Thursday Movie Picks #189: TMP Television Edition - Legal Dramas

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Legal Dramas

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I used to watch a lot of legal dramas about 15 years ago...I suppose because there wasn't much else to watch and there were like 3 Law and Order shows on the air. Now not so much. Here are my favourites over the years.

A small unrelated TMP note: Going ahead with MBP (monthly book picks). Goes up first Monday of the month, if you're participating, with both Jan & Feb picks this March.

Ally McBeal (1997-2002)
So unlike any other legal series, this is just so quirky and funny. It's so memorable for so many things. Remember Ally's short skirts, the unisex bathroom, the dancing baby, the secretary's face bra, and just the overall madness of the office.

The Practice (1997-2004)
This was the other David E. Kelley legal series that was on air the same period...the more serious one. While I don't remember this as well as Ally Mcbeal, I remember liking it a lot.

Law & Order (1990-2010)
Its dual storytelling is one of the things that I like about Law and Order and the original Law and Order is the best at it and has a better cast as well I think. The first half of the show concentrates on the investigation of a crime by the police and the second is the legal side as we follow the district attorneys now presenting the criminal case in court. 

The Guardian (2001-2004)
Of my picks today, this is probably the one that is not as well known. I remember this being great and loving it a lot. Simon Baker plays corporate lawyer Nick Fallin who gets busted for drug use and is sentenced to community service as a child advocate for Legal Aid. Fallin has a sort of frosty emotionless manner which works for him when dealing with the corporate world but out of his depths with his new role.

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Thursday Movie Picks #188: Break into Song Scenes (Non-Musicals)

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Break into Song Scenes (Non-Musicals)

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I love these kind of scenes in a movie, they are often a lot of fun. I had previously wanted to pick that "You Make My Dreams" fountain scene in 500 Days of Summer, until I realised they only broke into dance but did no singing. So I am only left with picks that are all from movies either about weddings or have a wedding scene.

Some unrelated Thursday Movie Picks stuff - I don't know how many of you actually read the paragraph before my weekly picks but here goes...I was thinking of doing a Monthly Book Picks thing where say the first Monday of the month you pick your top reads (so it is not a theme based thing) for the previous month and anyone joining can add their link to the inlinkz form like how it's done with TMP. As I missed January picks, I plan to start in March listing both January and February Picks.

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
It's the one at the restaurant where everyone sings I Say a Little Prayer. It's a very upbeat catchy song that makes you want to singalong.

Ella Enchanted (2004)
I'm trying to remember if this was a musical, I don't think it was...so it's here. The scene is at the end when everyone breaks into song and dance to Don't Go Breaking My Heart.

Bridesmaids (2011)

Right at the end when Wilson Philips came on to sing Hold On and everyone sang along.

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Thursday Movie Picks #187: Romance

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Romance

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I'm picking favourites.

Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Two childhood friends continue their game of dare into adulthood making them second guess their feelings for each other at every turn. It's quirky with a visual style like Amelie but has a much less sweet story. 

Before Sunset (2004)

Picked this countless of times before for other themes; it's my favourite of the Before series. It's two people just talking at its best.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 
I suppose this could be a sort of anti-valentine movie since it is about two people who have broken up trying to erase each other from their memories.

Becoming Jane (2007)
The movie imagines Tom Lefroy as Jane Austen's once great love (he may not have been) and I enjoyed it. The leads had great chemistry and there were lots of wonderful banter and passionate dialogue much like an Austen novel.

Jane Eyre (2011)
I think I had picked this for a theme very recently, but whatever, Jane Eyre is what comes to mind immediately when I think of Romance movies. This one is such a beautifully done adaptation too.

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Thursday Movie Picks #186: Story Within a Story

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Story Within a Story

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A story within a story seems like something that could make an interesting movie. While I think I may have seen one that I like, but the title escapes me now, so my picks are those that I am not really a fan of.

Third Person (2013)
This has three interlocking stories. One of them has a writer at the center, so you can already see where the story within a story comes from. Ambitious but ultimately uninteresting.

The Words (2012)
Once again it's a movie that has writer characters. Less ambitious but the link between the stories are clearer so I think it makes for a more coherent storytelling.

The Princess Bride (1987)

A grandfather reads a story to his grandson. This is one of those movies that I want to re-watch as I just didn't see why everyone just love this movie. 

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Thursday Movie Picks #185: TMP Television Edition - Book to TV Adaptations

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Book to TV Adaptations

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I love these TV Editions, but I don't know about you, for me they can be quite a challenge to come up with picks as I don't really keep a list of TV shows I've watched like I do with movies. Anyway today I'm picking recent TV shows that I've seen that I like that were also based on a book.

13 Reasons Why (2017 - ) 
Based on a YA book it follows Clay as he uncovers why his crush, Hannah, committed suicide by listening to a box of cassette tapes she left, a sort of lengthy suicide note, her 13 reasons why she did it. It actually took me a long while to get to this series because first the controversy/buzz or whatever surrounding this was just so tiring. Second, while it has been some time since I read it, I do remember not liking the book at all. The series is better I think in that at least we get various other perspectives other than just Hannah. The negative on the TV series is that they stretched the whole thing into 13 episodes of Clay (if I'm not mistaken in the book he only listened to all the tapes in like a day or two) running around for what seems like days and weeks asking his classmates to talk to him instead of just listening to the damn tapes...which was so nonsensical. Now this series is getting a second season which I was like what? But it has diverged quite a bit from the book, so it could be interesting to see what they do with the other characters.

Alias Grace (2017)
Based on a Margaret Atwood novel that is based on a real woman, it follows a young woman, Grace, in 19th Century Canada serving a life sentence for murdering her employer and his housekeeper and the psychiatrist who has to evaluate if she is mentally ill so that a case can be made for pardon due to insanity. This series is just so well made and well told. Grace the main character tells an enchanting haunting tale of her life and the events leading up to the crime. Whether the story she tells is the truth, something she thinks is the truth or something she believes people want to be the truth, we'll never know because in reality, I don't think anyone ever did know.

Anne with an E (2017 - ) 
Based on Anne of Green Gables about a young orphan girl adopted by two elderly siblings who live on Prince Edward Island. I have to say, I hate the title, why can't they just stick with Anne of Green Gables? Anyway I love the 1980s TV series, so I had been looking forward to this and I'm glad to say I love this one too. Now I've not read the book, but I've heard that Anne with an E is much darker than the book, but since I've seen the 80's series, I can definitely say this new one is soo much darker than that. A lot of the times it doesn't even seem like it was ever a TV series targeted for children like the books were. I would describe Anne with an E as a more Jane Eyre-esque Anne of Green Gables, which I'm totally fine with because I love Jane Eyre and it does give Anne more depth instead of being just the annoying talkative dreamy girl.

The End of the F***ing World (2017 - ) 
Based on a comic, it's about two teens, a boy who thinks he's a psychopath and the other, the new girl at school, who run away together so that she can search for her real father. I really really enjoyed this one. It's very dark, sharply funny and is a very short series. My guess is, there is only one season of this. Anyway I was curious about the comic book, from the reviews of it, it seems it is a lot darker without any of the humor, albeit a dark one, that the TV show has.

The Expanse (2015 - )
Based on a series of sci-fi novels, this is a show I think most won't watch because the series airs on  SyFy in the U.S. and SyFy isn't exactly known for putting out quality stuff. But this, is the exception. The world building is great with good production value and the story is complex and keeps getting more so, that I can't even give a one line plot summary. I'd say take a chance and watch one episode, it quite possible be the best sci-fi TV series in recent years.

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Thursday Movie Picks #184: Sundance Favourites

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Sundance Favourites

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I'm picking of course...favourites and you'll likely see titles that I've picked before because they're favourites.

28 Days Later... (2002)
I didn't even know this was even at Sundance. As the name suggests it takes place 28 days after a mysterious outbreak just as a coma patient wakes up to an empty London. Remember The Walking Dead has a similar beginning with Rick too. I don't know if season 8 got better since I dropped it after the first episode, but if it's as disappointing as I'm guessing, may I suggest watching 28 Days Later.

Brick (2005)
I was reminded of this again when a book I had read was compared to it. Anyway, Brick is about a teen investigating the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. I think I first picked it up simply because it was then new at the rental store and oh what a surprise.

Once (2007)

It's about a busker and and an immigrant meeting and they start writing and record a demo tape together. Love, love, love the music in this. If you have never heard any of the songs, try Falling Slowly, it won the Oscars.

500 Days of Summer (2009)

It's a romantic dramedy about a guy who is a lot more in love with her than she is with him. It's sweet and funny and I love the soundtrack.

Another Earth (2011)
It's about a young woman trying to atone for an accident she caused set against the backdrop of the discovery of another Earth. Without being spoilery, I love the whole other Earth thing as details of it slowly becomes known.

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Thursday Movie Picks #183: Once Was Enough

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Once Was Enough (Movies You Don't Want to Watch Again)

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I'm going to pick ones that I don't think are bad at all, just that for various reasons, I don't want to see again.

Black Beauty (1994)
I have seen this twice actually, the second time not by choice as it was shown at school. It follows the life of a horse and it is so so sad, it makes me weep.

Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

It's about a girl who becomes a victim of an underground sex trade and it's is bleak bleak bleak.

Paranoid Park (2007)

It's about a teenager who causes a terrible accident. There's a scene showing the aftermath of the accident that I would like to unsee.

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Thursday Movie Picks #182: Character Name in Title

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Character Name in Title

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If you're participating here today, you must have seen the 2018 schedule. Do also take note that the updated schedule is different from the preliminary one not only with the new additions but I have also rearranged some of the themes.

Back to today's picks. I'm doing a theme with a theme thing. Single word titles and I'm picking the ones I like.

Rebecca (1940)
Since I can't pick Jane Eyre, here's a Jane Eyre-esque one about a young bride "haunted" by her husband's first wife called Rebecca.

Adam (2009)

Charming movie about Adam a man with Asperger's syndrome who develops a romantic relationship with his neighbour.

Barbara (2012)

Set in 1980's East Germany, Barbara, a doctor, is under surveillance by the Stasi as she is flagged as a potential defector after applying for an exit visa to join her boyfriend who lives in the West. It's so quiet and subtle but still scary.

Belle (2013)
I love period dramas so here's one with a story not often seen in period dramas: Belle is about a mixed-raced orphan raised by her aristocratic great uncle in 18th century England.

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2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule (Updated)

Hi everyone! Happy 2018! Here is the updated schedule, which I will also post on the Thursday Movie Picks page for your easy reference.

Before I forget, if there is any theme that you don't quite get what it's supposed to be about, leave a comment here.

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2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule

January 4 - Character Name in Title
January 11 - Once Was Enough (Movies You Don't Want to Watch Again)
January 18 - Sundance Favourites
January 25 - TMP Television Edition: Book to TV Adaptations
February 1 - Story Within a Story
February 8 - Romance
February 15 - Break into Song Scenes (Non-Musicals)
February 22 - TMP Television Edition: Legal Dramas
March 1 - Oscar Nominated Movies that should have Won [Suggested by Birgit]
March 8 - Just One Day
March 15 - Childhood Favourites
March 22 - Nostalgia
March 29 - TMP Television Edition: Non - English
April 5 - Underground
April 12 - Movies about Movies
April 19 - Meltdowns
April 26 - TMP Television Edition: Failed to get a Second Season (excluding mini-series/limited series where it was meant to be just one season)
May 3 - Characters Making a New Start
May 10 -Cannes Favourites [Suggested by thevoid99]
May 17 - Twisty Thrillers
May 24 - Friendship Movies
May 31 - TMP Television Edition: Entertainment Business
June 7 - Speech/Soliloquy/Monologue
June 14 - Legend/Mythology
June 21 - Juvenile Delinquents
June 28 - TMP Television Edition: TV Spinoffs [Suggested by Wendell]
July 5 - Long Awaited Sequel
July 12 - Characters Magically Aging Up or Down
July 19 -  Bad Parents [Suggested by Wendell]
July 26 - TMP Television Edition: Spies
August 2 - Body Switch
August 9 - A Siege
August 16 - Non-English Language Movies
August 23 - A Discovery / Exploration
August 30 - TMP Television Edition: College
September 6 - The New Kid at School
September 13 - Good Remakes [Suggested by Mettel Ray]
September 20 - Farm
September 27 - TMP Television Edition: Anthology
October 4 - Halloween Edition: Home Invasion
October 11 - Halloween Edition: The Dark/Night
October 18 - Halloween Edition: Technology
October 25 - Halloween/Television Edition: The Weird
November 1 - Gangsters
November 8 - Political Comedy [Suggested by Wendell]
November 15 - Museum
November 22 - Non-Linear Timelines [Suggested by Mettel Ray]
November 29 - TMP Television Edition: Adapted from a Non-English Series
December 6 - Meet the Parents
December 13 -It's a Party
December 20 - 2019 Movies You're Looking Forward To
December 27 - TMP Television Edition: Comedies

Thursday Movie Picks #181: TMP Television Edition - Friendship

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Friendship

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Last week of the year. Hope you had a fabulous one and Happy 2018!

Now for those of you unaware, the preliminary 2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule is up. If you want to make a suggestion do so by this Sunday. New updated schedule will be up on Tuesday.

On to this week's TV theme: Friendship. It's one of those themes that I feel like I've seen a whole lot more but I'm not coming up with a lot of titles.

Crashing (2016 -)
A group of mostly 20 and 30 somethings who are friends/lovers/rivals live at a disused hospital as property guardians. At the center of it is a pair of childhood best friends who have recently reconnected and have always been sort of in love with each other but have trouble admitting it, so much so that when one or the other inadvertently admits it, each immediately take it back treating it is a joke. They're a disaster and there's a sort of recklessness to their jokes so I can't see it ending well for them. Anyway this series surprised me, I found it really funny and am so hoping there will be a second season. 

Friends (1994-2004)

It is very much part of my childhood. Sometimes I catch an episode of Friends on TV and I'm still able to laugh as if I've not seen it once or twice before.

Friends from College  (2017-)
College friends now in their forties, reconnect when all of them end up living in the same city. It's not as memorable as my other picks today but I still found it funny so will be tuning in for season 2.

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Thursday Movie Picks #180: 2018 Movies You're Looking Forward To

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is 2018 Movies You're Looking Forward To

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For those of you unaware, the preliminary 2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule is up.

I haven't really been up to date on upcoming releases so there are probably some that have escaped my radar and even of my picks here, I've not seen any of the trailers for those that have ones.

The Bell Jar (2018)
To be directed by Kirsten Dunst, with Dakota Fanning playing Esther. A few years ago there was supposed to be one with Julia Stiles as Esther, so I don't know if this is the same thing just with a different cast and crew, but whatever, I read the book a long time ago and have been wanting to see an adaptation.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
I love the title, it's so intriguing isn't it? Which was why I read the book (plus the book has some beautiful covers) and so yes I am looking forward to the movie. The gist: two sisters live with their uncle in happy isolation after a tragedy, that is until a cousin arrives insisting on change. It's a slow burn short novel that's haunting and creepy that could make a really good movie.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

The book is sweet and cute and I think the movie could be the same. The gist: A teen girl's secret love letters (ones that were never meant to be sent) get mysteriously mailed out to her crushes. 

Winchester (2018)

Ever heard of the Winchester Mystery House? Look it up if you haven't. This is about the woman that built the house and why she built it. 

The New Mutants (2018) / X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2018)

I'm just going to lump this two together. I still am generally tired of superhero titles, but I love the X-Men, so I am still looking forward to these.

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Thursday Movie Picks #179: Small Towns

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Small Towns

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For those of you unaware, the preliminary 2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule is up.
So it's small town week today and I'm picking the ones I like.

Friday Night Lights (2004)
It's about a small Texas town that's obsessed with American football and the pressure it puts on the high school team, which is pretty sad I think. Anyway I re watched Varsity Blues recently and it pretty much has the same story line which I did not remember at all and I'm like what? I mean I know the Friday Night Lights is based on a book about an actual team, so is Varsity Blues a take on that team too? 

Waitress (2007)
A pregnant waitress in a very unhappy marriage hopes to win a pie baking contest to use the money to leave her husband. A favourite; it's sweet, sad and funny too.

Shimmer Lake (2017)

The local police try to figure out what happened with a bank heist gone wrong involving people in their small town. I actually enjoyed this one, quite surprised that it only has 6.2 on IMDB. It's sort of a mystery/drama that's quite funny too.

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2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule (Preliminary)

Hi everyone! I finally have the 2018 themes. Please note this is not the final schedule as I will be adding suggested themes and may reorganize all the themes.

So anyway, this has been the fifth year I'm doing this. For those that have stuck around: thank you so much and I hope you continue to do so. The TMP Television Edition is a new edition I started in 2017 and it's back for 2018 as they have been so much fun. As before they will be on the last Thursday of each month. You can pick TV series or mini-series, just NOT TV movies.

Lastly, I've opened up NINE dates for suggestions on next year's schedule including one for the Halloween Edition. [Wendell you have already made your suggestions and I have already picked two of them.] Everyone else if you're interested here are the submission criteria:
a) must have participated in a few TMPs and have commented on previous posts.
b) submit two (no more as I'll probably have a hard time choosing) suggestions by posting a comment on this post. Only on this post.

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2018 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule

January 4 - Character Name in Title
January 11 - Once Was Enough (Movies You Don't Want to Watch Again)
January 18 -
January 25 - TMP Television Edition: Book to TV Adaptations
February 1 - Story Within a Story
February 8 - Romance
February 15 - Break into Song Scenes (Non-Musicals)
February 22 - TMP Television Edition: Legal Dramas
March 1 - Just One Day
March 8 -
March 15 - Meltdowns
March 22 - Nostalgia
March 29 - TMP Television Edition: Non - English
April 5 - Underground
April 12 -
April 19 - Movies about Movies
April 26 - TMP Television Edition: Failed to get a Second Season (excluding mini-series/limited series where it was meant to be just one season)
May 3 -
May 10 - Characters Making a New Start
May 17 - Twisty Thrillers
May 24 - Friendship Movies
May 31 - TMP Television Edition: Entertainment Business
June 7 - Speech/Soliloquy/Monologue
June 14 - Legend/Mythology
June 21 - Juvenile Delinquents
June 28 - TMP Television Edition: TV Spinoffs [Suggested by Wendell]
July 5 - Long Awaited Sequel
July 12 - Characters Magically Aging Up or Down
July 19 -
July 26 - TMP Television Edition: Spies
August 2 - Body Switch
August 9 - A Siege
August 16 - Non-English Language Movies
August 23 - Gangsters
August 30 - TMP Television Edition: College
September 6 - The New Kid at School
September 13 -
September 20 - Farm
September 27 - TMP Television Edition: Anthology
October 4 - Halloween Edition: Home Invasion
October 11 - Halloween Edition: The Dark/Night
October 18 - Halloween Edition:
October 25 - Halloween/Television Edition: The Weird
November 1 -
November 8 - Political Comedy [Suggested by Wendell]
November 15 -
November 22 - Museum
November 29 - TMP Television Edition: Adapted from a Non-English Series
December 6 - Meet the Parents
December 13 -It's a Party
December 20 - 2019 Movies You're Looking Forward To
December 27 - TMP Television Edition: Comedies

Thursday Movie Picks #178: Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan Makeover

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan Makeover

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There are so many of these makeover movies so I'm sure you are spoiled for choice.Anyway here are my three picks.

Grease (1978)
Good girl Sandy falls for a greaser so she gets a makeover to be one of the Pink Ladies. One of my favorite movies and love the songs! This is also probably one of the only movies that the guy had a makeover too.

The Princess Diaries (2001)

When Mia finds out she is the heir to some European country she gets a makeover to become a princess. The movie is sweet. Mia and her friends were funny and cute and Mandy Moore was great as the mean girl. Anyway I was so mad that when the second movie came out they chucked out Mia's best friend's brother, but I guess he was busy with Rooney.

Strictly Ballroom (1992)
When his dancing partner leaves him, experienced ballroom dancer Scott takes Fran a beginner dancer as his partner for an upcoming competition. And so she gets intense training and a makeover for it. Of the three, I think this is probably the least known; I highly recommend it. It is such a charming charming movie.

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Thursday Movie Picks #177: TMP Television Edition - Workplace

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Workplace

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There are a lot of workplace TV shows when you think about. All the cop, legal and medical dramas are all workplace shows and I tried my very best to not pick one of those except for one. I'm picking the ones I like this week.

The Office (2001 - 2003) & The Office (2005 - 2013) 

Follows the lives of employees at a paper company. I've seen both the UK version and the US one, although not all since there were so many seasons. I think I stopped up until Jim and Pam got married. Anyway I enjoyed both versions.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013 - )
Follows the lives of detectives at Brooklyn's 99th Precinct. I don't watch a lot of comedies, but this is one of the current one still airing that I love. It's funny, it's sharp and the characters are super geeky about the things they love, it's cute.
 
Superstore (2015 - )
Follows the lives of employees at a superstore. A new favourite which I only started watching from the second season. It's funny and just very easy to get into even when you haven't started from the beginning. 

Boston Public (2000 - 2004) 
Follows the lives of faculty members at a high school. It's been soo long since I saw this. Anyway I like that they show a different side to school.

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