July is a month that has a lot of shows that I’ve been eager to see and we’ve been working through things pretty well in trying to manage the pile while at the same time not binge heavy with a particular show. We’re working through a couple of ongoing series that we’re reviewing Star Wars: The Bad Batch and have wrapped up on Loki. We’re also digging into a lot of other shows, wrapping up some things and starting up a few others – or at least getting closer to start dates for some projects.
Current Netflix queue: Rebecca, Cool Hand Luke, The Dig,
HBO Max queue: David Bowie: The Last Five Years, Greenland, Zack Snyders Justice League, Bright Young Things
Hulu queue: Das Boot, Swing Things, I Kill Giants
Amazon queue: The Tomorrow War
With a six-episode series based on the book by Grohl’s mother out a couple of months ago, I’d been wanting to watch it but ended up watching the last one first since it was focused on Geddy Lee of Rush. With Lee and that band being the most influential ones on my life at a pivotal time, I was definitely curious to see what it’d be like. It’s an interesting show and Grohl can definitely pull it off here in doing the interviews and engaging with people, as well as his mother. Geddy and his mother were fantastic and seeing the stories and influences on him says so very much about the music as well. The real discovery in the long run may be Grohl’s daughter Violet, however, if she really does make a musical pursuit.
I’ve talked before about how I’m a sucker for romantic comedies and a good number of dramas as well. Virgin River is based on a Harlequin series and the third season hit Netflix last weekend. I’m not surprised I finished it off in a week with a couple of episodes binged at the end, it’s just that addictive. It continues to not be more than you expect in a way, it’s a romantic drama series but it does it in a way with such a good cast and great locations that it’s easy to just immerse yourself in and enjoy, and get frustrated with. The season finale is one that pushes through so many storylines with cliffhangers that it felt a bit much, but that’s part of the appeal as well. Here’s a fourth season!
Speaking of shows that you kind of just go with, the second season of Never Have I Ever landed and it’s definitely a good bit of fun. It is, like Virgin River, exactly what you’d expect in that it’s a teenage relationship comedy thing done as a TV series but with our lead as a young Indian woman and a lot of cultural bits mixed in across the board. It’s certainly refreshing to not have the same familiar cliches and to get a few new ones but it mostly works because of the chemistry of the cast and just the brashness of it. It’s easy to predict but it’s still simply fun to watch.
In catching up on older things that I’ve got in my collection that I’ve revisited while working while trying to avoid streaming so as to not use up my data cap, it’s an odd mix this week. Over the course of the week, I’ve background watched:
- Fringe, baby!
Movie reviews this year:
- Feeling Through Review
- Two Distant Strangers review
- Yes-People Review
- A Love Song for Latasha Review
- If Anything Happens I Love You Review
- Burrow Review
- Godzilla vs Kong
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story Review
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years Preview
- Raya and the Last Dragon Review
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Review
- The Little Things Review
- In Other Words Review
- Earwig and the Witch Review
What did you watch this past week?
