A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Jeff Chan, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 12: Adam Ruins Conspiracy Theories)” (2017) An enjoyable if not very substantial episode in this educational comedy series,…
“Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 11: Adam Ruins the Economy)” (2017) Explaining economic concepts and measurements of how well economies are performing to the general…
Laura Murphy, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 8: Emily Ruins Adam)” (2017) At long last, for those who always wanted to get their back on…
Amy Winfrey, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 6: Adam Ruins What We Learned In School)” (2017) In this completely animated episode, Adam Conover joins a…
Paul Briganti, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 7: Adam Ruins College)” (2017) Aiming squarely at its target audience of US high school students and undergrads,…
Matthew Pollock, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 5: Adam Ruins Art)” (2017) In this episode, Adam swipes the world of fine art, art galleries and…
British Films, Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Ian Bremner, “Secret History (Season 14, Episode 4: The Great Wall of China – Hidden Story)” (2014) The famous Great Wall of China is rightly one…
Tim Wilkime, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 3: Adam Ruins the Hospital)” (2017) Hosted by eponymous comedian and writer Adam Conover, “Adam Ruins Everything” is…
Charles Haid, “Sally Hemings: An American Scandal” (2000) More notable for the performances of its lead actors Carmen Ejogo as Sally Hemings and Sam Neill as…
British Films, Russian and Soviet Films
George Galloway and Gayatri Pertiwi, “Sputnik: Orbiting the World with George Galloway (Episode 86)” (RT.com, August 2015) Perhaps the best thing that former UK Labour Party leader…