No Thursday Movie Picks in 2024

I’ve been posting most of my TMP posts late for almost two years, haven’t really been able to keep up with neither a weekly schedule nor a fortnightly one. So I’ve decided not to continue with TMP this year.

That’s it and happy new year.

Thursday Movie Picks #470: TMP Television Edition - Sports (Scripted Series. Non-Reality)

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Sports (Scripted Series. Non-Reality)

 

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I'm picking the ones I like

Spinning Out (2020)

The series follow a young woman as she trains to get qualified for the Olympics after an injury. I really enjoyed this drama and was disappointed when it was not renewed. I think timing probably had to do with it; a lot of decent shows didn't get renewed then.

Dare Me (2019)

Follows the rivalry, jealousy, drama and mystery that occurs when a new young coach takes over a cheerleading squad. Again one I enjoyed that didn't get renewed. This fictional series is a good companion to the non-scripted Cheer.

 

Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)

Drama following the American football players in a small town high school team. I like the series and watched all 5 seasons when it was added to Netflix but I never really got the kind of praise it was getting. And almost all of the teen characters were played by actors that look sooo old...closer to 30-looking than 18.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #469: Day or Night in Title

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Day or Night in Title

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I’m picking the last 3 movies I saw and like that has “Night” in its title.

Goodnight Mommy (2022)

This is a remake of an Austrian film which I have not seen but I have read the spoiler plot. I don’t think I can watch it because from what I’ve read it has a lot more body horror and I tend to avoid those. Now this remake is rated lower than the original but I’m fine with it. I thought it was scary and disturbing enough without having to show excessive violence.

 

Night House (2020)

It’s one of those open to interpretation movie as to what really was happening…was it all really supernatural or was it all psychological? So it was for me an interesting watch.

The Vast of Night (2019)

This movie has no recognizable name attached to it but I had seen that it received quite a number positive reviews, so I gave it a watch. I like it. It’s a sort of minimalist paranormal drama set in the 50s.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #468: TMP Television Edition - Non-English

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

 

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This is coming super late because it's been a long couple of weeks and I haven't been at a computer until now. Here are the three most recent ones I saw that I like.

Vortex (2022)

A French mini series follows a detective as he reconnects with his dead wife from two decades ago through a glitch in a virtual reality police program while investigating a present day case that is located near her place of death. I really like this sci-fi crime drama. I'd recommend it to those that like Frequency or Mirage.

Who Is Erin Carter? (2023)

This is a British mini series set mostly in Spain, so small parts of it is in Spanish. The series follows a British substitute teacher in Spain who is forced to defend herself during a supermarket robbery which ultimately exposes her real identity. This is a fun action packed series.

 

Dear Child (2023)

A German mini-series about a woman together with a young girl escape captivity and her case is soon found to be connected to another disappearance more than a decade ago. This is quite a twisty crime drama; I like it.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #467: A Different Perspective

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is A Different Perspective (a well known story told from the perspective of a different character. An example is the recent Rosaline movie which is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the perspective of Rosaline, you know the girl Shakespeare mentions Romeo had been infatuated with and conveniently forgot about when he met Juliet)

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Since I already used Rosaline as the example, I have to pick a different title, pity because Rosaline would have been a perfect pick, one that I enjoyed watching.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002)

A TV Movie adapted from Gregory Maquire's (author of Wicked) book that tells the Cinderella story from the perspective of the ugly stepsister played by Azura Skye. I really enjoyed this, it was fun and I had always hoped to get a chance to see it again. Also stars Stockard Channing as the stepmother and Matthew Goode as the love interest.

 

Warm Bodies (2013)

In a post apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, Warm Bodies is a horror comedy romance from the perspective of a zombie. This was fun. Instead of the usual survivor's perspective, we get the whole zombie apocalypse experience from "R's" perspective, a zombie, and see what is a zombie's day like day-to-day.

Maleficent (2014)

The Sleeping Beauty story from the perspective of Maleficent the wicked fairy that cursed her. Did not enjoy this. Didn't like the story and I thought Angelina Jolie's celebrity persona eclipses the role...all I see is her the actress and not the character.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #466: Halloween/Television Edition Cults/Secret Societies

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween/Television Edition: Cults/Secret Societies

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 5 - Halloween Edition: Tourist Experience
October 12 - Halloween Edition: New Person (eg. new girlfriend, new stepfather, new colleague…etc)

October 19 - Halloween Edition: Workplace
October 26 - Halloween/Television Edition: Cults/Secret Societies

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Here are 3 that immediately came to mind.

The Clearing (2023)

Follows a woman who as a child was in a cult and now realises the leader of that cult may just be starting it up all over again. Set in Australia, this is based on a book that was inspired by a real cult in Australia. The story is sad and the atmosphere very creepy...the kids in the cult had had their hair dyed platinum blonde, wore preppy uniforms and they were soo brainwashed.

The Midnight Club (2022)

A group of terminally ill kids at a hospice, which apparently used to be the home of a cult, meet at midnight to tell scary stories...and spooky things do start to happen. Based on Christopher Pike's book. This was disappointing, so I'm not surprised it was not renewed for a second season. It's just not as emotional, scary or haunting as Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House. This was more like The Haunting of Bly Manor... very meh....

Archive 81 (2022) 

An archivist is hired to restore a collection of tapes and finds among them a journalist's tapes from the 90's on her investigation of a cult hidden in an apartment building in the city. Adapted from a podcast. Of my picks today this is the one I really enjoyed the most. It was very suspenseful and super creepy and I was very disappointed when it didn't get renewed since the last episode looked like it was setting itself up for a second season, plus the series had review well and got a lot of views...so my guess it was because of budget cuts after the pandemic. I suppose I would have to listen to the podcast to know if there is a proper conclusion. 

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Thursday Movie Picks #465: Halloween Edition - Workplace

Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share your movie picks each Thursday. The rules are simple: based on the theme of the week pick three to five movies and tell us why you picked them. For further details and the schedule visit the series main page here.

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween Edition - Workplace

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 5 - Halloween Edition: Tourist Experience
October 12 - Halloween Edition: New Person (eg. new girlfriend, new stepfather, new colleague…etc)

October 19 - Halloween Edition: Workplace
October 26 - Halloween/Television Edition: Cults/Secret Societies

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These workplaces are scary in itself because they're so isolated even without the alien creatures trying to get the characters.

Alien (1979)

Space - I only saw bits of the movie as a kid and it was scary. Hope to watch it in full one day.

The Thing (1982)

Antarctica - The shapeshifting element just heightened the paranoia and horror.

Underwater (2020)

Deep Underwater - The whole facility collapsing after an earthquake is just terrifying, then there are the creatures swimming around it trying to get to the surviving humans.

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