Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Type of Movie that Just Need to be Experienced on the Big Screen with Great Sound System

After finding out there would be another movie in this franchise, I was obviously excited to see it, especially when I saw its trailer. I wanted to experience this in a studio with Dolby Atmos system on the weekend to avoid the tired feeling after working on weekday. So my wife and I went to one of our favorite cinemas with such sound effect to see the film. OK, let's get into it now.

Brief Story Line

Few years after the events of Godzilla vs Kong, Kong was now living by himself in the Hollow Earth trying to search for possible others like him, while Godzilla remained on the surface to protect the humans against Titans. When a signal seemed to be coming from down below, Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall - Tales from the Loop TV series, Resurrection etc) the researcher in Monarch decided to investigate further. She was accompanied by the veterinarian Trapper (Dan Stevens - The Rental, Beauty and the Beast live version etc), security head Mikael (Alex Ferns - Eastenders TV series etc), podcaster Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry - Class of '09 mini series, Bullet Train etc) and her young daughter Jia (Kaylee Hottle).

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - A More Family Friendly Sequel with Emphasis on Humor in this Beloved Franchise

This movie was released more than a week ago but my wife and I were unable to see it as we went on short vacation trip. So we only got the chance yesterday during public holiday and saw it in the theater near our home. All right then, let's get to it. 

Brief Story Line

Two years after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Gary Grooberson (Paul Rudd - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Ant-man and the Wasp etc), Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon - The Gilded Age TV series, Gone Girl etc) and her children Trevor (Finn Wolfhard - It, Carmen Sandiego TV series etc) & Phoebe (McKenna Grace - Crater, The Bad Seed etc) had moved to New York and lived in the previous location the original Ghostbusters stayed in. They continued working on catching ghosts in the city, though their activities would have adverse impact and were disapproved by the Mayor, Walter Peck (William Atherton - Die Hard, Die Hard 2 etc). 

(TV SERIES) 3 Body Problem Season 1 - Interesting Sci-fi Drama Series Based on Award Winning Chinese Novel

It has been a while since I updated my blog as between the four days holiday last week and heavy work load in the past few days, I was too busy and did not have the chance to write anything. But today, I finally had a bit of time, so I decided to write on this latest Netflix original series that I just finished last night.  OK, here's more on it.

Brief Story Line

When some scientists committed suicide without apparent reasons, Clarence (Benedict Wong - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Gemini Man etc) who worked for Strategic Intelligence Agency under Thomas Wade (Liam Cunningham - Way Down etc) was looking into the cases. His investigation led him to a group of briliant scientists that consisted of Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo - To Catch A Killer  etc), Jin Cheng (Jess Hong - The Brokenwood Mysteries etc), Auggie Salazar (Eiza Gonzales - Ambulance etc), Jack Rooney (John Bradley - Game of Thrones TV series etc) and Will Downing (Alex Sharp - The Trial of the Chicago 7 etc). They all used to work together assisting genius physicist Vera Ye (Vedette Lim) and were quite close with her mother Ye Wenjie (Rosalind Chao - The Joy Luck Club etc).

(TV SERIES) Death and Other Details Season 1 - Another Whodunit Series but With More Complexities

I have been meaning to watch this series ever since it came to my attention few weeks ago on Disney+. By my calculation, it should finish by mid of March, so I was kind of surprised when I checked three days ago that it was already completed in the first week. Apparently the final 2 episodes were released on the same day. Anyway I immediately started watching on Saturday and finished it yesterday. OK, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Imogene Scott (Violett Beane - Truth or Dare, God Friended Me TV series etc) had been living with the wealthy Collier family for 18 years and was best friend with their daughter Anna (Lauren Patten - Blue Blood TV series etc). The whole family that consisted of Lawrence Collier (David Marshall Grant - The Devil Wears Prada etc), his wife Katherine (Jayne Atkinson - House of Cards TV series etc), their son Tripp (Jack Cutmore-Scott - Deception TV series etc), Anna's wife Leila (Pardis Seremi) and including Anna and Imogene went on a cruise to the Mediterranean to celebrate Lawrence's retirement. Some of the notable guests were obnoxious US businessman Keith (Michael Gladis - Mad Men TV series etc), Governor Alexandra (Tamberla Perry - They Cloned Tyrone etc), Father Toby (Danny Johnson) and the Chun family from Shanghai who were planning to merge their business with Collier.  

Exhuma - A Very Successful South Korean Horror Movie that Might not Satisfy Horror Buff

As we are not major fans of horror movies, my wife and I did not consider seeing this one in the theaters. But when it apparently did great box office numbers in Indonesia and still playing in numerous cinemas even after 1.5 months, we finally decided to give it a try yesterday. So how was it then? Let's find out more, shall we?

Brief Story Line

A well known shaman named Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun - Yumi's Cells TV series, Tune in For Love etc) and her partner Bong-gil (Lee Do-hyun - Death's Game TV series, The Glory TV series etc) were requested by a wealthy Korean American Mr. Park (Kim Jae-cheol - The King's Affection TV series etc) to help lift curse on his family. Hwa-rim sensed that the family was haunted by their ancestor from his grave.

(TV SERIES) Death's Game - An Entertaining Fantasy Series with Interesting Premise

Although this series had been available on Prime Video for few months, I only started watching it three weeks ago after my wife heavily recommended it as she believed I would have liked it. Since I was concentrating on writing my views of newer movies and series earlier, I just got the chance on doing a post on this now. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Choi Yi-jae (Seo In-guk - Project Wolf Hunting, Doom at Your Service TV series etc) was a young man who had been really frustrated after failing to get proper jobs for the past 7 years. The situation was worsened as his girlfriend Lee Ji-su (Go Youn-jung - Moving  TV series, Law School TV series etc) was more successful. Although Yi-jae's mother (Kim Mi-kyung - Switch, Welcome to Samdal-ri TV series etc) was always supportive, he still felt depressed and decided to end his life.

24 Jam Bersama Gaspar - Not the Kind of Gritty Entertaining Movie for Casual Audience

Once again another new Indonesian movie was shown on Netflix which was never released in the cinemas. With a famous actor as the lead cast, I was obviously interested in watching it. So when it was available yesterday, I immediately gave it a try. OK, I will get on the movie now.

Brief Story Line (warning possible spoiler)

Story was set few decades in the future with a large gap between rich and poor and the impoverished had to live for scraps. Gaspar (Reza Rahadian - Berbalas Kejam, Benyamin Biang Kerok etc) was a detective who had been trying to locate his missing childhood friend for years. His investigation led him to Mrs. Yati (Dewi Irawan - Tabula Rasa, Sang Penari etc) and later a gold store owner named Wan Ali (Iswadi Pratama). Gaspar was also obsessed in a mysterious black box which happened to be inside Wan Ali's store. 

(TV SERIES) The Gentlemen Season 1 - An Entertaining Spin Off from the Well Executed Movie by Guy Ritchie

This series was shown in the coming soon section in Netflix for quite a while and I was intrigued as it reminded me of a movie that I had seen few years ago. Apparently it was indeed based on that film, which made me interested in giving it a try. So I started watching the series few days after its release and managed to finish it last night. All right, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Edward Horniman (Theo James - The Time Traveler's Wife TV series, Divergent movies etc) was called back home due to the poor health condition of his father, Duke Archibald Horniman (Edward Fox - The Day of the Jackal etc). He reunited with his older brother Frederick (Daniel Ings - Instinct TV series etc), younger sister Charlotte (Jasmine Blackborrow - Marie Antoinette TV series etc), their mother Lady Sabrina (Joely Richardson - The Sandman TV series, Endless Love 2014 remake etc) and the groundskeeper Geoffrey (Vinnie Jones - Snatch, X-Men: The Last Stand etc). When the Duke ultimately passed away and the will was read, to everyone's surprise, the whole estate and title was given to Edward which did not go well with Frederick. 

Ricky Stanicky - A Comedy that Would Have Been More Fun if it did not Get too Serious and with Shorter Duration

One of the new movies that was released last week was this comedy that I thought had an interesting plot. But as I had to work late that day and going for holiday during the weekend, I only got the chance to watch it on Prime Video yesterday. All right then, let's get to it.

Brief Story Line

Three best friends Dean (Zac Efron - Scoob!, Neighbors etc), Wes (Jermaine Fowler - Coming 2 America etc) and JT (Andrew Santino - Dave TV series etc) had been using the name Ricky Stanicky which they created since childhood as their scapegoat for the past twenty years whenever they ran into trouble. Dean's girlfriend Erin (Lexi Scott Davis - Sweet Girl etc) and JT's wife Susan (Anja Savcic) had heard about Ricky many times as the best friend whom they never met.

(2024) Damsel - A Fairy Tale with a Twist that would be More Satisfying with More Adventures

There were so many options to choose on various streaming platforms this week that I had a bit of difficulty in deciding what to see first. Ultimately I opted to go with this film as I thought it had an interesting premise. OK then, I will get right with it.

Brief Story Line

Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown - Enola Holmes 2, Godzilla 2: King of Monsters etc), the daughter of Lord Bayford (Ray Winstone - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Black Widow etc) was arranged for marriage with Prince Henry (Nick Robinson - The 5th Wave etc), the son of Queen Isabelle (Robin Wright - Blade Runner 2049, Wonder Woman 1984 etc) from Kingdom Aurea. Despite her reluctance, Elodie decided to accept the arrangement even though she did not know and love the prince as it would help their people. 

Kung Fu Panda 4 - Though it Still Had Some of the Charm, but This Latest Installment did not Feel Like the Best in the Series

I saw the trailer to this movie a couple of weeks ago in the theater and thought it looked funny and was looking forward to see it. I was quite surprised when I found out that before it was shown in the US, the Indonesian cinema chains already provided a special show on Sunday noon and once every day till its wide release on this Wednesday. Since my wife and I were not having anything urgent to do, we decided to see this in one of the studios that played the movie yesterday. All right, I'll get right to it then.

Brief Story Line

After years of becoming Dragon Warrior, Po (Jack Black - The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle etc) was told by his Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman - Meet the Fockers, Finding Neverland etc) that he would elevate and become the next Spiritual Master like Oogway and must find his successor. But Po was not keen on the new title and preferred to remain as warrior where he could fight against villains. So when he came across a fox thief called Zhen (Awkwafina - Migration, Crazy Rich Asians etc) who told him about latest threat in the form of sorceress Chameleon (Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder TV series, The Woman King etc), Po immediately embarked on a journey to fight against her. 

Dune: Part Two - Still Showing Breath Taking Scenes and Wonderful Story Telling that Left Us Expecting More to Provide Proper Conclusion

This was a movie that I kind of looking forward to as it served as conclusion to the successful film that I liked 3 years ago. As usual, I would wait for the weekend to see this kind of movie since I could enjoy it better without thinking I had to work the following day. Anyway, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

After the events of the first film, Paul Artreides (Timothée Chalamet - Wonka, Don't Look Up etc) and his mother Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson - The Greatest Showman Silo TV series etc) were escaping from the chase of Harkonnen together with a tribe of Fremen led by Stilgar (Javier Bardem - The Little Mermaid live version, Before Night Falls etc), including the girl Paul had prior visions of, Chani (Zendaya - Spider-man trilogy, Space Jam: A New Legacy etc). As Paul tried to learn the ways of the Fremen so he could help save Arrakis, Jessica was convincing the tribe's people that her son was the prophesized savior.

Code 8: Part II - Not Exactly a Better Sequel than the Original, but Remained as a Different Kind of Action Drama Movie

This movie was released two days ago on Netflix which I thought I would see sometime in the future. But when it made to the Top 10 in Indonesia in just 1 day, I thought why delay it. So I decided to watch it last night. And here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Five years after the events of the First Movie, Connor (Robbie Amell - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Babysitter etc) was released from prison after serving time and started to work as janitor in a youth center managed by Mina (Jean Yoon - Kim's Convenience TV series etc). Meanwhile his partner in crime Garret (Stephen Amell - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Heels TV series etc) took over the Psyke drug business and was quite successful. During this time, the Lincoln Police Department under the lead of Sergeant Kingston (Alex Mallari Jr - Dark Matter TV series etc) had developed new kind of robot in the form of dog called K9 to replace the deadly Guardians.