A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Olly Bootle, “Are We Still Evolving?” (2011) UK anthropologist Alice Roberts presents this BBC Horizon documentary investigating whether humans have stopped evolving as a result of…
Peter Leonard, “How to make Better Decisions” (2007) At least I made one good decision to watch this BBC Horizon documentary so I’m already on the…
Nicola Cook, “How to Commit the Perfect Murder” (2007) The notion that a criminal could carry out the perfect murder – as in one that can’t…
Dick Taylor, “Battle of the Brains” (2007) In this BBC documentary, seven people outstanding in their particular fields of endeavour are collected at Oxford Universiity and…
Diene Petterle, “How to Kill a Human Being” (2008) A rather curious BBC Horizon documentary this is, with former British Conservative politician Michael Portillo as guide,…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Ring” (1927) An early triumph for the young Alfred Hitchcock, released in the same year as his better known “The Lodger: A Story…
Nigel Paterson, “The Ghost in Your Genes” An excellent BBC Horizon documentary, “The Ghost in Your Genes” is an investigation into a new area of genetics…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Manxman” (1929) Last of Alfred Hitchcock’s true silent films, “The Manxman” is already straining at the limitations of the silent-film mode with its…
Emma Sutton, “Why are Thin People Not Fat” (2008) This BBC Horizon documentary revolves around an experiment in deliberately overfeeding a group of people for a…
Phil Grabsky, “The Surprising History of Egypt with Terry Jones” (2002) An entertaining trip into the lives and customs of every-day people of ancient Egypt, with…