A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Carlton Meyer, “Football Star Murdered in Afghanistan” (Tales of the American Empire, 9 April 2020) With the passage of time, former NRL football player turned soldier…
Carlton Meyer, “American Bungling Destroyed Pan Am 103” (Tales of the American Empire, May 2020) To understand the rush of information in this short video about…
North African Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The Destruction of Libya in 2011” (Tales of the American Empire, May 2020) A very good general survey of how the US overthrew Colonel…
Middle Eastern Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The Conquest of the Republic of Georgia in 2003” (Tales of the American Empire, May 2020) One of a series of films by former…
East African Films, North African Films
Carlton Meyer, “The American Empire Invades Africa” (Tales of the American Empire, 11 June 2020) Former US Marine Corps member Carlton Meyer recently created a series…
Australian and New Zealand Films
“No Justice, No Peace” (Foreign Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16 June 2020) Remarkable for what it fails to say and do, this episode purports to investigate…
Australian and New Zealand Films
“The Doctor vs the President” (Foreign Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2 June 2020) Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Western mainstream news media outlets can never…
Barry Sonnenfeld, “Men in Black II” (2002) Five years after the events of the original “Men in Black”, at the end of which Agent K (Tommy…
Joel Schumacher, “Batman & Robin” (1997) Some folks probably call this film “Flatman & Ribbon” for the fact that the Dynamic Duo (played respectively by George…
Barry Sonnenfeld, “Men in Black” (1997) Very loosely based on the original comic series of the same name, in which a secret organisation called The Men…