Posted in Documentary, Netflix, Review on April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We’ve all seen Eastern Promises, right? Or you’re at least aware of it, I assume?
If you haven’t been living in a ’50’s-style bomb shelter, then you remember tatted-up Viggo Mortensen as a Russian gangster in Eastern Promises. The Mark of Cain is a documentary about the significance of tattoos in Russian prison culture (which would [...]
Posted in Documentary on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t do documentaries often here. I should, but often I have to take a little while longer than other movies to process and digest the film and spit out my opinions on a documentary than say, oh, a Brett Ratner film.
Dengue Fever is a band from Los Angeles with a very distinctive style. Lead [...]
Posted in Documentary, Review, tagged Crawford on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got an e-mail forwarding this one to me from someone involved in the film and as far as documentaries go, I’ll let you guys make the judgments.
I will say that I enjoyed Crawford and that I think that it’s not only well done, it gives ample face time to a variety of viewpoints in [...]
Posted in Documentary, Netflix, Review on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maxed Out is a documentary much in the same way Michael Moore’s movies are documentaries.
It’s the story of a few people who have their lives ruined by credit and credit card companies. They take the same schtick Michael Moore uses (which is an effective one, at that) to portray the evils of the [...]
