Thursday Movie Picks #442: TMP Television Edition - Amnesiacs

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

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I'm picking the first three series that came to mind. Also drop by my blog Sunday night, I’ll be posting the final 2023 schedule.

 

The Sinner (2017 - 2021)

In season one, a woman fatally stabs a man while at the beach with her family, without knowing why. This is an anthology series with each season a new crime is investigated by the main detective character. There’s a memory loss element in the first season, where the accused suffered some missing months in her early 20s causing her to have a violent physical reaction to the victim in the present day. The series presents its stories in a very eerie haunting manner though it is not always consistently good I think; I prefer only the first and fourth season.

 

Tabula Rasa (2017)

A woman suffering from amnesia is involuntarily committed to a mental institution when she becomes a key figure in the disappearance of a local man that she doesn't even remember she knows due to her condition. Out of my three picks today, I like this Belgian limited series the best. It’s a slow burn as it slowly reveals what actually happened and the extent of the main character’s amnesia. To me, Tabula Rasa is a little like a mash up of Shutter Island, The Orphanage and Before I Go to Sleep, so if you like them, check this out.

Surface (2022 - )

A woman suffers complete memory loss after what she is told was a failed suicide attempt by jumping off a ferry. This is a mystery, unfortunately not much of a big mystery in the end, it just went round and round but it did look pretty though. So a bit disappointing. It is a getting a second season. The first season covers the main character’s most recent past, while the second season it seems from how the last episode ended will go further back in time to when she was in London, before she emigrated to the US. 

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #441: Winter Sports

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Winter Sports

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This is coming in late, so it’ll be a quick one. I am picking my most recent watches.

Mystery, Alaska (2006)

Ice Hockey. This is a nice little sports drama (though a little forgettable) about a small town community hockey team that gets a lot of attention I think because they play on a naturally forming ice rink…it was a frozen lake or pond.

Eddie the Eagle (2015)
Ski Jumping. I didn’t enjoy this film. I thought it was fairly boring.

I, Tonya (2017)

Ice Skating. This is the movie today that I really like and it was such a surprise. It’s a sports drama biopic with some mockumentary elements and dark humor.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #440: Movies with Flowers/Plants in the Title

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Movies with Flowers/Plants in the Title

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This theme is suggested by Brittani. This is quite an easy one, there are plenty of movies I've seen. I'm picking the ones that were disappointments.

The Black Dahlia (2006)

I remember there was a lot of hype with this movie because of the cast, director and it is based off a real unsolved crime. I think it was trying to be noir-ish and also some kind erotic drama/thriller but ultimately it all fell flat and didn't get good reviews.

La Vie en Rose (2007)
Yes it won an Oscar for best actress, but I did not like it. It was so dreary and boring.

Violet & Daisy (2011)

Two flowers! I think Saoirse Ronan is a good actress and had been looking forward to this and had thought it could be a mix of Hanna and The Professional. Nope...it was boring and Alexis Bledel was too old to play a teen.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #439: Retro Chic (Movies set in the present day but has a retro look)

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Retro Chic (Movies set in the present day but has a retro look)

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I had initially wanted to pick Wes Anderson's films, but it was hard to tell if they were ever set in the present day, because everyone wore retro costumes and I can't remember if they ever featured present day tech gadgets, which kind of signaled the movies were set in some undetermined past. Anyway I'm picking the ones I like.

Nancy Drew (2007)

I don't remember the plot, but I had thought it was charming that while Nancy is a present day teen who uses tech gadgets in her sleuthing, she, her father and Ned all dress like they're out of time, from a different decade.

Stoker (2013)

I really like this one. India and her whole family their whole lifestyle seem like from a different period.  It's only, I think, when she goes to school that we realise how out of time and weird they all are.

Dope (2015)

I don't even really like hip hop but I thought this was quite a fun movie following the adventures of a geeky teen and his friends, during their senior year of high school, who all like 90's hip hop culture and dresses like they are from that decade.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #438: Combat Sports

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Combat Sports

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This is going to be short since it's been some time since I've seen these movies and I can't remember enough to say a whole lot. I'm picking the ones I like.

Warrior (2011)

I think I was rooting for Edgerton's character because he competed to financially support his family while Hardy's character is just soo broody.

Win Win (2011)

I really enjoyed this heartwarming gem of a dramedy.

Here Comes the Boom (2012)

I remember being surprised to have enjoyed this. It was funny and rather sweet. 

 

Southpaw (2015)

Lots of drama. Gyllenhaal and the child actress were good as father and daughter.

 

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