Kiss Those Rainy Day Blues Goodbye

Rain, traffic, cancelled plans and water logged roads, are just a few of the things that will factor into your plans this monsoon. As the direction of the winds change, so should our outlook of the season. It’s time to cozy up with a hot cup of cocoa, stay dry and warm indoors while you enjoy watching some of your favorite shows and movies. Here are a few genre based recommendations to drive away those rainy day blues:

If you love the thrill of adrenaline pumping through your veins, binge on these action thrillers this monsoon:

Bloodline

Bloodline is centered on a close-knit family of four adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home.The writing trio settled on the theme of family as they tried to determine what their next project would look like.

Iron Fist

Danny Rand returns to New York City, after being presumed dead for 15 years, to reclaim his family company from Harold Meachum and his children Ward Meachum and Joy Meachum. When a threat emerges, Rand must choose between his family’s legacy and his duties as the Iron Fist.

True Memoirs of an International Spy

Sam Larson is a lonely accountant who plans to publish a fictional novel, Memoirs of an International Assassin, which is about an assassin who goes about murdering people for money, but is having trouble with his ending, especially the signature line his main character says at the end of the book.

Here are a few suggestions that are bound to make your blood run cold:

I am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Retired horror author Iris Blum suffers from dementia and lives in a remote New England house built in the early 19th century. Ms. Blum’s estate manager Mr. Waxcap hires live-in nurse Lily Saylor to care for her. In a voice-over Lily explains that she just turned 28 years old, and that she will never reach 29 years old.

Clinical

After being traumatized when a patient violently attacks her, a psychiatrist tries to repair her life by helping a new patient who has his own terrifying history.

Santa Clarita Diet

Santa Clarita Diet is an American horror-comedy web television series. Married couple Sheila and Joel are real estate agents in Santa Clarita, California.The couple’s lives take a dark turn after Sheila goes through a transformation – becoming a zombie who feeds on human flesh.

Laugh until you cry with these shows:

The Ranch

Set in present day on a Colorado ranch, this multi-camera comedy series follows Colt’s return home after a brief and failed semi- pro football career to run the family ranching business with his older brother Jameson “Rooster” and father Beau, whom he hasn’t seen in 15 years. Winger stars as Colt’s and Rooster’s mother, Maggie, who runs the local town bar.

Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie are two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an uncertain future together and discover a new definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way.

Brooklyn Nine Nine

Detective Jake Peralta is a good enough cop that he’s never had to work that hard or follow the rules too closely. Perhaps because he has the best arrest record among his colleagues, he’s been enabled – if not indulged – throughout his entire career. That is, until the precinct gets a new commanding officer, Captain Ray Holt, who reminds this hotshot cop to respect the badge.

These shows will keep the whole family engaged and entertained:

Fuller House

In a continuation of Full House (1987), D.J. Fuller is a mother of three young boys and is a recent widow. D.J.’s sister Stephanie, her best friend Kimmy and Kimmy’s teenage daughter all move in to help raise her sons. The house is now a lot fuller.

Anne with an “E”

In Anne’s eyes, everything has a wonderful story and some deeper significance, and “Anne with an E” gives her landscape a little of that fantasy. It’s an adaptation that looks back on a childhood story with adult eyes, to interpret more than just the lines on the page.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

When a mysterious fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire children are placed into the care of their distant relative Count Olaf, an actor who is determined to claim the family fortune for himself. Following Olaf’s failed attempt, the Baudelaires set out to elude Olaf and uncover the mystery behind a secret society from their parents’ past.