Archive for Documentary

Blu Monday: Life After People The Series The Complete Season Two Blu Ray Review

Blu Monday: Life After People The Series The Complete Season Two Blu Ray Review

July 26, 2010 No Comments

Welcome to Earth. Population Zero.  That’s the catchy slogan of History Channel’s “What If?” show, Life After People.  The Second Season of Life After People consists of 10 episodes, each of which have a topic that ties together the stories of entropy it covers.  For example, in Wrath of God, we take a look at some of the ...

Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman DVD Review

June 7, 2010 No Comments

Hailed by many as the world’s greatest architectural photographer, Julius Shulman’s cameras captured the modern architecture movement from the 1930′s when Schindler and Neutra were defining the style to Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 in the 60′s, which is perhaps his best known work. Director Eric Bricker spends a good portion of the documentary ...

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Testament DVD Box Set Review

June 5, 2010 No Comments

Dr. John Romer is a well respected Egyptologist and Archaeologist who has devoted much of his career to the study of the origins of the Old Testament and the culture of the Egyptians and Israelites in Biblical times. In Testament, the newest series from Acorn Releasing, Dr. Romer takes viewers through a literal field trip ...

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From the Vaults: Fan of the Dead DVD Review

May 31, 2010 1 Comment

Ok, I came across this review that was one of the first pieces I wrote for Switchplanet back in April 11th, 2008 in one of my first Friday Night Frights columns… The review is short but I thought I would post it for posterity’s sake… Nicholas Garreau’s Fan of the Dead is basically a 1 ...

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My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story DVD Review

May 19, 2010 No Comments

My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story is a short documentary on man’s best friend. We are given glimpses into the private lives of a lot of entertainers and their pets that show the special relationships that have grown between them. Actors, musicians, poets, designers, writers and directors all come forward with their dogs to weigh ...

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The Story of Math DVD Review

April 10, 2010 2 Comments

Ever look at a documentary on mathematics and think “Wow, that looks like a fun entry for the next movie night?” Ok engineers and programmers, you can put your hands down… Now there is a dvd set for everyone else that adds a new element to the stuff that many of my adolescent nightmares were ...

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Blu Monday: Capitalism: A Love Story Blu Ray Review

March 8, 2010 1 Comment

On of the things I love about reviewing movies for Video Vault is that I often get a lot of titles in that I would not normally pick out to watch. Often I stumble across a great movie or intersting documentary that I otherwise would have missed. Today I am tackling Michael Moore’s newest full ...

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Nazi Hunters The Real Story DVD Review

Nazi Hunters The Real Story DVD Review

February 2, 2010 1 Comment

After Hitler’s death and the collapse of the Third Reich, the Allied forces were faced with the problem of identifying war criminals from several countries. The majority were caught and 22 of the most important leaders of Nazi Germany were tried by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg Germany. Several key Nazis such as Adolf ...

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