Thursday Movie Picks: Television Edition: Secret Agents/Spies

There's always been that one TV series I watched that was involving secret agents and spies. It was La Femme Nikita when I was a kid, Chuck when I was a teen, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Homeland in my early twenties. Unfortunately, I've already picked most of these so for this week's Thursday Movie Picks, the series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, I'm going with shows I want(ed) to watch but never started.

Booksmart (2019)

Every now and then, a new high school coming-of-age film makes its way into our heart and instantly becomes a classic. Recently, thankfully, we've had plenty of female-led ones — just think of Easy A, The Edge of Seventeen, or Lady Bird. Olivia Wilde's directorial debut, Booksmart, is not quite the revelation I was led to believe it'd be, but it's nevertheless a smart, energetic and fun teenage film with a nice twist on the genre.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

Whether it's the type of gun or the Latin word meaning "prepare for war" you're thinking of, Parabellum makes for the perfect title for the third chapter of the John Wick series, an action flick which unfortunately has too much action for its own good and becomes tiresome before even hitting the first hour mark. 

Thursday Movie Picks: Movies Adapted from Movies of a Different Language

Something I'm guilty of is watching a movie after loving the original foreign version only to trash it because, let's be honest, those remakes, especially when they are American, tend to be terrible. Since being less negative is my resolution for 2019, for this week's Thursday Movie Picks, the weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, I'm focusing on good films only. Without further ado, here are my picks: