(TV SERIES) Regeneration - A Psychological Thriller Drama with Some Intelligent Story Telling and Few Surprising Twists

Last week there were plenty of new Asian shows released on Netflix that all looked promising. But after checking them out, I found only this one that would be completed soon, while the rest would continue till next month. So I decided to start watching this Chinese series on Monday and finished yesterday. All right then, let's get on it.

Brief Story Line

He Shan (Zhou Yi Ran - Flaming Cloud, Go East TV series etc) was working as a journalist and invited to the memorial service of her old friend Fei Ke (Jing Bo Ran - Monster Hunt 2, A League of Nobleman TV series etc) held in a remote island. There she met with other people who were also invited including the businessman Chen Su Fa (Wang Yan Hui - Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Nobody Knows TV series etc), the hedge fund VP Cheng Hao (Huang Jue - Dr. Tang TV series etc), the mysterious Su Qian (Peng Yang - The Longest Promise TV series etc) and the cheerful Xuan er (Zhang Yi Fan - Cute Wulin TV series etc). 

(TV SERIES) Bodkin - A Pretty Interesting Irish Dark Comedy Series with a not so Complicated Cold Case Mystery

With so many new shows in various streaming platforms, I was getting a bit overwhelmed and having difficulty in choosing which to watch first. But this series that was released few days ago looked interesting for me. So I decided to give it a try during the weekend and finished it last night. All right then, I'll get on it.

Brief Story Line

Dove Maloney (Siobhán Cullen - Obituary TV series etc) was an Irish journalist working in London, but was forced by her boss to lay low due to some problem on the latest news she wrote. Dove was assigned to assist a True Crime American podcaster Gilbert Power (Will Forte - Sweet Tooth TV series, Good Boys etc) who was working on a new show about the mysterious disappearance of 3 people in a small Irish village, Bodkin. Gilbert was accompanied by his assistant Emmy Sizergh (Robyn Cara - Dr. Jeckyll etc).

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - An Entertaining Movie with Wonderful New Story of The Franchise

When I found out about this movie, I was quite excited and was eager to see it. Since my wife and I already got other plans during the mid week holiday, we decided to watch it during the weekend, few days after its release in Indonesian theater. As usual, we went to our favorite cinema that had plenty of favorite seats. All right then, I will dive into the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Many years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, the apes have became more intelligent and formed different clans & living in various locations, but the humans were becoming like wild animals. A young chimpanzee named Noa (Owen Teague - I See You, The Stand mini series etc) was living peacefully with his family in the Eagle clan. While on a personal mission, Noa unexpectedly encountered a group of vicious and violent apes, later on revealed to be serving their king called Proximus (Kevin Durand - Abigail, Swamp Thing TV series etc).

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window - A Lovely Anime Movie Based on the Successful Autobiographical Novel

When my wife found out there was going to be this movie released in certain Indonesian cinemas, she was excited and wanted to see it as soon as it was available. However, we did not realize it had a special one day screening two weeks ago and were to late to catch it. So once it was finally having its premier date few days ago, we decided to see the movie last Saturday, after we saw another film. All right, let's get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the 1940s Japan about a very young girl named Tetsuko Kuroyanagi nicknamed Totto-chan (voiced by Liliana Ono) who was too active and did not really fit in in public schools. Totto-chan's mother (Anne Watanabe - Tokyo MER: The Movie, Japan Sinks: People of Hope TV series etc) and father (Shun Oguri - Godzilla Vs Kong, Weathering With You etc) were relieved when she was finally accepted in a unique elementary school called Tomoe Gakuen managed by its principal Mr. Kobayashi (Koji Yakusho - Perfect Days, The Days TV series etc) and the teacher Miss Oishi (Karen Takizawa).

Abigail - A Fun, Enjoyable and Unique Vampire Movie

When this movie was released in Indonesia on Friday, I was a bit disappointed that it did not play in the cinema near our home. So I had to postpone it till Saturday when we already made a lot of plans including seeing another movie. Anyway I finally saw it yesterday and had another movie marathon with my wife. OK, I will get on to it then.

Brief Story Line

A group of criminals were hired by Lambert (Giancarlo Esposito - The Gentlemen TV series, Maze Runner: The Death Cure etc) to kidnap a young girl later on revealed to be Abigail (Alisha Weir - Matilda the Musical etc). The group were known by their aliases with its leader Frank (Dan Stevens - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Legion TV series etc) and included Joey (Melissa Barrera - Scream VI, Tanto Amor telenovela etc), the sniper Rickles (Will Catlett - True Story mini series etc), the muscle Peter (Kevin Durand - Take Point, The Strain TV series etc), the hacker Sammy (Kathryn Newton - Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Detective Pikachu etc) and the driver Dean (Angus Cloud - Euphoria TV series etc). 

(TV SERIES) Dead Boy Detectives Season 1 - A Fun and Light Detective Story Focusing on Solving Supernatural Related Crimes

As usual, Netflix has provided many new shows that we could choose from, week in week out. And this series was one of those that I was interested in. It was released on 21 April but with so many other options, I only got the chance to start watching earlier this week and finished it two nights ago. All right, I will just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Edwin Paine (George Rexstrew) and his partner Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri - The Lodge TV series etc) were a couple of ghosts who decided to stay on earth instead of going to the after life. They formed Dead Boy Detectives agency to help solve mysteries involving the supernaturals, while trying to avoid being taken to where they belonged. After freeing Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson - Hollyoaks soap opera series etc) from demonic possession, the boys went to solve another mystery in the small town of Port Townsend in the US based on Crystal's persuasion.

Civil War - A War Action Movie With Heavy Political Theme and Drama

I was quite surprised to see this movie released on Tuesday as opposed to the usual Wednesday for the release of new films. But since it was public holiday yesterday, I did not have to wait till the weekend to see it. This time, I was accompanied by my wife even though she did not have any idea on the premise. Anyway, I'll just get right on it.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in USA where the government led by its President (Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation TV series etc) was having to fight various states in a civil war across the country. Experienced war photographer Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst - Interview with the Vampire, Elizabethtown etc) and her partner Joel (Wagner Moura - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Elysium etc) were planning to interview the president in Washington DC before his depleting army were defeated by the growing armies trying to bring him down.