Category: TV Shows/Movie Reviews
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Love Has Won (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Love Has Won: Severe mental illness has won. Quick synopsis: The story of the Mother God cult and there is no way to explain this cult succinctly. Fact for Non-History People: Colloidal silver is a dietary supplement that the FDA declared unsafe in 1999. Fact for History Nerds: If you take…
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Savior Complex (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Savior Complex: When good intentions go bad. Quick synopsis: The story of an American missionary in Uganda who basically starts her own hospital with no medical training. Fact for Non-History People: Missionaries first came to Uganda in 1877. Fact for History Nerds: About 4/5ths of Ugandans identify as Christian. My Take…
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Lover Stalker Killer (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Lover Stalker Killer: Thank God I’m not dating anymore. Quick synopsis: The story of a guy who tries to date and ends up with a stalker. Fact for Non-History People: 8% of women and 2% of men have been stalked in their lives. Fact for History Nerds: The average age of…
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American Nightmare (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for American Nightmare: Enjoy jumping to conclusions! Quick synopsis: The story of a 2015 home invasion where a woman was kidnapped and then just… released. Fact for Non-History People: As of December 2021, there are 93,000 active missing person records in the U.S. Fact for History Nerds: It is widely accepted that…
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Escaping Twin Flames (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Escaping Twin Flames: Dating is hard enough without this nonsense. Quick synopsis: The story of the Twin Flames Universe, a dating cult. No, that is not a typo. Fact for Non-History People: Their Facebook group had 14,000 people. The interesting part is that people are still using Facebook. Hey-oh! Fact for…
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Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Buried: This is why I never leave the lodge. Quick synopsis: The story of the Lake Tahoe Alpine Meadows avalanche in 1982. Fact for Non-History People: Avalanches can reach 80 mph within about 5 seconds. Fact for History Nerds: Avalanches kill about 150 people worldwide each year. My Take on Buried:…
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The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari: Don’t walk on a volcano when it’s due to go off. Quick synopsis: The story of a deadly volcanic eruption in New Zealand in 2019. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The heat of pyroclastic flows is somewhere between 390-1300°. It’s not a great place to…
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Don’t Pick Up the Phone (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Don’t Pick Up the Phone: If someone tells you to strip a coworker, just don’t. Quick synopsis: The story of a string of hoax phone calls by a police impersonator who makes supervisors strip search their employees. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Some of these phone calls lasted over 3…
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Orgasm Inc (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline: Why can’t sex cults ever keep it together? Quick synopsis: The story of OneTaste, a company focused on orgasms and well, some other stuff. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I don’t want to spoil anything. But it gets crazier by the minute. Fun Fact for History Nerds: The word “orgasm” wasn’t…