This Week’s Binge 8.28.20

This week I finished I May Destroy You and I was entertained, but not obsessed the way I was after binging the first few episodes.  It is kind of hard to keep up with the energy of a show when you can’t binge though, that’s just me.  I started a new HBO docuseries, The Vow, and I am hooked.  It’s about the Nxivm…cult?  Probably some legal thing there where I’m supposed to call it a group, but c’est la vie.  Anyway, self-empowerment groups fascinate me…how people get sucked in and how they find their way how.  So interesting.

Watch | Series

Love on the Spectrum

Netflix

I held off on watching this docuseries about Australian young adults on the autism spectrum searching for love because I thought it would be sad or upsetting.  It’s not.  It’s the exact opposite.

Love on the Spectrum is filled with joy and hope.  It gives a closer look into the daily lives of people with autism spectrum disorder.  Dating is hard and awkward for anyone, so I feel for the people featured in the show.

The creators of this series did a fantastic job.  It is heartwarming, and innocent and sweet.

I am: Obsessed

Watch | Movies

Villains

Hulu

Full transparency, I started watching this movie three margaritas in.  I was very confused off the bat because I thought Alexander Skarsgard was in this and I kept waiting for him to show up…um, no.  It’s Bill Skarsgard.  Big difference.

I hadn’t heard about this film but someone, who I usually have similar entertainment taste with, recommended it.  It’s about a pair of people who break into a house but then are caught by the homeowners who are worse the the amateur burglars.  I get what they were trying to do here, be clever and shocking with the plot.  It’s just that it wasn’t.  I’ve seen a version of this too many times before…Misery, Get Out, Parasite…and all done infinitely better.

I am: Annoyed