Tag Archives: documentaries

Winged Migration (2001)

Winged Migration is a 2001 documentary about various migrating birds, featuring up-close-and-personal footage of birds in flight. To best descibe the film’s background, here’s an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry: The movie was shot over the course of four years … Continue reading

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Bowling for Columbine (2002)

On Friday night after everyone went to bed, I was still a bit wired, and stayed up to watch Bowling for Columbine. This is Michael Moore’s 2002 documentary on American’s gun culture. In the three years after the wake of … Continue reading

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Planet Earth: The Complete Series [BBC] (2006)

I found a deal floating around last week that one could get the Planet Earth BBC series on Amazon.com for just $24.99. It normally runs you around $75, so I was incredulous. This nature series came out in 2006 in … Continue reading

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Roger & Me (1989)

Over the course of a few days, I watched Roger & Me, Michael Moore’s first documentary, and released in 1989. Previously, I’d only seen Fahrenheit 9/11 (June 2004, Dallas TX theater) and Sicko (December 2007 rental.) I know a large number of … Continue reading

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The World at War is the greatest documentary about WWII

After moving to FiOS last summer, one of my favorite channels is the Military Channel, which is one of the many channels under the Discovery Channel umbrella. It’s basically weapons and war 24 hours a day. As a guy, it’s good … Continue reading

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