A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films made in Canada and United States including all films made by Hollywood.
Garrett Ryan, “Were Roman Roads more Durable than Modern Highways?” (Toldinstone, 5 February 2022) Here’s another entertaining and informative episode in the ongoing history documentary series…
Carlton Meyer, “Panama Ransacked in 1989” (Tales of the American Empire, 4 February 2022) A very informative video, this instalment in Carlton Meyer’s Tales of the…
Aidan Michael Brezonick, “Alien: Night Shift” (2019; extended version 2020) Not one of the better films out of the batch of six made in 2019 to…
Benjamin Howdeshell, “Alien: Harvest” (2019) It had stunning CGI visuals, a scary setting in a failing spaceship, a willing cast and a lot of tension ……
Kelsey Taylor, “Alien: Specimen” (2019)A suspenseful little short, more haunted-house horror than sci-fi, “… Specimen” gets points from me for using its setting, cinematography and especially…
Chris Reading, “Alien: Containment” (2019) For me, this nine-minute work was a rushed piece that crammed perhaps too many references to Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” and…
Noah Miller, “Alien: Alone” (2019) After seeing all six short films made in 2019 to mark the 40th anniversary of the cinematic release of Ridley Scott’s…
Kailey and Sam Spear, “Alien: Ore” (2019) To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror film “Alien”, the film production company 20th Century Fox…
“The Manufacturing of a Mass Psychosis – Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?” (Academy of Ideas, 24 April 2021) In past centuries, mass psychosis in…
“The Mass Psychosis and the Demons of Dostoevsky” (Academy of Ideas, 31 March 2021) Drawing on the work of psychoanalysts Carl Jung and Joost Meerloo, this…