Movies, shows, seasons, and episodes I plan to watch.
My favorite TV shows and movies.
Movies and shows that consistently and prominently feature LGBTQIA+ characters living their best lives. Though the movie/show may deal with difficult themes, they're on this list because they ultimately spark joy, and give their queer characters a happy ending. No tragedies here!
The 100 scariest things I've ever seen. Movies, TV shows, episodes, music videos.
This list took 28 years to make, and I still rearrange it and update it from time to time. You may wonder why some of them are there. But when I watched them, however old I was, I was affected by them. Scared. Disturbed. Changed.
Ranked in order of scariness (#1 is the scariest).
A classic sitcom from the 80s/early 90s that, unfortunately, not enough of our generation have seen. It stars Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty as four mature ladies living in Miami. They constantly roast each other but, in typical sitcom style, constantly show each other how much they care for each other.
Quite ground-breaking for its time, it touched on issues that fewer other sitcoms did. These included addiction, HIV, homosexuality and menopause, to name a few. It tackled all these subjects and more in a sensitive yet hilarious fashion, and the writing featured was always second to none. Even though the plots may have gone a little wild sometimes, the one-liners and their delivery by the leading ladies was nothing short of hysterical.
So, I have listed what I believe are the ten best episodes of the show. There are 180 to choose from, so it was a pretty tough list, and I'm sure I've missed off some absolute corkers. Nonetheless, they're all fantastic in their own way, and they show just how cool growing older can be, and how funny too.
While it was once quite a niche and unusual method of filmmaking, found footage films are now released in abundance, with several usually hitting cinema screens each year. The majority are confined to the horror genre but, as you can see from this list, the boundaries are broadening. Bigger budgets, better visual effects and greater interest amongst audiences allow for far more realistic "footage", as disaster movies, monster movies and sci-fi films have all used the plot device.
As a huge horror fan, I discovered the genre quite early on in my youth, and have loved it ever since. Below is a list of the ten best found footage films that I have seen.
When Doctor Who was revived back in 2005, it was with writer Russell T. Davies running the show. And, frankly, it was some of the best television I had ever watched. I'd never really been into much sci-fi, and I'd never watched any of the classic series, but with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, I was drawn to it. I felt like I'd finally been invited into the world of science fiction geekism. And I was very comfortable there.
The writing of Russell T. Davies was astonishing. For its aptitude, its self-deprecation, its emotion and its wit, Doctor Who became one of the best television shows on air. Sadly, when his last episode aired in 2010, I felt that the show changed. I'm not saying Steven Moffat is terrible, but I certainly don't feel the same affection for the show as I once did.
So, below is a list of what I consider the ten greatest Doctor Who stories told under Davies' reign, from 2005 until 2010. To clarify, they don't necessarily need to have been written by Davies himself, but they need to have aired while he was showrunner. I have also counted two/three-parters as one story, earning them one place on this list.
A so-called "bottle episode" of a TV show refers to an episode that features a minimal number of characters, and are usually set in only one location. Sometimes, these episodes are also set in real time, taking on the effect of stage plays. As such, they are more commonly found in sitcoms, but dramas and various other genres have been seen to use the format to their advantage.
Though some may criticise them for their slow pace or lack of action, I've always been a fan of such episodes. They allow for more in-depth character development, and provide a great opportunity for the actors to showcase their skills.
Below is a list of the ten best bottle episodes of television shows that I've seen.
Monsters. Creatures. Undead. Walkers. Stenches. Twitchers. Infected. And the most commonly overused in film and television today - “one of those things”. Zombies have been around for decades, in many different formats, colours, speeds, costumes and mind-sets. Nowadays, there’s a zombie for every occasion.
I've always loved horror, and the zombie sub-genre is probably my favourite. So, what is it about zombies that fascinated me so much? I think it was the post-apocalyptic settings, for one. Maybe, as a lonely teenager, I empathised with these lonely characters, struggling to keep their heads atop a sea of humanoid monsters. Or maybe I was just morbid, as I couldn’t help but replay those beautifully gory scenes over and over again. Either way, I think zombies are awesome. However, their impact on audiences have come, gone, and returned without much notice. Once terrifying, they transcended into a joke, and back again.
So, for this list, I've considered any zombie film or mini-series that I would consider to be the greatest of all. (So sadly, that excludes any ongoing TV series, meaning The Walking Dead will have to wait for its own list.) All unique and self-contained, they offer an insight into society's collapse following the transformation of humanity into something altogether different, and usually ferociously violent.
In no particular order, below is a list of the greatest performances by an actor in a TV show that I've ever seen.
