A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
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…
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…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 1: Mary Shelley)” (2011) This episode revolves around Mary Godwin-Shelley’s famous novel “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus” and the…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 4: Arthur C Clarke)” (2011) Having never read any of Arthur C Clarke’s fiction, perhaps I’m not the best…
Dick Fontaine, “Mailer for Mayor” (1969) This BBC documentary was included in UK journalist / film-maker Adam Curtis’s recent post “White Negro for Mayor” on his…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 2: Philip K Dick)” (2011) Philip K Dick is one of my favourite writers, though more for the 1950s…
Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” (1986) In the wake of news that British heavy metal band Judas Priest will cease touring and will be in…
David Keane, “The True Story of Black Hawk Down” (2003) A very detailed documentary about the events that led to the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993…
Jason Russell, “Kony 2012” (2012) Having heard about nothing else but this 30-minute feature going viral across Youtube and various social networking sites, I determined to…
Larry Jordan, “Our Lady of the Sphere” (1969) An intriguing and colourful film, “Our Lady of the Sphere” is based on the Bardo Thodol, a Tibetan…