Commemorating 50 years since mankind’s greatest achievement, 'Apollo 11' documents the eight-day lunar mission that gripped the globe. Using only footage and dialogue recordings from the time, it creates a stunningly visceral, thrilling, tense and emotional account of landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. As documentary filmmaking goes, Apollo 11 is first … Continue reading “One Small Step…” (Apollo 11 review)
Tag: Documentary
Docu-Drama delivers nauseating heist story (American Animals review)
Telling a shockingly true story of four friends planning to rob their university library of a book worth $8 million, American Animals is the heist film this year deserved after letting us down with Oceans 8. Combining documentary and drama into one fantastic film, American Animals is a triumph.
Treadwell on bear territory (Grizzly Man review)
Though it should have been titled 'Diary of a Nutty Environmentalist', this interesting documentary brings a certain heart to the unique environmentalist and bear lover (click to read more)
When Louis Met…Scientology (My Scientology Movie review)
Though Louis's charm is enough to maintain the feature-length run time, it runs out of material and resorts to the old tactic of poking the institution with a stick and seeing how it reacts (click to read more)
Documenting the Prestige of the Media (Star Suckers review)
An eye-opening documentary that reveals how the media can lie to us about stardom. While some of the social-stunts lessen the impact of the film, its ripping into Band Aid make it more than worthwhile (click to read more)