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[The series] gets very boring, very fast, if it's just another Catholic action film.

It's the first in the series that screams "cheaply made straight-to-dvd trash," and that's for a series that has been straight-to-video since the second sequel, so you know I mean it when I say it's bad.

Whatever the title refers to, Spice It Up proves a beguiling and tricky film about the minutiae of making and showing films, and coming into oneself as an artist in the process.

Rene's struggle to make herself understood through her incomprehensible art is moving, in its awkward way, and it stayed with me for a good long while after the credits rolled.

An enormous gamble birthed from creative frustrations, distractions, and detours, but one that pays off.

Told as a story, the case itself is fascinating, however what makes it so compelling are the one-on-one conversations captured on film.

Prepare to be terrified and infuriated as the filmmakers detail how an overzealous Italian prosecutor and a global tabloid press thirsty for a sensational story joined forces to wreck a young woman's life...

Amanda Knox is a solid, refreshingly straight-forward look at this knotty case.

No extra fluff is added to the re-examination of this story, from the simple stills of the apartment to the frank discussions each person involved has with the camera.

Smart enough to ask its viewers why exactly they're finding so much enjoyment in watching this horror show unfold, this is true crime done right.

But this movie is lacking a truly inquisitive eye, unwilling to go beyond the surface level of sleazy tabloid journalism that defined the case then and continues to now.

What is certain is that the documentary is not interested in the people of color involved in the case.

Rather, beneath the film's superficial status as a simple, factual summary of events, lies a tongue-in-cheek, cutting and ultimately chilling critique of sensationalism, selfishness and self-delusion.

... fundamental sensationalism bubbling under a patina of seriousness, exemplified by cocoon-like, squarely composed, quasi-Errol Morris interview sessions...

The powerful new documentary "Amanda Knox" emphasizes the spike in awareness of sexism just since 2007.

Amanda Knox has been gussied up with dramatic music and slow-motion camera effects that reinforce the notion that it is entertainment. This, of course, is an insult to the memory of Kercher, who died horribly and is dead forever.

Eventually, the missing pieces -- and the Amanda Knox case is undoubtedly one of missing pieces -- outshine the compelling elements the doc does provide (again, Amanda Knox! as primary talking head!), leaving audiences only wanting more.

Directors Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn do a good job of keeping things balanced and of illustrating the ways in which sensationalism can be misleading.

Compelling true-crime story.

Unfortunately, Amanda Knox veers more in the direction of reproducing a sensational story rather than providing valuable analysis of it.

Amanda Knox constantly toys with the idea of viewer perception and pre-conceived notions, knowing that even the smallest glance or crack in one's voice can be interpreted to "prove" innocence or guilt -- depending on what you want to believe.

For a viewer who chose to avoid the salacious, never-ending TV and tabloid coverage of its namesake, Amanda Knox makes for succinct, involving viewing.

It is a film that will arouse more tension and suspense than the other works of action and mayhem out this period.

Docu on sensationalized murder trial has graphic depictions.

While [the documentarians] deserve plaudits for convincing Knox to talk to them, they hardly miss a chance, themselves, to exploit both her looks and her tears.

I - somebody with only minor knowledge of the case beforehand - could drive a truck through some of the implications that they present as stone cold proof of her innocence. And I don't drive.

An interesting introduction to (or reminder of) Amanda Knox's story following the murder of her flatmate Meredith Kercher, but it doesn't have the depth of other recent true-crime investigations.

Amanda Knox will provide enough for examination die-hards to go out and learn more about Knox's story after watching it, but this feature definitely won't turn as many heads as fellow Netflix murder investigations like Making a Murderer or Dear Zachary.

The point of Amanda Knox isn't to determine whether or not Knox and Sollecito were guilty, rather it analyzes how they became swept up in this media circus in the first place.

Amanda Knox is put together like a sleek thriller - complete with a grizzled, I'm-too-old-for-this-s#!t lead investigator who likes 'detective movies', and can be found, guilt-ridden, in cathedrals, often with a forgotten pipe dangling from his mouth.

Damning.

For such a sedate film, Amanda Knox achieves a surprisingly moving climax.

As an indictment of a number of institutions than failed dismally in their mission to uncover the truth about who killed her, Amanda Knox is sharp, and frequently enraging.

"Amanda Knox" will not answer any questions surrounding the mystery of Meredith Kercher's murder - but the documentary will stay with audiences long after its 92 minute run time.

The complexities of the arrests and investigation are too much to go into here, but "Amanda Knox" does a good job of laying them out.

A well-made, accomplished piece of filmmaking that illuminates how something like this could happen to anyone.

It is fascinating, if only for the clarity of vision that the young woman at the center of the lunacy possesses.

A documentary that mixes investigation of a criminal case with the denunciation of the double standard that affect women. [Full review in Spanish]

The result is sympathetic to Knox and leaves you with plenty to ponder.

You don't have to remember the gutter headlines inspired by its namesake to find the true-crime documentary "Amanda Knox" completely riveting.

Those with a bent for true-crime yarns in the vein of the all-conquering Serial podcast or series such as The Jinx or Making a Murderer will be riveted by the comprehensive coverage laid out here.

Different viewers will come to different conclusions, but without doubt this strong documentary sheds a powerful light on this particular case while emphasizing the ultimate unknowability of absolute truth.

What you end up with are portraits of individuals - people who are scared or angry or ambitious - all a part of a story that, from the start, ignored their humanity.

Knox was a naive 20-year-old when this nightmare happened, deprived of proper legal advice and in a state of shock which was wilfully misinterpreted. Her ordeal is over; the Kercher family's continues.

The documentary wants viewers to believe her. That's easy to do because the evidence is clear, but it doesn't make the story itself any less harrowing or fascinating.

It's an astounding but subtly illuminating documentary about how women are condemned for having normal interests and urges.

Like too many recent documentaries, Blackhurst and McGinn's is filled with missed opportunities.

Blackhurst and McGinn do a vise-tightening job with the unpacking the facts as we now know them, as we never knew them (including rarely seen court documents and police video), and as they were originally distorted beyond all reason.

Knox, now 29, is extensively quoted in the documentary, which reveals no new information about the case

McGinn and Blackhurst have instead assembled an insightful procedural that functions as a meta-commentary on our obsession with true crime.

'Amanda Knox' isn't a great true crime movie, but it'll do 'till the next great one comes along.

Netflix adds another outstanding documentary to their lineup with Amanda Knox, a true crime dive that would make Errol Morris proud.

It's a carefully balanced and frightening film with Knox a terrifyingly unknowable character at the grisly centre.

The highlight of this documentary are the interviews with the alleged perpetrators of the crime leaving the audience to question their responsibility. [Full review in Spanish]

Knox bares her soul for the cameras in Amanda Knox, which achieves what all that media overexposure never tried to do all those years ago: It makes her seem human.

In many respects, Knox is no more sympathetic a figure than she was nine years ago, but perhaps the film allows us to be no longer blinded by all the fury that surrounded the case.

The film captures how the unreality of tabloid journalism has slid through digital portals into the mainstream, becoming part of the toxic air of misinformation that we all now breathe.

The perspective of the soldiers, young and inexperienced men who follow orders, is an important element that expands the critique of the film and also its complex gaze. [Full Review in Spanish]

"The best mexican documentary of the year"

The documentary will certainly leave you with a desire to never forget who Javier Arredondo was. [Full Review in Spanish]

Kaappaan keeps shifting from one thing to the next with less success, resulting in an often frustrating film.

Censored Voices is fascinating, thought provoking and emotional, though perhaps not as much as it could have been given the subject matter.

Too often Censored Voices suffers from its subjects modern day silence, regardless of the reasons behind it.

Censored Voices speaks richly about the sheer experience of war, its chaos, the contrast between any idea of how it was supposed to be and how it actually was, and how the protagonists mitigated that difference.

In Mor Loushy's compelling documentary the rigours and reality of war are revealed through the unexpurgated original tapes and illustrative archival footage.

Despite being in the now popular Israeli hand-wringing genre, one that doesn't envision ending the Zionist system that makes IDF soldiers et al feel soul-sick, this is worth seeing for its honesty and germaneness to current Israeli horrors.

Censored Voices, which was executive produced by Super Size Me's Morgan Spurlock, is accessible and educative.

"Censored Voices" demonstrates that no matter how existential the threat, or how just the cause, war inevitably leaves scars on the victors as well as the vanquished.

"Censored Voices" likely would've benefited from additional reflection from the older, on-screen subjects. But what's there is consistently thought-provoking.

Illuminating German-Israeli documentary.

The accompanying visuals are largely archival footage, but more effective are the contemporaneous, patriotic war songs juxtaposed with the men's descriptions of the atrocities they witnessed.

To be sure, "Censored Voices" can hardly be seen as anything but a political document, one that shares Oz's views. But even those who don't will be moved ...

Tropes of young men shocked to find even a short war is a bloody confused hell are not new, not from this war or others. . . Footage. . . and photos are uncannily spot-on.

Censored Voices is a remarkable document that raises important questions about the evolution of modern Israel.

... tends to become repetitive and struggles to make its subject matter visually cinematic, yet it rewards patience and resonates in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Captivating newsreel footage from the conflict underscores these audio confessionals; Loushy also filmed the men in the present day, listening to their honest, open, decades-old testimonies.

Political overtones aside, Loushy proves herself a talented documentarian.

"A society that won't tell itself the truth [...] is in big trouble," says one of the interviewees. The words have perhaps never been more true. And not just for Israel, as the movie implies.

An essential amendment to the historical record, "Censored Voices" reminds us that no war is entirely virtuous and makes clear that, even at the time, the dangers of becoming an occupying force were evident.

"Censored Voices" is an essential documentary. Its subject is nothing less than loss of innocence, the seeds of hatred and the illusory nature of victory.

Oz is the best-known novelist in Israel, notorious for supporting a two-state solution. If you don't yet understand why he does, watch this film. If you're already on Oz's side, keeping the wound open might be worth it.

By negating more conventional, facts-first priorities, Mor Loushy creates an alternative historiography that's more meant to be felt than learned.

In its raw detail, though, the material in Censored Voices is new and indispensable.

Cutting between archive footage and new film of the interviewees listening silently to their testimony, Loushy reveals a soul-searching history of disillusionment, self-doubt and raw regret.

Censored Voices is a competent, satisfying, if not exactly revelatory, Israeli documentary about the Six-Day War.

Incendiary material treated in a (thankfully) non-incendiary manner.

It's a very sombre work.

A distinctly human, ground-level view of conflict.

Censored Voices is a reminder that glorious myths of wars and the men who fight them wither under scrutiny, in Israel and everywhere else.

Expertly assembled across the board, Censored Voices tries and largely succeeds in providing a corrective to the idea that Israel's 1967 victory was a quick and clean operation.

Politically charged and intermittently cutting, if slightly dry and repetitive ...

Despite the mayhem, the film remains curiously inert, unable to generate even the B-grade buzz of a lower-tier Liam Neeson paycheck picture.

La Soga Salvation is a worthy entry in the sicario genre. It's chock full of bloody violence, betrayals, and vengeance; but actually has a decent plot with emotional weight.

"La Soga Salvation" is the quintessential sequel-nobody-asked-for.

For patient science-minded kids and adults, it should find the sweet spot between environmental advocacy and visual pleasure.

The movie compensates for its murkier sections with a poignant outlook.

More Than Honey is a reminder of how thoroughly humans have intertwined themselves with the other life on this planet, and vice versa.

There's more than enough here to entertain bee enthusiasts and the environmentally-conscious curious alike.

It's pretty clear that Imhoof is not a fan of US industrial-scale farming but rather than shove angry stats such as '80 per cent of plants rely on bee pollination' in your face, he prefers to fascinate viewers.

Imhoof's globetrotting odyssey is more concerned with contemplation than investigation.