(courtesy & (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTAt first glance, the grazing patterns of reindeer in the Arctic may not appear to have much to do with the day-to-day lives of hippos in Africa. Despite the physical distance between these herds, however, their survival is bound together in a vast and intricately linked Continue Reading
Documentaries
Documentary review: Epic Animal Migrations – Patagonia
(courtesy IMDb) Documentaries in our hyper-sensationalised digital age have a lot to contend with. With almost everything braying at us with unrelenting 24/7 intensity, you have to be loud and intense and a little tabloidy to cut through; fair enough in one sense – if everyone else is yelling, you Continue Reading
Documentary review: The battle for survival on Life on Our Planet
(courtesy IMP Awards) There’s an interesting trend in some parts of modern documentary making that views the enthralling wonder of information in and of itself as not enough to keep peoples’ attention. To be fair, we do live in a hyper-attentive age where people are pulled in a thousand different Continue Reading
To understand life, we must go back to the beginning: Life on our Planet teaser trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTThis is the story of life’s epic battle to conquer and survive on planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our planet, yet what we see is just a snapshot in time — 99% of earth’s inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The Continue Reading
Documentary review: Experience life’s extraordinary journeys with Our Planet II (narrated by David Attenborough)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Back in a far more innocent time, watching nature documentaries was simply a matter of sitting back and letting the splendour of the natural world wash over you. Not a mention was made, and honestly maybe it should have been, of the fact that humanity was trashing Continue Reading
New dinosaurs. New habitats. New season. Thoughts on Prehistoric Planet S2
(courtesy IMP awards) Dinosaurs, and indeed any kind of prehistoric life, have long held a fascination for many people including this reviewer who, like many kids his age, loved playing ancient animal games with toys of T-rex, Stegosaurus and Triceratops. Reading about the latest discoveries and absorbing how weirdly wonderful Continue Reading
Well hello Admiral Ackbar! Find out where some of Star Wars most fantastical creatures are born #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
SNAPSHOTDo you know where Star Wars most Fantastical creatures are born? Well a lot of its weirdest and most wonderful characters come to life in a South London workshop and Gustav Hogan is the man behind them…Gustav’s been making monsters for three decades and he’s taking a look back at his creations. Continue Reading
They went tiny and now they’re going larger – say hello to Big Beasts …
SNAPSHOTTravel from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who prove being big comes with enormous challenges. Narrated by Tom Hiddleston, the 10-episode series, premiering across five weeks, features the gray whale, the elephant seal, the giant otter, the gorilla, the hippo, the brown bear, the Continue Reading
66 million years ago is closer than you think: Prehistoric Planet season 2 trailer’s epic new past worlds
SNAPSHOTPrehistoric Planet, from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, combines award-winning wildlife filmmaking, the latest paleontology learnings and state-of-the-art technology to unveil the spectacular habitats and inhabitants of ancient Earth for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. The series is produced by the world-renowned team Continue Reading
Birthday documentary review: Street Gang – How We Got to Sesame Street
When you’re a kid, and you really love something, you assume without thinking about it (because kids are nothing if not instinctive) that it’s always been in existence. After all, when you switch on the TV and a program you love is always on when it’s supposed to be, you Continue Reading