Documentary

‘What Jennifer Did’ Exposes the Dark Reality Behind Jennifer Pan’s Failed Family Plot

April 10 2024, by Daniel Hart

What Jennifer Did is more about what Jennifer Pan did not do. She wanted her ex-boyfriend back, she wanted to lead a different life, she...

Is Each Episode of Netflix’s ‘Files of the Unexplained’ Based on a True Story?

April 8 2024, by Louie Fecou

Files of the Unexplained is ostensibly based on true stories and real accounts but given the nature of the subject matter — including aliens, ghosts,...

Files of the Unexplained Questions Everything From Aliens To Haunted Houses and Severed Feet

April 3 2024, by Romey Norton

Who hasn’t experienced something they can’t explain? From ghosts, orbs, sounds, mysterious situations, aliens, and disappearances, to folklore tales — all across the world, people...

Testament: The Story of Moses Tells An Old Tale in the Safest Way Possible — And Will Still Annoy People

March 30 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Halfway between a supernatural drama and a dry religious seminar, Testament: The Story of Moses squats rather awkwardly in the Netflix thumbnails. Its three episodes...

How to Become a Mob Boss Season 1 Review – A generic docuseries reuses universally-known information

November 15 2023, by Amanda Guarragi

In How to Become a Mob Boss, we go through the motions of becoming an actual crime lord by exploring each crime boss who became successful. They...

Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld Review – Don’t mess with hackers

November 8 2023, by Romey Norton

In a world that is increasingly online, viewers are ever intrigued, and in danger of, the corruption that happens behind our screens. Cyberbunker: The Criminal...

The Billionaire, The Butler and the Boyfriend Season 1 Review – Big money, big drama, big scandal!

November 8 2023, by Romey Norton

We all love a bit of family drama, right? The French Netflix documentary series The Billionaire, The Butler and the Boyfriend sees a seriously tense...

Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom Review – A sordid tale of lust and murder from the convicted killer’s mouth

November 1 2023, by Lori Meek

Ever since Making a Murderer and its astronomical success, Netflix has been steadily releasing a stream of true crime series and docu-series. Till Murder Do...

Mysteries of the Faith Review – Netflix docuseries is a balanced case study in Holy Relics

November 1 2023, by Daniel Hart

Believer or non-believer, there’s plenty of room for debate in Mysteries of the Faith, a Netflix documentary series that explains the most blessed and sought-after...

‘Life on Our Planet’ Review – The History Of Our World, Poorly Explained

October 25 2023, by Romey Norton

Many of us are on a mission to save our beloved planet, and with the world in chaos, it can be difficult to remember the...

The Devil on Trial Review – An overdramatized tale that misses its point

October 17 2023, by Kieran Burt

Humanity is obsessed with horror. Not just in modern times, either. Humans have told scary stories about the supernatural for hundreds of years. It’s no...

Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House Review

October 12 2023, by Jessica Fontaine

Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House is a documentary on Hulu directed by Andrew Renzi. Released on October 12, the documentary details America’s most extreme...

Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul Review – The e-cig empire that took over the world

October 11 2023, by Romey Norton

With over a billion people smoking throughout the world, its popularity has soared more than anyone could have predicted. Netflix’s limited series Big Vape: The...

Race to the Summit Review – A deadly duel of height and speed

October 4 2023, by Kieran Burt

Heights are something that humans are naturally scared of. The fear of being up above the ground, losing your footing and plummeting below. It’s not...

Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe Review

October 4 2023, by Romey Norton

This documentary series, Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe, looks to unveil the dark truth behind an online love cult that masked itself as...

‘The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo’ Review – A Gut-Wrenching Documentary

September 28 2023, by Romey Norton

In this gut-wrenching documentary, The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo, survivors share their stories of how they were abused by three generations of La...

Encounters Season 1 Review – Netflix Explores Extraterrestrial Life on Earth

September 27 2023, by Romey Norton

Have you ever seen something you can’t explain? Over the last fifty to seventy years, there have been masses of UFO/alien sightings, which have fuelled...

Who Killed Jill Dando? Review – The True Story of Britain’s Biggest Unsolved Murder

September 26 2023, by Romey Norton

Streaming giant Netflix has released an in-depth documentary on the British broadcasting legend Jill Dando and her untimely death. The three-part documentary series delves into...

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 2 Review – A Powerful Follow Up

September 20 2023, by Ricky Valero

Earlier in 2023, Netflix released Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal. It shared insight into one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, the Murdaughs....

Superpower (2023) Review – The Penn perspective on Ukraine and Zelensky

September 19 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s something – and this is putting it mildly – a little odd about Superpower, the documentary about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine co-directed and narrated...