2020 Blind Spot Series: The Terminator (1984) & Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Something I more or less enjoyed over the years is watching beloved movie franchises — from Rocky to Friday the 13th, I watched all the major ones. As I was writing down my Blind Spot picks for the year I noticed that one was still missing, the Terminator franchise. I decided to go with the first two films only as I was told they were the great ones, the only worth watching. And so did I. And what a dreadful experience it was.

Thursday Movie Picks: Television Edition: Docu Series

A weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves

Thanks to COVID19 I'm catching up with many series these days — I finally finished Orange Is the New Black, watched Russian Doll, and I've picked up again Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and started Money Heist — but given the apocalyptic/sci-fi horror set up my life now has I'm focusing on fictional stuff only. Which is kind of a shame because there are so many documentary series out there people keep talking about in a very good way. Those are the series I'm going to pick for March's final Thursday Movie Picks, documentary series people love that I'm yet to see. 

Thursday Movie Picks: Bad Boys

A weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves

9 days of quarantine and my brother has already lost it. He's growing a moustache now. Or maybe he's trying to copy the look of someone from Narcos: Mexico since he's catching up on the series (by the way, I haven't seen the series yet but I assume there's plenty of people with horrific moustaches in it). Maybe he just wants to look like a bad guy without actually being one — for the latter, he could simply go for a ride with his bike and break the law. Why am I bringing this up? Because the theme for this week's Thursday Movie Picks is bad boys and I'd really feel like I'm not fulfilling my life as a sister if I didn't share this embarrassing thing about him since it fits the theme. But enough with the rambling, here are my picks.

Lost Girls (2020)

I was very reluctant when Netflix's latest original, Lost Girls, popped up on my homepage last Friday. I, however, was very intrigued by its cast — specifically Amy Ryan and Thomasin McKenzie — and, after a brief survey on Twitter, I decided to give it a chance. And I'm glad I did as it turned out to be an absorbing and intriguing, although by the numbers, true-crime drama.