Netflix – Page 4 – 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.

Netflix Rom-Com

“Your Place or Mine”

By Brett_G on April 4, 2023

7.2

I swear Netflix sometimes makes these movies in a way that they set the mood for the couple watching them, but then don’t pay attention to the second half of the movie because they figure you’re not watching anyways… (bow chicka wow wow).

Anywho… this one’s a safe bet, by the numbers rom-com. You can’t miss with Kutcher, Witherspoon, and the red menace who has a death grip on this genre. Prepare yourself for listening to The Cars Greatest Hits for 2 hours.

Comedy Netflix

“Community”

By Brett_G on January 4, 2023

9.1

For a group of community college kids sitting around a table a majority of the runtime, this show is nothing short of brilliant. The variety of how its funny, the chemistry between the cast, and the overall high quality of the show is off the charts. Endless wit from beginning to end in a showing generational talents – Lightning in a bottle. It even made me like Joel McHale, and I thought that was impossible.

Drama Netflix Suspense/Thriller

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

By Brett_G on December 23, 2022

7.7

Good, but not great. I think it was because I expected the whodunnit this time. It definitely fell into the trap of a bigger budget. That “22 Jump Street” nailed and I can never under with these sequels. At times it felt as transparent as, well, a glass onion. But, it’s Rian Johnson, so it’s also a beautifully made film, and you almost forgive it.

Documentary Netflix

“Sr.”

By Brett_G on December 8, 2022December 4, 2022

7.5

If you thought Jr. was an interesting man, wait until you become acquainted with Sr. The man, the legend…

Similar to “The Fabelman’s,” Robert Downey Jr. turns the camera inward and takes us back through his fascinating origin story, which rests upon a beautiful catharsis between father and son as they both face their mortality in different ways. It shows why Jr. was so damn good in “The Judge,” as the father son conflict seems to be familiar territory for him. That conflict may have been a weight on him throughout his life, but it was a weight that forced him to strengthen in a way that made him far stronger for having learned to carry it.

RIP Sr., and hugs to Jr. A truly beautiful tribute.