Documentary Netflix

“Money Shot: The Pornhub Story”

By Brett_G on

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.

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Netflix Rom-Com

“Your Place or Mine”

By Brett_G on

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.

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Documentary Drama

“Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game”

By Brett_G on

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

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Action Blockbuster

“John Wick Chapter 4”

By Brett_G on

8.8

The best action film this side of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Unlike anything you’ll see in the genre the rest of the year. The fight and stunt coordinators deserve academy awards. This movie is ballet level coordinated with a brutality that’s unrivaled in the cinema today. But not violence for the sake of violence. It’s feels believable and justified as we embark on this quest for revenge and ultimately freedom.

Bill Skarsgard continues his streak as a phenomenal villain. The table continues to do table things. Keanu continues to do his best work saying the fewest words. Strap in for a nearly 3 hour film that feels more tightly wound than most hour and a half pure action flicks, and enjoy the ride!

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Action Amazon Prime

“Miss Meadows”

By Brett_G on

7.1

So… it’s female “John Wick”… Jane Wick?

I hit play because of Katie Holmes. I was left speechless as the credits rolled at the conclusion of this hellacious curveball from the depths of Amazon Prime Video.

The acting may be cheesy, but the story is razor sharp and the action is divine. This movie had no right to be this good, but here we are. Don’t let the Sunday school teacher attire fool you…

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