Films

5 Movies or TV Series to Watch or Not Watch

Mark Hake
5 min readOct 7, 2021

These 10 recent shows/series may be worth your time unless I say not

I watch a lot of movies and TV series, both online and in the theatre. Why? I do this while I write at home, which is all day, every day.

I usually write about stocks, cryptos, investing, and finance. But, occasionally, I write about movies and TV. Here is my last article, “The Comforting Solace of Grief Depression Movies.”

I decided to put together a list of 5 movies or series that are fairly recent that I either liked (with 2 runner-ups) and 5 I did not, with some short reasons why. Keep in mind these are mostly guy movies. I will do a follow-up on girl movies that a guy could watch.

Here they are:

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels

To Watch:

  • Maid — New series on Netflix — Surprisingly, it’s pretty good, even for me, a guy who likes action movies, and some romcoms. At least it captured my attention. It’s not as addicting as Ozark, of course (which, by the way, is coming out with a fourth season in 2022). But, I love watching how the Maid (Margaret Qualley) handles deep, crushing crises in her life. I…

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Mark Hake

CFA, MBA, and former hedge fund manager and investment research firm owner. Email me at mrhake@gmail.com if you have writing/research projects.