In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy.

The Fog of War

Documentaries aren’t really for a lot of people and neither are politics.  Honestly, those things aren’t really for me either.  But if you want to listen to someone interesting talk about interesting things Robert McNamara is a much better choice than your dumb old grandpa.  I’m exaggerating, but not by much, when I say that this is the guy responsible for the firebombing of Japan, the invention of the seatbelt, and Vietnam.  He is very interesting.  And like all great documentaries you get a glimpse inside the mind of the subject as well an external view of them that they could never achieve themselves.  You don’t have to agree with him, you don’t have to be a documentary buff and you don’t even have to get up, cuz it’s on Netflix.  There are very few other ways to listen to a man talk about how the stress of his job probably killed his wife and follow that by basically saying it was worth it (also an exaggeration). -DT

Goon

Seann William Scott has had a tumultuous relationship with America. Some people hate him because his seemingly endless, diminishing turns as Stifler in the American Pie series, whereas some people hate him because of that unnecessary “n” in his first name. Regardless, we hate him, and it didn’t seem like there was much he could ever do about it. 2008 brought us The Promotion and Role Models, which for Scott is a banner year, but after Goon, I think I might actually like him. Scott plays a dim loser who can’t really do anything right except for take a beating, which he is a champion at. There’s really only one job where that’s a bonus, and that’s being an enforcer for a minor league hockey team. From there, the movie builds a “loveable loser” character that isn’t based on big, broad comedy scenes, but instead through quiet moments with his big, broad friend (the always awesome Jay Baruchel), the girl he likes (the increasingly awesome Alison Pill), and in the movie’s best moments, the veteran thug he looks up to, played by the always increasingly awesome Liev Schreiber. Funnier and more touching than it has any right to be. — RH