Television series
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Aftermath
Kevin Smith hosts a documentary dissection of The CW's massive superhero crossover event. Part fan commentary, part behind-the-scenes access, entirely enthusiastic about the absurdity and ambition of televised multiverse collapse. For people who watched the event and want to relive it, or who want to understand why DC TV fans speak of it in hushed tones.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you already love the Arrowverse crossover and want a chatty, affectionate victory lap from a host who clearly adores every minute of it.
Skip it if you want fresh story rather than reflection, since it's a brief, chatty wrap-up with no drama of its own and little beyond what fans already know.
What it asks of you: Two roughly hour-long episodes, so it's a light, quick sitting, mostly talk and reflection with a relaxed pace and no need to track complicated plot.
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Six Feet Under2001
HBO's behind-the-scenes special about a show ending lets you see the writers and actors grappling with how to say goodbye. Rare, intimate look at how television's emotional gut-punches are engineered.
But You really need to have watched Six Feet Under to care; it's not accessible cold.
Feud2017
Ryan Murphy's dramatized documentary about the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? merges actual history with speculative scenes. Shows how obsession and rivalry shaped cinema's greatest moments.
But The dramatization muddles where fact ends and invention begins, which some viewers find annoying rather than artful.
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The Cabin in the Woods2012
Both are about watching entertainment from inside the machinery—dissecting how narratives actually work while simultaneously delivering the thing itself.
Drew Goddard's meta-horror uses a conspiracy room full of monitors to comment on genre conventions in real time. It's a love letter to horror that works as both deconstruction and genuine thriller—what Smith is doing conversationally, this does structurally.
But The twist halfway through commits fully to absurdity; if you want grounded horror, you'll feel betrayed.
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Fanboys2009
A comedy road-trip about Star Wars obsessives before opening night of The Phantom Menace. Captures the specific fandom energy of pre-internet fan culture with surprising affection and detail.
But The humour is specifically mid-2000s movie comedy; it has aged into dated faster than the nostalgia it's celebrating.
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope2011
Morgan Spurlock's documentary follows Comic-Con attendees on their quest for autographs, panels, and connection. Affectionate but honest about fandom's strangest and most touching impulses.
But It's essentially a love letter to Comic-Con as it existed in 2011; fandom feels different now, which makes parts feel quaint.
Overnight2003
Documentary about an indie filmmaker's catastrophic attempt to make a sci-fi movie. Painfully fascinating look at hubris, delusion, and how creative vision can curdle into something unwatchable.
But It's mean-spirited; the film becomes a spectacle of failure rather than a sympathetic exploration of it.
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