Silk: BBC One - 9pm
Tonight, Martha (Maxine Peake) has to put aside her existing loyalties when she is asked to defend a close friend from her past on trial for a gang related murder. Martha remains unconvinced that her friend is guilty, despite overwhelming evidence against him.
Meanwhile, Billy (Neil Stuke) is left shocked when double-agent Mickey Joy (Phil Davis) re-appears looking for a second chance.The internal tribunal continues to deliberate and as opinions are split, things turn nasty.
Moone Boy: Sky1, 9pm
The concluding episode tonight centres on Dessie (Ronan Raftery) and Fidelma's (Clare Monnelly) wedding day, and things get off to a bad start as there is a disaster with the wedding dress.
However, the dress soon becomes the least of everyone's worries, as Fidelma goes into labour right in the middle of the ceremony.
Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters: BBC Four,...
Tonight, Martha (Maxine Peake) has to put aside her existing loyalties when she is asked to defend a close friend from her past on trial for a gang related murder. Martha remains unconvinced that her friend is guilty, despite overwhelming evidence against him.
Meanwhile, Billy (Neil Stuke) is left shocked when double-agent Mickey Joy (Phil Davis) re-appears looking for a second chance.The internal tribunal continues to deliberate and as opinions are split, things turn nasty.
Moone Boy: Sky1, 9pm
The concluding episode tonight centres on Dessie (Ronan Raftery) and Fidelma's (Clare Monnelly) wedding day, and things get off to a bad start as there is a disaster with the wedding dress.
However, the dress soon becomes the least of everyone's worries, as Fidelma goes into labour right in the middle of the ceremony.
Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters: BBC Four,...
- 3/24/2014
- Digital Spy
For some reason, we are in the midst of a mini-sasquatch frenzy. It seems like there are at least a half dozen basic cable shows devoted to finding, cataloguing, and trapping the legendary bigfoot monster; a hairy, humanoid creature said to resemble primitive man. There have been just as many low-budget horror movies devoted to the creature in recent years, including a new film by Bobcat Goldthwait—found-footage flick “Willow Creek” that was just picked up by Mpi. It’s into this churning maelstrom that British documentary filmmaker Morgan Matthews eagerly drops himself in, and “Shooting Bigfoot” examines where Bigfoot really lives: in the swampy crossroads of faith, opportunism and willful, goofy ignorance. Matthews begins the movie by claiming to have been enraptured by the Bigfoot mythology as a child and shocked that, even as the supposedly real footage of the creature was revealed to be a series of elaborate hoaxes,...
- 11/20/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Appropriately grouped in MOTELx's "Doc Terror" section with Room 237 - an exploration of The Shining's semi-mythical hidden meanings and theories - and Despite the Gods - a telling of Jennifer Lynch's Bollywood adventure - Shooting Bigfoot cleverly blends horror and investigative documentary while examining one the greatest myths of our time: the Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. In doing so, it delves into both the mystery and consequent obsession linked with America's answer to the Loch Ness Monster. British filmmaker Morgan Matthews, known for harsh, unbiased BBC documentaries, begins with his childhood fascination with monsters and their mystical hold over us and travels to the American South looking to confront his scepticism and find - if not the Bigfoot itself - those who perpetuate such a myth. The...
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- 9/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
It must be quite difficult to market a Bigfoot documentary. I mean, who do you sell the project to? Sure, the hardcore conspiracy crowd will most likely check it out, but you would imagine that for everyone else the film would just seem like another hour and a half wasted at the expense of blurry photos depicting what is obviously a man in a suit. After all, if the filmmakers had actually proven the creature’s existence, wouldn’t we already know about it?
Shooting Bigfoot does feature all of the usual ambiguous photographs, shaky video clips and uninspiring foot-moulds, but it quickly dispenses with stock footage during an informative and entertaining prelude which also features a completely disarming animation — immediately setting the tone for what is to come. Witty, frenetic and completely unexpected, the cartoon depicts what is quite clearly a wild goose chase as various figures clamber up...
Shooting Bigfoot does feature all of the usual ambiguous photographs, shaky video clips and uninspiring foot-moulds, but it quickly dispenses with stock footage during an informative and entertaining prelude which also features a completely disarming animation — immediately setting the tone for what is to come. Witty, frenetic and completely unexpected, the cartoon depicts what is quite clearly a wild goose chase as various figures clamber up...
- 6/24/2013
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ The mockumentary has steadily evolved over the last 30 years, borrowing here and there from the found footage and talking head formats that have opened doors to parody and satire. Recently, more emphasis has been placed on the actual filmmaker - how much can we trust them? Has the narrative been predetermined or simply edited together from hours of film? These questions are reintroduced by Morgan Matthews in his quasi-documentary Shooting Bigfoot (2013), which joins three groups of Sasquatch hunters across the southern States, cutting between the trio with near-perfect comic timing and narrative nous.
In one posse, Dallas and Wayne are like Batman and Robin past their best, pointing at pictures of previous 'sightings' and filled with stories of their youth when they'd apparently come into contact with Bigfoot. Wandering out into the forest, they screech, shout and plant traps for their prey, while squabbling and disagreeing over the most trivial of things.
In one posse, Dallas and Wayne are like Batman and Robin past their best, pointing at pictures of previous 'sightings' and filled with stories of their youth when they'd apparently come into contact with Bigfoot. Wandering out into the forest, they screech, shout and plant traps for their prey, while squabbling and disagreeing over the most trivial of things.
- 6/24/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Director: Morgan Matthews Starring: C. Thomas Biscardi, Wayne Burton, Rick Dyer, Morgan Matthews; Running time: 90 mins
BAFTA-winning documentarian Morgan Matthews has emerged bruised and shaken from the San Antonio woodlands armed with a compelling and hilarious movie that's created a palpable buzz at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival.
Shooting Bigfoot tracks various individuals, governed by delusion and determination, during their desperate attempts to prove the existence of the elusive creature that's been the subject of countless hoaxes. But is the movie itself a hoax?
Much like its mysterious subject matter, there are clear bones of contention about the degree of its authenticity and veracity. That's surely the intention of Matthews, to make the viewer embark on their own quest for truth and thus mirror the basis of the film. It all boils down to it being a quasi-religious exploration of faith.
Various tragi-comic individuals are encountered along the way, spanning the...
BAFTA-winning documentarian Morgan Matthews has emerged bruised and shaken from the San Antonio woodlands armed with a compelling and hilarious movie that's created a palpable buzz at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival.
Shooting Bigfoot tracks various individuals, governed by delusion and determination, during their desperate attempts to prove the existence of the elusive creature that's been the subject of countless hoaxes. But is the movie itself a hoax?
Much like its mysterious subject matter, there are clear bones of contention about the degree of its authenticity and veracity. That's surely the intention of Matthews, to make the viewer embark on their own quest for truth and thus mirror the basis of the film. It all boils down to it being a quasi-religious exploration of faith.
Various tragi-comic individuals are encountered along the way, spanning the...
- 6/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Features: C. Thomas Biscardi, Wayne Burton, Rick Dyer | Directed by Morgan Matthews
Review by Andrew MacArthur of Cinehouse
Morgan Matthews’ Shooting Bigfoot is likely to be a firm fan favourite of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Matthews’ feature is an amusing and occasionally dark look into the world of ‘bigfoot hunting’ with enough originality and fun to become an instant cult classic.
Matthews’ journey sees him shadow a variety of bigfoot obsessives and study the skills they use in their attempts to capture the elusive sasquatch. This is not so much a documentary on bigfoot (obviously, because it doesn’t exist) but on the eccentric men who devote their life to finding the creature.
Shooting Bigfoot does not set out to exploit these men and their beliefs in any way with Matthews taking an admirable agnostic approach towards the existence of bigfoot. The bigfoot hunters however, do not...
Review by Andrew MacArthur of Cinehouse
Morgan Matthews’ Shooting Bigfoot is likely to be a firm fan favourite of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Matthews’ feature is an amusing and occasionally dark look into the world of ‘bigfoot hunting’ with enough originality and fun to become an instant cult classic.
Matthews’ journey sees him shadow a variety of bigfoot obsessives and study the skills they use in their attempts to capture the elusive sasquatch. This is not so much a documentary on bigfoot (obviously, because it doesn’t exist) but on the eccentric men who devote their life to finding the creature.
Shooting Bigfoot does not set out to exploit these men and their beliefs in any way with Matthews taking an admirable agnostic approach towards the existence of bigfoot. The bigfoot hunters however, do not...
- 6/23/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Review Andrew Blair 21 Jun 2013 - 07:25
A documentary or a mockumentary? Andrew catches up with Shooting Bigfoot at the Edinburgh International Film Festival...
What do we know about Bigfoot? We have a regularly updated list of comedians who haven't seen one, thanks to Richard Herring's podcasts. We know, thanks to Anchorman, that his penis smells like a turd covered with burnt hair (although this smells like desire to some people). What Shooting Bigfoot reminds us during its introduction is that he has a strange appeal to children, a legendary creature who really belongs in the imagination of the young. Or possibly those with child-like minds. There are other truths to be found in this film. It's sad, hilarious, and will provoke debate among those who witness it.
We live in a world where The Apprentice is accepted as entertainment, with its paper-thin façade of realism concocted in the editing suite.
A documentary or a mockumentary? Andrew catches up with Shooting Bigfoot at the Edinburgh International Film Festival...
What do we know about Bigfoot? We have a regularly updated list of comedians who haven't seen one, thanks to Richard Herring's podcasts. We know, thanks to Anchorman, that his penis smells like a turd covered with burnt hair (although this smells like desire to some people). What Shooting Bigfoot reminds us during its introduction is that he has a strange appeal to children, a legendary creature who really belongs in the imagination of the young. Or possibly those with child-like minds. There are other truths to be found in this film. It's sad, hilarious, and will provoke debate among those who witness it.
We live in a world where The Apprentice is accepted as entertainment, with its paper-thin façade of realism concocted in the editing suite.
- 6/20/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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