https://stevedrice.net/ 2026-06-15T15:30:35+00:00 https://stevedrice.net/ https://stevedrice.net/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-06-08T14:09:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/58 Review of 'Michael Palin: Around the World in Eighty Days' The first of series of travel adventures by Monty Python alumni Michael Palin sees him taking on the goal of retracing the steps of Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's classic “Around the World in Eighty Days text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/59 Review of 'Micheal Palin: Sahara' This time Palin sets out to visit some of the countries surrounding (and inside) the Sahara as he begins in the North West corner of Africa, heading south through Mauritania and Senegal then up through Mali (including the famous Timbucto), Niger, Libya and Algeria. Very ambitious. A fascinating, and sometimes very scary, journey. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/160 Review of 'Senna' I am a big fan of Formula 1 car racing. Have been for many years. I remember the tragic events at Imola in 1994. This movie tells the story of one of the best (if not THE best) Formula 1 driver that ever lived: Ayrton Senna. The story is told by Senna himself and others that knew him as it traces his beginnings in Go Kart racing up to his troubling time in Formula 1. His rivalry with Alain Prost at Mercedes then his short time at Williams. It is the fact that it is … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/195 Review of 'Argo' In 1979 the American embassy in Iran was invaded by revolutionaries resulting in 50 hostages being taken. At the same time six staff escaped from the mob via a back entrance and hide out with the Canadian ambassador at his home. An outrageous plan is hatched by an exfiltration expert Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to get them out - A fake Science Fiction movie would be created that would be partially filmed in Iran. When ostensibly scouting for locations the six would pose as … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/209 Review of 'The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness' This Japanese documentary tells the story of Studio Ghibli as it is in the final stages of producing the latest Hayao Miyazaki Japanese animated film “The Wind Rises” and “The Tale of The Princess Kaguya text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/210 Review of 'CitizenFour' CitizenFour tells the story of Edward Snowden a contractor working for the NSA after he contacts the director (Laura Poitras) as “CitizenFour” determined to release the information he has gathered on the wide-scale (illegal) monitoring of the NSA of Americans. The film begins in a hotel room in Hong Kong as Snowden discusses with reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill how exactly the material he gathered can be released. As the material is released and the wor… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/224 Review of '1' “1” is a documentary exploring the days of Formula 1 car racing in the 1960s when the cars were getting more and more powerful but the safety was lagging behind resulting in more and more deadly accidents. Many are aware of the death of Aryton Senna but not many are aware of the many others that also tragically lost their lives at this time. This film shows these horrific accidents and explains the circumstances and repercussions that followed. Featuring interviews with key peo… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/233 Review of 'Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief' This is quite an amazing piece of work exposing a lot of the dirty laundry of Scientology. It consists of interviews with former members of the church talking about what they experienced but it also provides a bit of history of Scientology as well. text/html 2025-10-26T15:04:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/320 Review of 'Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years' “Eight Days a Week” tells the story of the years when the Beatles toured beginning in the 1960s. Through the use of archival footage and modern interviews we follow the group from their initial performances in the Cavern Club in Liverpool where spotted by the promoter Brian Epstein who greatly influenced the early years of their popularity by first adopting the clean, cool look of their iconic suits and put on as many concerts as possible. T… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/381 Review of 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' Rather than telling the story of “Banksy”, probably the world's most famous (and best) street artist this documentary instead chooses to focus on the extremely odd film maker “Thierry Guetta” (Mr. Brainwash). Guetta begins with a passion for filming and in particular, filming street artists. Ostensibly he is putting together a film about street art but in reality the tapes pile up in his house with his only interest really in capturing the moment rath… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/410 Review of 'For the Love of Spock' “For the Love of Spock” is a documentary by Leonard Nimoy's (Spock from the original Star Trek series) son, Adam, who tells us it is his effort to understand his late father. A large number of famous and familiar contributors tell of their experiences with Nimoy over the years including all of the cast of Star Trek as well as archival material from those who are no longer with us. Adam also uses a number of personal home videos and pictures to tell the sto… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/411 Review of 'Apollo 11' “Apollo 11” is a documentary that tells the story of the first manned mission to the moon using newly discovered footage that has been painstakingly restored to theatrical brilliance. It is only the audio that is occasionally difficult to make out text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/524 Review of 'He Named Me Malala' Inspired by the book I am Malala “He Named Me Malala” tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, a young girl from Pakistan who was shot by the Taliban for standing up for the rights of girls to an education. With a series of interviews and flashbacks, using gorgeous animation, the film largely concentrates on the events following her shooting and the world-wide fame she experienced as a result. In addition to her incredibly assured handling of the media and her eq… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/525 Review of 'Steve Jobs - The Man in the Machine' After Steve Jobs passed away in 2011 there was an incredible outpouring of emotion by Apple fans. In “The Man in the Machine” Alex Gibney asks why Jobs, a businessman and, generally ruthless and unlovable person elicit such a reaction? Over the course of the film he takes us through Jobs' life often concentrating on the more text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/529 Review of 'Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made' “Raiders!” tells the story of two school friends Eric and Chris who, having seen “Raiders of the Lost Ark” decided, at the age of 11, to recreate the film, shot for shot, in their home despite having only ever seen the film once. They immediately drafted a storyboard from memory then for seven years they spent all of their spare time faithfully recreating each and every scene text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/543 Review of 'Twenty Feet from Stardom' This is an interesting documentary talking about the often overlooked talents of black female backing singers that have supported most major musical acts from the last 50 years or so featuring numerous interviews and archival footage. The history of the backing singer is explored beginning with the first inklings of racial integration in the middle of the century to the point where their talents are undeniable in the current day with many major talents a… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/565 Review of 'Elstree 1976' In 1976 a little known director was creating a film in small London film studio that would ultimately change the lives of everyone involved. In “Elstree 1976” we meet some of the actors, including body-builder David Prowse (who was the body, but not voice, of Darth Vader, sadly passed away in 2020), and extras involved in the filming of text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/601 Review of 'My Octopus Teacher' Craig Foster finds himself thinking about his life as a filmmaker and a father when he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an octopus in the waters off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. Returning to the waters every day he gains the trust of the octopus and learns of her incredible intelligence as she goes about her daily life constantly on the search for food and alert to the threat of shark attack. He learns to value the fleeting moments we have … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/667 Review of 'Memory: The Origins of Alien' I am a big fan of the horror-SF “Alien” films ever since I was a kid. For many years I was too young to see the films but everyone talked about how terrifying they were. When I eventually did see Alien I was amazed at not only how scary it was but how amazing it looked with such obvious attention to detail not only in the sets but also to the characters and the story. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/684 Review of 'Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee' Yeah, wow, this film is most definitely “wild” telling the story of the eccentric John McAfee as a young enthusiast film crew of two initially flies to Belize to meet him, picked up at the airport then whisked away to nearby Guatemala escaping, John relates, a so-called plot on his life by the Belize government. He proports to know what is going on in every major government in the world due to back doors in software installed… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/691 Review of 'Life After Flash' Life After Flash is a documentary following what happened to some of the famous and not-so-famous actors from the (intentionally) trashy and kitch film Flash Gordon. The focus here is very much on the relatively unknown lead Sam J. Jones who was cast as Flash Gordon himself as we follow Jones from convention to convention, large and small, as he sells his autograph and makes a living. Life was not kind to Jones but he found inner peace and learned to capitalize… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/717 Review of 'Becoming Cousteau' Jacques Cousteau was a man with a strong craving for adventure and exploration. Originally trained as an air force pilot a traffic accident led him to discover diving and the sea. Now a naval officer, his passion for the oceans grew he helped develop the aqualung allowing for much easier exploration of the world beneath the surface. Eventually he gathered a group of similarly minded volunteers on his boat the Calypso he explored the oceans of the planet event… text/html 2023-08-20T17:59:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/735 Review of 'The Deepest Breath' Not for the faint hearted, “The Deepest Breath” is set in the world of “free-diving” where participants seek to dive as deep as possible unaided, that is, no oxygen or diving masks. The story follows the lives of world champion free-diver Alessia Zecchini and former free-diver, then safety diver and trainer Stephen Keenan. Zecchini showed a great passion for the sport even before it was legal for her to compete, diving to unheard of depths at a very young age… text/html 2025-01-12T14:34:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/793 Review of 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' Many will be familiar with Christopher Reeve who played the roll of Superman in the first big film adaptation of a comic book superhero. People may also be familiar with the tragic horse riding accident that left him confined to a bed paralysed from the neck down. This film, however, dives into the story much deeper showing how the talented Reeve started on Broadway before landing his big break as the man of steel then the decline of the f… text/html 2025-10-26T15:04:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/833 Review of 'Jim Henson: Idea Man' This documentary tells the amazing story of Jim Henson as he expressed his creativity with his incredible puppetry. It tells of early days providing spots for local television to his ground-breaking “Sesame Street text/html 2025-11-08T14:55:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/838 Review of 'Grenfell Uncovered' This documentary explores the disastrous 2017 fire in Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London where 72 people lost their lives. The tragedy itself is covered in vivid details with first-hand accounts from the survivors and the fireman that risked their lives to save the residents. There is a huge amount of criticism regarding a number of failings including initial (and long standing) advice to those in the tower to stay put and wait for rescue, advice that… text/html 2026-01-10T16:08:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/848 Review of 'I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not' Chevy Chase is a rather polarizing comedian. He has no filter to what he says and this can often offend but it is clear from this documentary that he very much intends to entertain rather than offend but is not bothered if you don't like him. The film starts with his early life where we learn he came from an abusive family where edgy humour, perhaps, was his way of striking back. His big break came with his being in the first cast of iconic US te… text/html 2026-01-31T16:26:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/853 Review of 'Sangre del Toro' An interesting insight into the mind of famous horror director Guillermo del Toro. Mostly consisting of del Toro walking around an exhibit of personal effects from his collection in a “Monsterous” art exhibition in his home town of Guadalajara, Mexico, he talks of his life-long fascination with the macabre and film-making. He reminisces of his early experiences with religious and gothic imagery as well as the monsters of early Universal films, Japanese culture, … text/html 2026-04-25T11:52:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/865 Review of 'Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron' I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli and it's director Hayao Miyazaki who has brought us animation masterpieces such as “Spirited Away”, “Princess Mononoke”, “Kiki's Delivery Service”, Ponyo, and, of course, his latest film text/html 2026-04-25T11:52:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/documentary/introduction Documentary I can't say I will watch any documentary that comes up but if it is an interesting topic, I am there even if I have to go out of my way to see it. Highest Rated The following documentaries I have found to be a 5 out of 5... 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