January Movies, TV & Books Wrap-Up

New Year New Movies…. and Television series. The festive season is over so let’s get down to business; the movies I watched across the board this month…. Molly’ Game (Cinema) Serenity (Sky) Legend (Sky) Mansfield Park (Sky) xXx (Sky) The Bad Date Chronicles (Sky) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Sky) Cast Away (Sky) Anchorman: The…

Jen

January 31, 2018

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New Year New Movies…. and Television series.

The festive season is over so let’s get down to business; the movies I watched across the board this month….

Molly’ Game (Cinema)
Serenity (Sky)
Legend (Sky)
Mansfield Park (Sky)
xXx (Sky)
The Bad Date Chronicles (Sky)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Sky)
Cast Away (Sky)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Sky)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Sky)
Love at the Shore (Sky)
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and be Buried (Sky)
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval (Sky)
Get Out (Sky) [Re-watch]
The Time Capsule (Sky)
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Sky)

I also started a lot of television this month, mostly British Drama.

How To Get Away With Murder, Viola Davies, Shonda Rhimes,

McMafia (BBC One) [Quit after 3 episodes]
Delicious Season 2 (Sky One)
Bancroft (ITV1)
Hard Sun (BBC One)
Next of Kin (ITV1)
Grown-ish (Online)
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 & 3 (Sky) [millionth re-watch]
Kiri (ITV1)
Britannia (Sky)
How To Get Away With Murder Season 4 (Sky Living)
Black Lightning (Netflix)

Ongoing Shows: Castle, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal

My favourite of the month was Molly’s Game. Could you guess? I like watching dramas that make me feel smart and that happens to be Aaron Sorkin’s speciality. Yes he is also one of my favourite Screenwriters, but after watching the movie parts of it really stuck with me and to me that is the making of a good… well anything.

I should also note that ITV’s Kiri was a close second; it was surprising and emotional and actor Lucian Msamati pretty much made the show. It’s only four episodes but definitely worth the binge watch!

Over on Letterboxd I write a few lines in review for every movie, not just the ones I see in cinema if you want to check those out.

Sidenote: I went to the theatre and finally saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (literally booked the tickets a year and a half ago!) and so that was pretty cool. #KeepTheSecrets

Least you forget I happen to also be an avid reader, and January was (mostly) devoted to Classics. I managed to digest the following novels this month;

WAR: Wizards and Robots, Will.i.am, David Johnson

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
W.A.R: Wizards and Robots by Will.i.am and Brian David Johnson
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Circe and the Cyclops by Homer
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Check out my Goodreads for reviews and such.

Roll on February.

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Jen

Decade’s long Film and Television enthusiast and reviewer with the compulsion to tell you that I’ve also read the book.

2 responses to “January Movies, TV & Books Wrap-Up”

Ayunda

January 31, 2018 at 4:34 pm

Molly’s Game was wonderful, wasn’t it?? It is definitely my favourite movie I watched this month as well 🙂 How did you like Black Lightning? My boyfriend, who’s a huge Marvel fan, didn’t really like it because it was too dark and serious.

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1. JustJen
  
  January 31, 2018 at 5:44 pm
  
  I don’t want to hype it up for myself too much as I’ve only seen the first episode – but so far I like it enough to keep going.
  
  I can see where your bf is coming from especially when you compare Black Lightning to the rest of the DC Television comic world.
  
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