Saturday, August 31, 2019

Forrest, Mycah (TTh) I Love You, Now Die 100

I Love You, Now Die is a two-part documentary series following the trail case of Michelle Carter vs. Commonwealth. In July 2014, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III committed suicide in his car by carbon-monoxide intoxication. What seemed like an ordinary suicide case quickly took a turn for the worse when police officers found disturbing text messages from his girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Carter. The text messages showed that Michelle was encouraging Conrad to commit suicide. In July of 2017, a trial was set to determine if Michelle Carter could be held responsible for the suicide of Conrad Roy. This docuseries follows the trial by unveiling thousands of text messages over their two-year relationship together while bringing up deep-rooted questions about technology, young love, and free speech.
https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/i-love-you-now-die-the-commonwealth-v-michelle-carter

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Bayoumi, Nabil (TTh) Wayne 100

Wayne is a dark comedy-action series created by Shawn Simmons that premiered on January 16, 2019, on YouTube Premium. The series stars Mark McKenna and Ciara Bravo. Wayne is a socially awkward, bully of bullies, 16 year old kid from Brockton, Massachusetts. At a young age, Wayne's mother up and left with his father's prized '78 Trans Am. After his father's death, Wayne decides to track down the car with a two-stroke road bike knowing only a suspected city. On this redemptive mission to Florida, Wayne brings along his new friend Del, another rebellious-teen. Filled with a graphic high level of violence, it is Wayne and Del against the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFOtvHtyW8s

Rivera, Pedro (TTh) Legends of Chamberlain Heights 100

Legends of Chamberlain Heights is an animated, satirical comedy that focuses on the lives of three teenage basketball players who attend Michael Clarke Duncan High School. The characters Grover, Jamal, and Milk want to become legendary basketball players, but are not actually talented enough to do so. Throughout their quest to become legends, the characters encounter many hilarious situations that come along with being young teens who are focused on proving themselves to everyone around them. Although the show is a comedy, it touches on some serious topics such as the U.S. Civil War and racism, colorism, and gentrification. The show only ran for two seasons and is available to stream on Comedy Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpyUDuBlvI

Jaimes, Guillermo (TTh) HyperDrive 100

"HYPER DRIVE" is a Netflix original series that brings Fast & Furious, to life. Released on Aug 21st 2019.  The show is based in the United States & features all types of professional car drivers from around the world. In a competition to prove who is the best all around racer. The show features a strong celebrity panel of hosts, featuring UFC's Micheal Bisping, Top Gear's Rutledge Wood, Fox's Sports Mike Hill & last But not least Nascar's Lindsay Czarniak. Season one can be found on Netflix
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=saXM2VOBI0M

Alcocer, Hunter (TTh) Code Geass 100

The show takes place in the future where the the Holy Britannian Empire has taken over most of the world. Lelouch Lamperouge is a Britannian high school student in the Britannian conquered territory known as Area-11, formerly known as Japan. One day he gets caught in the crossfire of a skirmish between Britannian forces and a local resistance group. He sees the harm his country causes and gets the power that he feels will help him make the world a better place.
https://youtu.be/DR1d_Pm729o

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Garcia, Pablo(TTh) KonoSuba 100

KonoSuba follows the adventure of a teen that has chosen to go to a rpg like world instead of heaven or reincarnation. He is accompanied by a goddess that is more looks then brains . Throughout his adventure he soon realizes this world isn't what he thought out to be. Instead of fantasy adventures he is currently working labor jobs to afford the basic need. His Goddess partner Aqua is also useless as she can't really seem to do much useful task. He then sets out to find himself a group to help in doing difficult task for rewards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1AO7k2o78g

Neff, Victoria (TTh) Workin’ Moms 100

Workin' Moms is a show on Netflix about moms who join a mommy and me class and become quick friends. All the moms have jobs and their maternity leaves and coming to an end. The stress and challenges of returning to their jobs as new moms creates a hilarious bond between the mothers and follows them as they get their lives together.
https://youtu.be/gk1vKFcUxyU

Caballero, Victoria (MW) Love Island 100

Love Island is a UK based show with dramatic and comedy filled reality-show like series of hot young singles who come to look for love during the summer in Spain. The singles couple up after the week is over and must challenge each other to see with who they can seem themselves 'cracking on' with, and who they best get along with. During the week there are challenges that test the couples strength and commitment to one another as people get eliminate and more people join the show during the series. The couples destiny is relied on the vote of the viewers and the couples in the island with them. At the end, the winning couple will leave the island with 50,000 pounds.
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4770018/videoplayer/vi2962013209?ref_=vp_pl_2

Fontenot, Brandon (MW) Snowfall 100

Snowfall is a series that takes place in Los Angeles in 1983 when the cocaine epidemic began to take over the city. The show is broken up into 3 story lines. First, begins the life of a teenager named Franklin Saint who is a local drug dealer. Second, being a CIA operative named Teddy McDonald who works alongside a soldier named Alejandro Usteves. Third, is the work of a cocaine business within a crime family consisted of Lucia Villanueva, Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata (who was once a Mexican luchador) and lastly Pedro Nava who is Lucia's cousin. All 3 of these stories tie into each other somehow, but the overview is just how cocaine took over Los Angeles in the early 1980s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yCoLNmhJWM

Wright, DeJanee (TTh) The Society 100

The Society is an American mystery teen drama web television series created by Christopher Keyser. The show follows the story of a group of teenagers who must learn to run their town after all the adults mysteriously disappear. It transpires in a place called West Ham, Connecticut. The mystery begins when the students of the local high school return from a canceled field trip and find that everyone is gone. A forest appears surrounding the town and communication no longer works, making any attempt to leave or contact the outside world impossible. The teenagers must come up with their own rules to survive with limited resources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJzU-b5EU9c

Land, Sidnee (MW) No1 Ladies Detective Agency 100

The No1 Ladies Detective Agency is about a woman who opens her own detective agency in Botswana. After her father's death, sensible and cheerful, Mma Precious Ramotswe sells her inherited cattle and opens the country's only female-owned detective agency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxHoQOmYps

Ramirez, Matthew (MW) Fairy Tail 100

The world of Earth-land is home to numerous guilds where wizards apply their magic for paid job requests. Natsu Dragneel a dragon slayer wizard from the Fairy Tail guild, explores the Kingdom of Fiore in search of his missing adoptive father, the dragon Igneel. During his journey, he befriends a young celestial wizard named Lucy Heartfilia and invites her to join Fairy Tail. Lucy forms a team with Natsu and his cat-like Exceed partner, Happy which is joined by other guild members: Gray Fullbuster, an ice wizard; Erza Scarlet, a magical knight; and Wendy Marvell and Carla, another dragon slayer and Exceed duo. The team embark on numerous missions together, which include subduing criminals, illegal dark guilds, and ancient Etherious demons created by Zeref an
immortal dark wizard.
https://youtu.be/BaIWwk-sAlw
https://youtu.be/TQ682O66340

Turney, Morgan (TTh) Roswell New Mexico 100

"Roswell New Mexico" is a science fiction drama series on the CW, which first aired on January 15, 2019. This show follows Liz Ortecho (Jeanine Mason) as she returns to her hometown, Roswell, to work in her family's diner where she reunites with her high school crush Max Evans (Nathan Parsons). Liz soon discovers that Max, along with his sister Isobel Evans-Bracken (Lily Cowles) and life-long friend Michael Guerin (Michael Vlamis), is an alien with supernatural powers. This show is full of romance, drama, mystery, and sci-fi. Relationships are rekindled. The truth behind Liz's sister's death is solved. Government conspiracies and cover-ups about the 1947 alien UFO crash are uncovered. Season 1 can be found on Netflix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLCFPc90Ryg

Balfour, Sophia (TTh) Love Alarm 100

This new Netflix series just finished it's first season. It is a Koren drama that explores what a world would be like if everyone wore their heart on their sleeves, or on their phone. An app called "Love Alarm" connects to the user's heart, and if you get within10 meters of your crush then their phone will alarm. If your alarm goes off then someone has a crush on you. What starts off as an innocent way to connect people and tell someone you like them takes a turn for the worse. In Love Alarm we follow the story of
a girl named JoJo and learn of her past and her troubles in a complicated love triangle between her and two guys that are best friends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXTfzaLmiQ

Garica, Yvette (TTh) The Righteous Gemstones 100

Danny McBride has done it again! You may know him best for his role in "East Bound and Down," or as the guy who ruins everything in "This Is the End." McBride not only produced the series but also created it with pal David Green. The show follows the "Gemstones" as they lead a multitude of people to salvation. The HBO series follows the similarities to super churches that we see in large venues such as arenas. McBride is from the south and comes from a family that works in the ministry. In a recent podcast with Dax Shepard, McBride speaks of how he wanted to make something that would relate to those family members. Some have been hesitant to watch because of fear that it's mocking religion. McBride would beg to differ. He insists that he is in no way making fun of the religion, only shedding light on the hypocrisy that can come with money and fame. By the end of episode 1, the series takes a dark turn and by episode 2, you will think to yourself, "NO FREAKING WAY!" As of right now, there are only 2 episodes. You can stream on HBO GO, NOW, or standard HBO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS89h7P_nZ8

Johnson, Berkli (MW) Love, Death and Robots 100

Created by Tim Miller, Love, Death and Robots is an animated series of short stories. The series is a Netflix original that premiered in March 2019 and features stories in genres like horror, comedy, and fantasy. Love, Death and Robots has shocking twists, terrifying creatures and some NSFW scenes. The episodes are fast-paced and short but action packed all centered around the themes of love, death, and robots.
https://youtu.be/wUFwunMKa4E

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Shi, Tiger (MW) If You Are the One 100

"If You Are the One" is a Chinese dating game show series based in Nanjing, China. Airing since 2010 on Jiangsu Television, and revised in 2017, the show gained popularity alongside a movie of the same title. The goal of this show is to help 24 single women find their match by standing behind a podium with blue lights with one man who will appear as the main star. It is similar to The Bachelor but the contestants might get a match with the single man on-site and not through rose ceremonies. If a woman declines the man, she will hit a button that will turn her light red, signaling a rejection. If all 24 women rejected him, he will leave without a date. The bachelor will communicate with 24 contestants and three hosts through three autobiography videos he submitted beforehand. There are no seasons for this show but it produced over 600 episodes so far. The current main host is Meng Fei with two hosts currently hiring. If a couple do match, there is a reward given by the hosts; usually a vacation package or luxurious items.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmz-zydQ7o

Fleming, Meagan (TTh) H2O, Just Add Water 100

This show first premiered in July 2006. It ended up having three seasons with a total or 78 episodes. It starred three teenage Australian girls, Rikki Chadwick, Emma Gilbert, and Cleo Sertori who find themselves stranded on Mako Island. They end up wandering into a mysterious pool of water just as the full moon passes over. They all stare into the moon and without them knowing, magical things happen. They soon are rescued and return to their normal lives, but soon figure out that their lives are completely changed. They soon discover that ten second after coming into contact with water, they turn into mermaids! The show covers them figuring out how to live with their new lives, while also keeping it a secret from everyone. Exciting and interesting times are in store for these three! 
You can find all of these episodes on Netflix. 

Dugdale, Samantha (TTH) Shrill 100

Shrill follows Annie, described as an overweight young woman who wants
to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to make it as a journalist while juggling bad boyfriends, sick parents and a perfectionist boss, while the world around her deems her not good enough because of her weight. She starts to realize that she's as good as anyone else, and acts on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyUr_-jxWZA

Beller, Madilyn (MW) The Widow 100

The Widow follows the life of Georgia Wells (played by Kate Beckinsale) after she learns that her husband, Will (Matthew Le Nevez), has died in a plane crash on the way to the Congo three years prior. After secluding herself in Wales, she discovers who she believes is Will in the background of a news report taking place in the Congo. Determined to prove that Will is still alive, she travels to the Congo despite the dangers she could possibly face. After her arrival, the mystery of what happened to Will begins
to unravel.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=90-Ze-ZHnU0