much tragedy, yet curtails the depression with hope, signifying a light at...

‘American Animals’ | Film Review

September 2 2018, by Tyler Howat

Writer-director Bart Layton’s American Animals is a funny, suspenseful heist film wrapped around a true crime documentary. And it’s just brilliant. Evan Peters, Barry Keoughan,...

Inside the Criminal Mind Season 1 Review

August 31 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s Inside the Criminal Mind is a four-part series exploring the answers experts have been seeking for decades – what makes evil criminals tick? Each episode...

‘Zion’ | Netflix Short Film Review

August 10 2018, by Alix Turner

Zion is a short documentary film about one remarkable young man, and most especially his attitude about himself. By “short”, I mean it’s less than...

‘Afflicted’ | Netflix Original Series Review

August 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Afflicted is an extraordinarily bleak seven-part Netflix Original documentary series created by Dan Partland. It follows individuals with severe, chronic illnesses who seek out increasingly...

‘The Most Unknown’ Review – A Fascinating Documentary

August 9 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The Most Unknown is a fascinating documentary by Ian Cheney that unites nine scientists from a slew of fields in pursuit of intellectual common ground....

The Bleeding Edge Review

July 27 2018, by Daniel Hart

The Bleeding Edge is somewhat a human tragedy articulated by Kirby Dick. The Netflix documentary has no balanced approach, clearly blaming the industry, with systematic failures...

100 Days of Solitude (100 días de soledad) Review

July 7 2018, by Daniel Hart

In the opening minutes of 100 Days of Solitude, also known as 100 Days of Loneliness (100 días de soledad), Spanish photographer José Díaz sounds like he...