Documentary – Page 10 – Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare

“Money Shot: The Pornhub Story”

By Brett_G on April 4, 2023

6.1

So, while Congress and everyone else under the Sun is pounding a table somewhere about Tik Tok stealing our data, take a ride down memory lane and be reminded of the other foreign website that drilled into our data and trafficked more than video content. A shocking amount of them are foreign companies. Pornhub in particular? Canadian. It’s structure is strikingly similar to a Chinese conglomerate the likes of Tencent and Alibaba. Or Baidu, which delivers many visitors here to my site. (It’s a search engine, get your heads out of the gutter. My reviews aren’t THAT stimulating.)

It’s an okay documentary. They try to dress up a boring story with the shock value of porn… which wears off well before the 4 hour mark when we have to start becoming concerned.

Documentary Drama

“Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game”

By Brett_G on April 3, 2023

7.9

Did you know that pinball was illegal in large parts of the U.S. for decades? Yeah, neither did I.

Get ready for the strangest dramatic-documentary in years as we join Roger Sharpe, pinball aficionado and columnist for GQ on his quest to document the history of the game and save its future. And actually be invested in it the whole way. I’m as surprised as you are, but here we are… time to get nostalgic and be left google mapping nearby arcades after this one. What better reason to fight city hall? Just when you thought the government banning alcohol in the United States was dumb…

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/did-you-know-pinball-was-illegal-in-nyc-for-over-30-years

Documentary Drama

“Spinning Gold”

By Brett_G on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023

6.5

Good, not great. Reading the book ruined the movie.

I recommend “And Party Every Day” instead. The full story of this meteoric rise and spectacular fall from grace, and everything in between is something far better than Hollywood could ever put to film. Outside of the copious amounts of cocaine, they got that right. Casablanca Records was a one of a kind story with characters so complex that this film had massive shoes to fill. Unfortunately, it came out very vanilla.

As a huge KISS fan, they did the band dirty in this film. So much history misrepresented. For shame, movie!

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-casablanca-records-story

Disney+ Documentary

“Making the Wish”

By Brett_G on February 19, 2023

6.8

Was this basically a commercial for Disney Cruise Line? Yes. Yes it was.

Did I look at the cost of a cruise and pass out from the price to spend less than a week on this particular ship? Yes. Yes I did.

Was this still a fascinating documentary about cruise ship construction and how intricate the planning and execution is on one of these ships, illustrating the true magic it takes to pull it all off? You bet it is.

I couldn’t decide what to watch the other night, but didn’t want to dedicate a full 2+ hours to a full movie, so I landed on this. Not too shabby…

Apple Tv+ Documentary Drama

“WeCrashed”

By Brett_G on December 23, 2022

7.5

… still a more believable accent than his Mario Bros. Impression that was Paola Gucci in “House of Gucci.” And Anne Hathaway grounds the madman in a realism that almost makes him likable. Makes his moves understandable until they cross over into unthinkably incoherent.

This is one of those “Hollywood can’t write a story this wild” situations where they try to pigeonhole the story to fit into a series narrative, and almost stick the landing. The soundtrack is a banger, nonetheless. Another AppleTV+ winner.