Why Alec Baldwin might really hate Harrison Ford
One of the things that Alec Baldwin & Harrison Ford share, is that they’re both working actors who despite getting older still get the occasional moment in the spotlights. For Ford it’s been by...
Flinch (2021): a gangster movie reminiscent of Drive
Our protagonist in the 2021 crime film Flinch is the most common hitman to see on film: not cruel, but with a heart of gold. His name is Joe Doyle, and he’s played by...
TV review: Big Little Lies – Season 2 disappoints
The second season of Big Little Lies was released in 2019 and we watched it live as it aired. Still: it took us till today to write an article on it. We hope that...
What exactly are white savior films?
When Green Book won the Academy Award for best picture at the 2019 Oscars, you might’ve heard the term “white savior film” being thrown around. The actual explanation of what these films are, is...
Unlucky Terminator fans forced to watch new sequel
This week fans of the classic action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day were in for a terrible surprise when they attended what they thought was a screening of the 1991 film. Not only did...
How can you download netflix movies to watch offline?
One of our favorite features on Netflix is how the ability to download Netflix movies to watch offline. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people are still confused about how this works exactly....
Where does HBO’s Chernobyl fit into Godzilla’s MonsterVerse?
To someone who’s not an expert in the Godzilla mythos these are confusing times. Not only is there a new movie about the creature mutated by radiation coming out, there’s now also an HBO show...
Netflix won’t be the end of movie theaters
As Netflix is intent to complete its quest for world dominance, it’s meant to come with some negativity. That explains why one of the narratives surrounding Netflix is how it’s set to kill the...
Remembering Rob Lowe and Snow White at the 1989 Oscars
When the Academy lost comedian Kevin Hart as host for this year’s 91st Academy Awards, they made an unusual decision. They made the choice to have nobody replace him. As a result people started wondering if...
Retrospective: The Brain Jar’s favorite posts of 2018
Since it feels like this is the first year where we were actually bothered with our blog, we decided to create an overview of our favorite posts. In no specific order, here are some...