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...
Audience interaction gone wrong: my magic night w. Joe Labero
If you’ve visited my blog before, then you must know there are plenty of things I don’t like (see my post on Alien Covenant 2) or am not impressed by (my post on peak...
What would have been the plot for Alien: Covenant 2?
At this point it’s uncertain if we’ll get an Alien: Covenant 2 or not, but if we do we now have an idea of what the movie’s plot would be. Screenwriter John Logan –...
When is Black Mirror season 5 being released?
We may finally have the release date for the new season of Black Mirror. The show, which started off with an episode centered around a man being forced to fuck a pig, has gradually...
Netflix and Amazon’s algorithms have learned to discriminate
The dangers of artificial intelligence have been the central plot of countless pieces of media, and now reality is catching up. However, instead of robots with laser guns it appears big companies ended up...
The Walking Dead’s Season 9 ratings are not good
Poor The Walking Dead. Although it has still been a hit in its last seasons, the show did start to displease more and more critics, resulting in a critical drubbing. Network AMC let a...
Sweden prioritizes sexism over comedy with “discriminatory” meme
Take that, comedy! The Distracted Boyfriend meme is such a big part of the internet that it even has its own Wikipedia page. Yet that didn’t stop Sweden – country of political correctness –...
Star Wars fatigue to impact planned spin-offs
The same way video once killed the radio star, Solo might’ve killed the Star Wars universe. Disney bought the property in 2012 for a whopping $4.05 billion, and has done a great job running...
Superhero fatigue is near: what studio will kill the superhero movie?
We are now 10 years into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has been behind big superhero films such as Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, and Avengers: Infinity War. The latter proved that the Marvel...