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.
Alfred Hitchcock, “Family Plot” (1976) Considering that the famous British director was in bad health when he made this film, I find “Family Plot” to be a…
Jeremy Hopper, “Nine Meals Away from Anarchy” (2012) Uploaded to Youtube early in 2012, this is an interesting if simply made documentary about the fragility of…
David Gelb, “Jiro dreams of Sushi” (2011) Surely this documentary should have a great deal of significance for me as my parents ran a restaurant for…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 1: H G Wells)” (2011) For some reason, SBS TV chose to screen this episode last even though it’s…
Ridley Scott, “Prometheus” (2012) Originally conceived as a predecessor to “Alien” and its successor films, “Prometheus” is Ridley Scott’s attempt to answer questions left by his…
Clara and Julia Kuperberg, “Hollywood between Paranoia and Science Fiction” (2011) An entertaining and lightweight look at famous Hollywood science fiction films made since the early…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Birds” (1963) Based on a 1952 short story by English writer Daphne du Maurier – one of Hitchcock’s favourite sources for film plots…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 6: Robert Heinlein)” (2011) After a few episodes of worthy yet not very controversial science fiction writers, this series now switches to…
Larry Charles, “The Dictator” (2012) I confess I saw this latest Sacha Baron Cohen film to see how offensive and tasteless it is. Truly dictatorial “The Dictator” is,…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 5: Isaac Asimov)” (2011) Curiously in this episode on American SF writer Isaac Asimov, none of his really major…