Saurus’s 2020 Content Round-Up

 Here’s the (best of the) content that got me through 2020: 

*New = released in 2020. Old = released prior to 2020 (but new to me).

1. New TV:

1. Normal People on Hulu: very good acting. Be prepared to weep if you have not yet found your soulmate (lol jk soulmates don’t exist... I’m not bitter at all).

2. Never Have I Ever on Netflix: much laughter, much cry

3. The Babysitters’ Club on Netflix: so wholesome, so much better clothes than I wore as a preteen

2. Old TV: 

1. Anne with an E (S2 & S3) on Netflix: much lighter than the very bleak S1. I ship Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe (my childhood literary OTP)!

2. Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Hulu: A police show shouldn’t be allowed to be this funny, romantic, and generally delightful.

3. Psych on Amazon Prime: This is when “stupid” is a compliment because the main detective duo Shawn and Gus are so stupid yet so funny.

3. New music: 

1. Pop albums including: Fine Line by Harry Styles (this came out in Dec 2019 so I'm counting it as 2020); Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa; and Positions by Ariana Grande.

2. The Prelude by Pink Sweat$. Every song on this EP is a banger. I’m especially in love with “17” and “At My Worst” which are both beautiful slow songs.

3. All the hits of TikTok including Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, and “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd which is good for running around in my bedroom while flailing my arms and calling it "exercise." Actually most of After Hours by The Weeknd is pretty good.

4. Old music: 

1. Ctrl by SZA. It’s so good ughhh

2. Happiness Begins by the Jonas Brothers. It is JOYFUL, okay

3. I fully became a stan of a bunch of pop stars this year, including Ariana Grande, Alessia Cara, Camila Cabello, and Kehlani. Not sorry.

5. New movies (I only watched 8 movies released in 2020 so there’s not a lot to pick from): 

1. Genuinely great: The Old Guard on Netflix 

2. Charming cast but kinda questionable plot: 

1. Palm Springs on Hulu - funny white people falling in love 

2. The Lovebirds on Netflix - very funny people of color re-falling in love

3. To All The Boys 2 on Netflix - John Ambrose deserved more!! Sorry for the spoiler.

3. Yay for LGBT representation but I was disappointed these weren’t actual rom-coms:

1. The Half of It on Netflix - so high school emo tbh

2. Happiest Season on Hulu - Kristen Stewart should have ended up with Aubrey Plaza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for another spoiler.

6. Old movies: 

1. 80s-90s Julia Roberts: Pretty Woman, Mystic Pizza, Steel Magnolias

2. The one and only Cher: Moonstruck, Mermaids… still need to watch The Witches of Eastwick

3. Legit old Cary Grant movies: His Girl Friday, To Catch A Thief, Charade

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