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Reviews
The Why Files (2020)
One of the best presenters I've ever come across
I also came across the Why Files on You Tube and found the presenter very earnest, likeable and balanced in his presentation. After intriguing and scaring the bejesus out of me, eg the predicted pole shift, he then gives me the other side of the story which reassures me. It is very rare these days to come across a presenter or programme that gives you both sides of the story in an unbiased manner after clearly doing lots of research but doesn't then try to steer you into thinking one way or the other on a subject. The media could learn a lot from this guy about presenting information impartially and allowing their audience decide for themselves. Well done AJ.
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Superb acting
Reading the blurb, one might think this would be a boring film but it's not. The script, the settings, costume design, the cinematography, the music, the pace of the film and most of all, the outstanding acting performances hold this film together. I saw one braindead critic say Penn was overacting but clearly that critic has no empathy or understanding of the human condition. Imagine being a person involved in a terrible war, having to brand someone and then later committing murder thinking it was the same person coming to torment them and then having to deal with the guilt as well as the dead man's wife and 6 children who were starving due to this being set in a time long before the welfare state. Clearly this critic (and his ilk couldn't) as it seems he thought Sean Penn seemed a bit too sad at times and didn't play the role as one whose favourite programmeis likely to be Thunderbirds might expect. No doubt with Gibson and Fox in the cast, there is a need to run this film down by some people ever eager to cast the first stone along with a few boulders to boot. As a piece of art, great storytelling and filmmaking, it is a triumph, like finding a twenty pound note down the side of the sofa. I hope you sit down with few expectations and enjoy it like we certainly did!