pop culture rundown 2013

This is inspired by the "best of" lists I've been seeing in my news feeds during the past couple of days. I actually can't believe I haven't done something similar (and regular) before.

Anyway, while I am still pondering on how my year was (i.e., while still trying to come up with a more serious blog post like the years past), in no particular order...



10 Best Films I've Seen In 2013:

• Despicable Me 2
• Frozen
• Iron Man 3
• Man of Steel
• Monster's University
• Now You See Me
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• The Wolverine
• Thor: The Dark World

Best Eye-Candy Films of 2013:

• Man of Steel
• Now You See Me

Eye-Candy Film I Apparently Should Have Watched:

• Pacific Rim

Films I Was Pleasantly Surprised With:

• Now You See Me
• On The Job
• One Direction: This Is Us
• Warm Bodies

Most Disappointing Films I've Seen in 2013:

• C.O.G.
• The Great Gatsby
• Tuhog

10 Best Songs of 2013:

• "#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel
• "Best Song Ever" - One Direction
• "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell
• "Burn" - Ellie Goulding
• "Everything Has Changed" - Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran
• "Heart Attack" - Demi Lovato
• "Just Give Me A Reason" - P!nk feat. Nate Reuss
• "Let It Go" - Demi Lovat (from Frozen OST)
• "Royals" - Lorde
• "Work Bxxch!" - Britney Spears

Best Unreleased Singles of 2013:

• "Pretty Hurts" - Beyonce
• "Swine" - Lady GaGa
• "Through the Dark" - One Direction
• "Walking on Air" - Katy Perry

Best Albums of 2013:

• ARTPOP - Lady GaGa
• Holding My Breath - Jon McLaughlin
• Midnight Memories - One Direction

Throwback Albums of 2013:

• 2.0 - 98 Degrees
• Roulette - Blue

Best TV Series (They Still Deliver!):

• Arrow
• Grimm
• Scandal
• Teen Wolf

Best Best New TV Series:

• Broadchurch
• Orphan Black

New TV Series I Was Pleasntly Surprised With:

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Sleepy Hollow
• Vicious

New TV Series That I Was (Slightly) Disappointed With:

• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Eye-Candiest TV Series:

• Teen Wolf

Best Books I've Read in 2013:

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Openly Straight - Bill Konigsberg

Books I Should've Finished in 2013:

• Bossypants - Tina Fey
• Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls - David Sedaris
• The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell - Chris Colfer
• Two Boys Kissing - David Levithan

Books I Got in 2013 But Haven't Read (Yet):

• A Once Crowded Sky - Tom King
• Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
• Elliot Alagash - Simon Rich
• Out of the Pocket - Bill Konigsberg
• Someday Someday Maybe - Lauren Graham
• The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbranth
• Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion