Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 2): religious conversion on tap in episode
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 2)” (2012) In this second episode of “Fear and Faith”, UK hypnotist / skeptic…
British Films
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 1): health warning is needed for this manipulative series on the placebo effect
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 1)” (2012) In this two-part series, UK hypnotist and skeptic Derren Brown investigates the…
Derren Brown – The Heist: an experiment on conformity and deference to authority and self-help twaddle
Derren Brown and Benjamin Caron, “Derren Brown – The Heist” (2006) Under the pretence of training a group of middle-level managers in a corporate workshop on…
Derren Brown – Apocalypse (Part 2): heavily staged and predictable post-apocalypse experiment
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Apocalypse (Part 2)” (2012) Second and final part of a mini-series in which Brown conducts an experiment on…
Derren Brown – Apocalypse (Part 1): clever if daft and stagey experiment hides some sober truths
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Apocalypse (Part 1)” (2012) A cleverly staged if at times daft and rather too cinematic experiment in which…
Clever social psychology experiment in “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Secret of Luck”
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Secret of Luck” (2011) Now for his next trick … in this final episode of…
Clever psychological manipulation at work in “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Guilt Trip”
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Guilt Trip” (2011) In this rather creepy episode, the third in a 4-part series, Derren…
Crowd behaviour stereotypes confirmed in disappointing if fun “Derren Brown – The Experiments: Gameshow”
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – The Experiments: Gameshow” (2011) In Episode 2 of a 4-part psychology series, sceptic and mesmerist Derren Brown is…
British Films, North American Films
The Prestige: fussy plot with flat characters turns on class and cultural rivalries of its setting
Christopher Nolan, “The Prestige” (2006) Rather fussy if good-looking film about duplicity and duplications, duelling and an all-consuming devotion to one’s art, “The Prestige” is a…
How to train people to kill celebrities in “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Assassin”
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – The Experiments: The Assassin” (2011) An ingeniously planned experiment in hypnosis and mind control aimed at discovering whether…