Did you know that in a particular country there are 50 million people without some type of health insurance?  Roughly 18,000 a year die because of the lack of health insurance. No, I'm not talking about some third world country here. I'm talking about right here in the United States! I have always known our health care system is seriously flawed, but after seeing Michael Moore'...

For you southerners that spent your childhood from the mid-80s on out, there was a staple of the home that should never be overlooked when remeniscing about the good ol' days: wrasslin'. There was something alluring about watching grown men on TV almost pummel themselves while wearing tights, boots, and occaisionally make up. Yet we could get involved with the half-believeable plots and...

In this documentary about the bad effects of fast food on people's health, the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock risks his own health by going on a 30-day diet where he eats nothing except food that he bought in McDonald's.  His doctors urge him to stop when his previously great blood tests start showing problems, but he keeps on going, all for the sake of the film.This movie was even more...

Being young and liberal, I thoroughly enjoy all of Michael Moore’s documentaries, but I was hesitant about watching “Sicko.” It is not that I do not care about the health care crisis, but I felt that I had heard all I could possibly hear about the topic. Wrong. Moore opened my eyes to how 3rd world countries have better, more affordable health care than we do. Heck, durin...

The Compleat Beatles (rel. 1982) is the first definitive Beatles documentary released. Although the ten-hour Beatles Anthology of the 1990s has much more detailed content, The Compleat Beatles is still a great documentary and fairly comprehensive in its own right.I could tell that the producers spent a lot of time to make a great film -- it's no slipshod production here. It includes plenty ...

If you are a Tom Petty fan, you will love this documentary. "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream". It is one of the best documentaries on a rock star and band, I have ever seen. It's a four disc boxed set, I got it at Best Buy. Lot's of bonus tracks.It is a long, 3 1/2 hours, but it goes by fast. It is thirty years of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Director...

Planet earth is a series of documentaries that BBC television created over the course of five years with over 40 cameramen capturing 200 different locations.  It is a hard a gritty look at the hidden wonders on Earth.Their are five different DVDs each containing two or three episodes.  The first 48 minutes of each episode contains impressive camera work and stop action photography.&nb...