The iTunes team at Apple has put together three new lists of movies, TV shows, and books carefully crafted to appeal to the pop-culture enthusiasts, #millennials, and tech-obsessed in our lives. Whether you want to count down the days of Hanukah, last minute Christmas gifts, or simply need to to curl up with a hot beverage and some cool entertainment, there's a ton of great stuff here to suit every taste. So, what made the lists?
Pop-culture junkies
- Movies: 20,000 Days on Earth, Obvious Child, Bad Turn Worse, The Skeleton Twins, The Heart Machine
- TV: Breaking Bad The Complete Series with a Feature-Length Documentary (iTunes Exclusive); How to Get Away with Murder; The Walking Dead, Season 5; Sons Of Anarchy, Final Season; Girls, Season 3
- iBooks: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon, Foxcatcher by Mark Schultz, The Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen, A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson
Millennials
- Movies: Begin Again, Wish I Was Here, What If, The Giver, Camp X Ray
- TV: Broad City, Season 1; Pretty Little Liars, Season 5; The Flash, Season 1; The 100, Season 2; Teen Wolf, Season 4
- iBooks: Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham, Yes Please by Amy Poehler, Vicious by Sara Shepard, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, What If? by Randall Munroe
Gadget geeks
- Movies: The Zero Theorem; I, Origins; Boyhood; Young Ones; Her
- TV: Game of Thrones Digital Box Set, Seasons 1-3; Silicon Valley Season 1; Orphan Black Box Set, Seasons 1 & 2; Doctor Who, Season 8; Gotham, Season 1
- iBooks: The Peripheral by William Gibson, Halo: Broken Circle by John Shirley, The World of Ice & Fire by George R.R. Martin, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Strategy Guide
Typically, when my family comes to town for the holidays, after we've watched Die Hard, Elf, and the rest of the classics, we turn to iTunes for things we haven't seen before. More than a few of the things on this list have already made that list for me and mine. If there's anything you recommend for your pops, millennials, and geeks, let me know!
