A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
East African Films, North African Films
Carlton Meyer, “The American Empire Invades Africa” (Tales of the American Empire, 11 June 2020) Former US Marine Corps member Carlton Meyer recently created a series…
Australian and New Zealand Films
“No Justice, No Peace” (Foreign Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16 June 2020) Remarkable for what it fails to say and do, this episode purports to investigate…
Australian and New Zealand Films
“The Doctor vs the President” (Foreign Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2 June 2020) Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Western mainstream news media outlets can never…
Barry Sonnenfeld, “Men in Black II” (2002) Five years after the events of the original “Men in Black”, at the end of which Agent K (Tommy…
Joel Schumacher, “Batman & Robin” (1997) Some folks probably call this film “Flatman & Ribbon” for the fact that the Dynamic Duo (played respectively by George…
Barry Sonnenfeld, “Men in Black” (1997) Very loosely based on the original comic series of the same name, in which a secret organisation called The Men…
Joel Schumacher, “Batman Forever” (1995) After Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns” scooped millions at the box office, there was the general feeling that his films of the…
Tim Burton, “Batman Returns” (1992) A Christmas movie that probably rarely enters most viewers’ lists of Christmas movies to watch is this wintry sequel to Burton’s…
Steven Soderbergh, “Contagion” (2011) Unexpectedly discovering a new lease of life and relevance in the current COVID-19 near-global shutdown environment, this film purports to be a…
British Films, North American Films
Sam Mendes, “Skyfall” (2012) Released in 2012, the year being the 50th anniversary of the first EON Productions’ James Bond film release “Dr No”, “Skyfall” carries…