This Week’s Binge | October 2021
Here’s a review of all the entertainment I binged in October 2021.
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Watch | Series
Maid
Netflix
Maid gives a look inside the complexities of domestic violence and how hard it can be to break the cycle.
Andie McDowell gives a great performance as her daughter’s (in real life and the limited series) mother. But, her daughter, Margaret Qualley is the real star giving a painstakingly realistic view of why it takes, on average, seven times to successfully leave a domestic violence situation.
It’s a heavy, heavy topic but really eye-opening.
I am: Entertained
Midnight Mass
Netflix
I wasn’t sure what to expect going into Midnight Mass, but it seemed spooky and I was in the mood for something since Halloween was looming.
The limited series has a central theme of religion, which is no surprise considering the title, but honestly, I would say this is more of a horror series.
It takes place on a little fishing island in the U.S. where everyone knows everyone else and there is a church on every corner. When some odd things start to happen, people start to ask questions.
I am: Entertained
Watch | Movies
Dune
HBO Max
On HBO Max through November 21st, Dune is as Sci-Fi as it gets. And that’s not my typical genre, but Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are in it, so here we are.
Based on a book from the 1960’s, this is the first of a two-part movie series (although I’m sure if super successful it could have the opportunity to expand).
If you like Star Wars, you’ll probably like Dune. And if not, then I would skip. Are they exactly the same? No. But they take place in a different world and time and they are fighting over who will rule. So yeah, it’s similar in that way.
I am: Entertained
Read | Books
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Trigger Warning: Suicide
The Midnight Library is like sliding doors, where the main character gets to see what different versions of their lives are like.
Stuck between the here and the afterlife, The Midnight Library is a library that is full of books of one’s story. And that person can go through as many books as they’d like and experience all those different versions. How interesting is that?!?
I thought it was very entertaining from a reader’s perspective, but what was surprising is I also found myself thinking about my own life. And if different versions of me are possible, then I can pretty much be whoever I want to be. And there is comfort, and power, in that realization. A little woo-woo coming out.
I am: Entertained
The Last Flight
Julie Clark
Two women cross paths in an airport, both desperate to go completely off the grid. When one of their flights goes down in a tragic airplane accident, secrets become revealed.
The Last Flight reminds me a little of the great 90s movie, Sleeping with the Enemy. When Julia Roberts’ character gets everyone to think she is dead but starts a life as someone else.
I am: Entertained
What Else I Binged…
Here’s a quick review of what else I binged this month
- The Vanishing Half | Biracial twins go their separate ways and one lives life as a black woman, one lives life as a white woman; held my interest and thought-provoking | Entertained
- You | The third season of the, somewhat campy, thriller series has a different dynamic when Joe is in the suburbs with a wife and child | Entertained
- The Way Down | A limited series about a present-day cult born from weight loss and religion, it gets very dark | Obsessed
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