Tell Me Something Tuesday: I'll be watching you...(lame, I know lol)

 

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Question: What have you been watching? Share your TV show or movie picks

Answer: I've been sharing this in my weekly posts lately so I don't have a ton of rec's but we did watch a few fun things last week.

Renegade Nell ~ Disney: This show was so much fun! Renegade Nell is a historical, fantasy/magical realism mash-up about Nell jackson - a Highway woman, framed for her fathers murder during 16th century England.

She takes to the road, with her two younger sisters and a Tinkerbell like sprite named Billy Blind - who infuses her, when in danger, with the strength to defeat anyone who dares to fight her - to clear her name and get her sisters to safety. 

There's a bit of non comformity, gender bending roles, and exploration of class issues - lots of (Disney-esqe) fighting. It can get a little silly at times but the show moves at a really brisque pace so you just roll with it. Nell is flawed but snarky as hell and despite her protests - has a soft heart. All of the characters are great - from her sisters, the rag tag team she picks up on the way to the villains.

The Night Agent ~ Netflix: "While monitoring an emergency line, an FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House"

I don't usually watch thrillers/suspense or crime shows but Netflix kept pushing this one and we figured we'd give one episode a try and ended up enjoying. It has scathinng reviews but is one of Netflix's most popular shows. 

There's nothing groundbreaking here but I liked the whole cast, the suspense was pretty good with enough intrigue and twists to keep us hooked.

Both shows have been renewed for a second season so no worries there.

What have you all been watching?

Watching... Fargo, The Brothers Sun, Monarch, A Murder at the End of the World, and more...

 

We've been watching A LOT of TV lately. We're on some weird documentary kick right now. I think because they're usually quick and don't require a binge worthy time investment and I always learn some weird, random thing I didn't know before. 

But we did watch several popular series & here's a quick round-up!

Fargo S5 FX/HULU - Starring (against type) Juno Temple (Keeley from ted Lasso) and Jon Hamm & a STELLAR Jennifer Jason Leigh - plus many, many more recognizable faces.

👍👍I saw Fargo, the movie, years ago but had never watched the TV series until now & WOWZA. This was some of the best television I've seen recently. We were riveted and holding our breath worrying about characters fates. 

We're going back and watching the series from the start now - every season is a new story/cast. S1 was excellent but nothing tops S5 to me. 

*TW: This show is very violent - so just a general warning there, but also this season is about domestic violence. It makes many references to past violence and and on screen domestic violence, as well as PTSD reactions to events. 

The Brothers Son Netflix - This stars, the always amazing, Michelle Yeoh. 

"When a mysterious enemy targets his family, a Taipei triad member heads to Los Angeles to protect his strong-willed mother and oblivious younger brother."

👍👍Fun, action packed (very bloody)

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters AppleTV - "After the world-shattering revelation that monsters are real, two siblings follow in their father's footsteps to uncover their family's connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch."

👍We liked it. Good background story and acting elevates, what feels like just another set up for a never-ending barrage of inter-connecting shows/movies and spin offs.

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A Murder at the End of the World FX/HULU  - "A Murder at the End of the World" is a mystery series with a new kind of detective at the helm -- a Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker named Darby Hart. In the new limited series, Darby and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must put to use all of her combined skills to prove it was in fact murder, all against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life."

👍We watched this because it starred Clive Owen and it was fine. There was a lot of hype around it but we felt like it dragged a bit too long and didn't make use of some of the bigger messages it kept dropping - like environmental, egomaniacal tech giants, cyber safety etc. But it was interesting and if you are into crime thrillers more than I am - give it a go. 

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Love at First Sight - Based on The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith Netflix

👍👍My friend and I do a weekly virtual movie date and this was our pick. We both loved it and thought it was one of the better rom-com type movies we've seen in a long time. Great acting, chemistry, good story, GREAT ending. 

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Percy Jackson Disney - we're watching the new series adaptation and we're not hooked or anything but it follows the books and it's fun, even if it's not super compelling

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We also watched all the recent Doctor Who - except for the Christmas special.\

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Documentaries - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Rita Moreno, Squaring the Circle (about iconic album covers), Inventing David Geffen