Category: TV Shows/Movie Reviews
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This is a Robbery (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for This is a Robbery: Editor wanted. Quick synopsis: The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: This is the largest art heist in history. Fun Fact for History Nerds: The thieves stole wisely when they poached a few Rembrandts, Degas, and a…
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Crazy Not Insane (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Crazy Not Insane: Irony: Naming your documentary how it makes the viewer feel. Quick synopsis: A documentary about psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis. Or her theories. Or her thoughts on the death penalty. Honestly, I’m not sure what it was going for. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Dissociative identity disorder (DID),…
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The Book Was Better: Catch and Kill
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Catch and Kill: Movie producers are perverts? Who knew? Except literally everyone. Quick synopsis: The story of how Ronan Farrow took down Harvey Weinstein. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Ronan Farrow is also a lawyer and clearly an overachiever. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Weinstein actually reached out to Woody…
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Val (Amazon)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Val: The Iceman shows his softer side. Quick synopsis: A video autobiography of actor Val Kilmer. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Val Kilmer went to Julliard and is the youngest person ever accepted into their drama school. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Kilmer didn’t want to be in Top Gun…
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Sophie: A Murder in West Cork (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Sophie: Ireland is really beautiful. Yes, even with a murderer running around. Quick synopsis: The murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The first potato planted in Ireland was in Cork in 1588. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Cobh, in Cork, was the…
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How to Become a Tyrant (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for How to Become a Tyrant: It really doesn’t seem too hard. Quick synopsis: A look at how many tyrants have come to power and held on or fell. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Peter Dinklage is the narrator. Yes, he is as effective as you would expect. Fun Fact for…
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Operation Odessa (TV)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Operation Odessa: I’m mad my parents didn’t buy me a helicopter when Soviet Russia fell. Quick synopsis for Operation Odessa: Three gangsters try to sell a nuclear submarine to a drug cartel. It’s so much more than that but honestly, it’s really hard to sum this up quickly. Fun Fact Non-History…
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Operation Varsity Blues (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Operation Varsity Blues: Never trust a man who wears warmups too much. Quick synopsis for Operation Varsity Blues: The story of all those rich jerks who paid to have their kids fraudulently get into college. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Aunt Becky from Full House went to jail because of…
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The Lady and the Dale (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Lady and the Dale: A three-wheeled car looks no less ridiculous than those three-wheel motorcycles. Quick synopsis: The story of Elizabeth Carmichael and her three-wheeled car, the Dale. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Liz Carmichael was born Jerry Dean Michael in 1927 in Indiana. Well, allegedly as she had…