New Acquisition: The Beatles: Get Back

New Acquisition: Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

 

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Flight of the War Witch (1980)

Land of the Lost (1974 - 1977)

 

New Acquisitions: Great Expectations (1967)

 

The Outer Limits: Wolf (1964)

New Acquisition: Great Expectations (1989)

 

Twin Peaks (1990)

The People Across the Lake (1988)

 

A city-slicker family, tired of the urban grime and crime, moves to a quaint little lakeside village. All seems like paradise - until corpses start showing up in the water.

OK TV horror flick never leaves the boundaries of the genre.  

Prime Time (2021)

 

On New Year's Eve 1999, an armed man enters a TV studio during a broadcast, takes the host hostage and makes one demand: to give a message live on air.

Above-average TV closed-room drama is suspenseful and profits from good performances. 

 

Hedda Gabler (1962)

 

A scheming woman marries a nice but dimwitted intellectual out of convenience. She hears that her old lover is back in town. She decides to destroy his life, jealous of his love affair with another.

A TV production with a stellar cast, in which Ingrid Bergman shines the best, is unfortunately a brutally condensed, stubbed up adaptation of the classic play.  

 

 

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021)

 

This series documents the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from Al Qaeda's roots in the 1980s to America's forceful response, both at home and abroad.

Comprehensive and informative documentary takes its time to bring in detail the  9/11 attacks and the history that lead to them and goes further to analyze their impact on the history thereafter.

 

9/11 (2002)

 

A real life documentary following the events of September 11 from an insider's view, through the lens of James Hanlon and two French filmmakers who were in Manhattan that one day.

Remarkable documentary follows a full first-hand account of the events as they happened, including new insights and some unsettling personal drama.

Audrey (2020)

 

Filmmaker Helena Coan examines the remarkable life and career of actress, fashion icon and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn.

Documentary does attempt to give a comprehensive biography portrait of Audrey Hepburn, but actually doesn't reveal any new insight; the staged ballet sequences, however, are unnecessarily interruptious, superficial and quite off-putting.

The X Files (1996)

 

New acquisition: Lovecraft Country (2020)

 

For the Love of Spock (2016)

 

An examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek (1966).

A loving, but also balanced documentary by his own son is both very informative and entertaining exploring many important aspects of this actor's life plus the impact that the character of Spock has had on our culture.

The Day After (1983)

 

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.

From memory: Intended to shock and warn of nuclear devastation, this TV production does succeed with lots of harrowing moments, although it is also very melodramatic and sentimental.

 

The Keepers (2017)

 

A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.

Harrowing and mesmerizing alike, this excellent documentary sheds light on a still unresolved mystery, but makes it clear that the Catholic Church once again faces crimes amidst its realm and how it still is active in its cover-up.

Bolwieser (1977)

A woman destroys her civil-servant husban by adultery during Hitler's rise in Germany.

From memory: Congenial adaptation of the Oskar Maria Graf novel meticulously dissects petty bourgeois society and ideology at a time just before the Nazi takeover of the country; an intense melodrama with excellent cast from Fassbinder's actors troupe. 

Maltin**1/2: "Studied, stylized look...Some telling moments, and fine performances, but awfully slow going."