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.
Irving Moore, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 2, Episode 20: Night of the Vicious Valentine)” (1966) This episode is notable for winning the series its only…
Sacha Gervasi, “Hitchcock” (2012) Fifty years after Alfred Hitchcock released his film “Psycho”, both director and movie alike remain subjects of fascination for many people throughout…
Alan Crosland Jr, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 2, Episode 13: Night of the Skulls)” (1966) A really surprising episode this turns out to be, with…
Richard C Sarafian, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 1, Episode 1: The Night of the Inferno)” (1965) With the Civil War over and the period of…
Robert Sparr, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 2, Episode 17: Night of the Feathered Fury)” (1967) In this episode, the two US government agents Jim West…
Michael J Murphy, “Why in the World are They Spraying?” (2012) This film brings together evidence from aerospace engineers, meteorologists, TV weather reports, ranchers, farmers, ecologists,…
Michael Caffey, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 3, Episode 2: Night of the Firebrand)” (1967) In this episode, government agents Jim West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus…
Ron Fricke, “Samsara” (2011) Fourth in a series of wordless visual documentaries by Ron Fricke (the previous films being “Chronos”, “Sacred Sites” and “Baraka”), “Samsara” is…
Herman Axelbank and Max Eastman, “Tsar to Lenin” (1937) Presented by Mehring Books and the Socialist Equality Party, “Tsar to Lenin” is an incredible historical document…
Marvin Chomsky, “The Wild Wild West (Season 4, Episode 4: The Night of the Sedgewick Curse)” (1968) I don’t recall this series from my childhood yet…