(MINI SERIES) The Frog - An Intricate Thriller Drama Series

Last week there were not that many new releases on various streaming platforms that caught my attention, while the latest movies in the cinemas did not play in the cinema nearest to my home. Hence I decided to watch this Netflix series that quite intrigued me. Since I went for holiday with my family during the weekend, I only finished the series last night despite starting on Friday. All right, let's get started then.

Brief Story Line

In a small town outside of Seoul, a retired man named Jeon Yeong-ha (Kim Yoon-seok - Escape from Mogadishu, Loveholic TV series etc) was operating a rental vacation house which was doing OK. During one summer day, a guest named Yoo Seong-a (Go Min-si - Smugglers, Jirisan TV series etc) rented the house together with her young child. Her arrival would later disrupt Yeong-ha's peaceful life and also caught the attention of the new police Captain Yoon Bo-min (Lee Jung-eun - Hommage, Miss Night and Day TV series etc).

(TV SERIES) The Tyrant - A Dark Spy Action Thriller Series Combined with Sci-Fi Element

I was not aware about this series that was released on Disney+ last Wednesday and only found out while I was searching for another one that my wife recommended. As it only had 4 episodes, I thought why not give it a try first and see if it's any good, cause the premise was very mysterious but seemed promising enough. OK, I'll get right to it then.

Brief Story Line

When a secret project called the Tyrant created by a team in South Korean intelligence agency was somehow found out by the US, they were forced to stop and surrender the sample. Director Choe (Kim Seon-ho - The Childe, Start Up TV series etc) who was the leader of the said project tasked his team to coordinate the delivery together with an assassin Chae Ja-gyeong (Jo Yoon-su - The Killer's Shopping List TV series etc).

(2024) Drive - A Suspenseful Thriller with Plenty of Surprising Twists

The second movie that my wife and I saw last Saturday during our movie marathon was this South Korean thriller that had been promoted in the coming soon section for a while now. I just need to read the very brief synopsis to be fully intrigued, so naturally I would not want to miss seeing it in the cinema. OK, let's get to it now.

Brief Story Line

Yu na (Park Ju-hyun - Project Silence, Mouse TV series etc) was a famous influencer who had a lot of followers/subscribers to her online streaming contents. Her manager Choi PD (Kim Do-yoon -Concrete Utopia, Song of the Bandits TV series etc) had been coordinating her works including attending to the release of brand new cosmetics.

Alien: Romulus - A Great and Refreshing Addition to the Long Running Alien Franchise

When I saw the trailer of this movie, I told my wife that I wished to see it in a studio with a definite Dolby Atmos sound system as I want to have the optimum experience. Luckily it did play in our favorite cinema (Epicentrum) and my wife was kind enough to accompany me there as I have been a bit disappointed with other places that did not provide the effect despite stating it in the website. Anyway, I'll get right to it now.

Brief Story Line

Set in the year 2122, Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny - Civil War, Devs mini series etc) and her adoptive brother a synthetic human referred to as Andy (played by David Jonsson - Rye Lane, Industry TV series etc) were working on the colony Jackson's star. When she met with her ex boyfriend Tyler (Archie Renaux - Shadow and Bone TV series, Upgraded etc), his younger sister Kay (Isabela Merced - Madame Web, Sweet Girl etc), their cousin Bjorn (Spike Fearn - Tell Me Everything TV series etc) and his girlfriend Navarro (Aileen Wu), Rain was convinced to join them in going to a decomissioned spacecraft so they could go to planet Yvaga.

The Union - An Enjoyable Spy Action Comedy Thriller Movie

Like many Fridays before yesterday, there was a new movie released on Netflix which has an interesting premise. This one had plent of well known stars in it which obviously made me intrigued. So last night I immediately watch it as soon as I had the chance. All right, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Mike McKenna (Mark Wahlberg - The Family Man, Uncharted etc) was a construction worker who had been living in his home town all his life. When his high school girlfriend Roxanne Hall (Halle Berry - John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Die Another Day etc) suddenly appeared, he was very delighted. However apparently Roxanne was working for a unit in the CIA called the Union under his boss Tom Brennan (J. K. Simmons - The Tomorrow War, Renegades etc) and she wanted to recruit Mike to join her.

Jackpot! - An OK Enough Action Comedy Film with a Unique Premise

I found out about this action comedy movie a while ago and was interested due to its premise. So when it was finally released on Prime Video yesterday, I immediately watch it once I got the chance. And how was the movie then? Let's find out more, shall we?

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the year 2030 where in California, there was a new kind of lottery with huge reward. The regulation of the lottery stated that any one who had the losing ticket could kill the winner and ultimately claim the winning money as long as it was done before sundown. Katie Kim (Awkwafina - Kung Fu Panda 4, Raya and the Last Dragon etc) who just came to Los Angeles unexpectedly won the lottery and became the target of so many people. 

Pilot - A Pretty Entertaining Comedy Film With Some Nice Performance of Jo Jung-suk

When this movie was promoted through various cinema social media, my wife was very excited since it starred her favorite South Korean star Jo Jung-suk. As there were so many new interesting films released last week, we had to juggle our schedule to ensure we were able to see most of them. And finally we got the chance to do so on Sunday in a double movie marathon weekend. OK, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line (spoiler warning)

Han Jung-woo (Jo Jung-suk - Exit, Hospital Playlist TV series etc) was a famous commercial airline pilot and was enjoying his popularity. Unfortunately due to some incident, he lost his job and had to start looking for a new one. Since he was blacklisted from major airlines and unable to be accepted anywhere, Jung-woo finally decided to do the unthinkable, that was to apply as a female pilot. 

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram - The Latest Movie in the Long Running and Hugely Popular Manga Series

If you have seen my previous posts, you would know that my wife and I are major fans of Detective Conan. So once again we got the chance to see this latest movie in the cinema. It was another movie marathon day for us as we were planning to see another film after this in what had been a very busy weekend for us. Without further ado, here's a little bit more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Conan (Minami Takayama), Hattori Heiji (Ryo Horikawa) and Detective Kogoro (Rikiya Koyama) together with the police were guarding a couple of swords owned by Takuzo Onoe (Hiroshi Naka) which were targeted by Kaito Kid (Kappei Yamaguchi). The place was located in Hakodate, Hokkaido where Heiji was supposed to join Kendo tournament. Kazuha (Yuko Miyamura) who was Heiji's love interest also went to Hakodate to give him support, together with Ran (Wakana Yamazaki).

Trap - Another M. Night Shyamalan Movie that Should Please His Fans

When I find out about this latest M. Night Shyamalan movie, I was very curious and was interested to give it a try. As it was released mid of last week together with various other new films, I decided to see this together with another film in our latest movie marathon on Saturday. All right, I'll get down to it now.

Brief Synopsis

Cooper (Josh Hartnett - Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Black Hawk Down etc) and his teen daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue - Wolf Like Me TV series etc) went to a live concert of famous singer Lady Raven (Saleka Night Shyamalan) to celebrate Riley's good grades. During the concert, Cooper started noticing a lot of police were guarding the building where the concert was held and began questioning the reasons. 

Borderlands - Another Video Games Adaptation that Would not Please Critics but Enjoyable Enough for Audience Looking for Simple Plot, Loud Action and Sarcastic Jokes

Once again a new movie based on video games was released in the theaters. As a fan of action comedy that looked like fun, I was obviously interested to see this in a cinema with good sound system. But since I was not really convinced it would have Dolby Atmos effect, I chose to see this in a studio with standard system, together with another film yesterday. OK, let's just get started then. 

Brief Story Line

Lilith (Cate Blanchett - Nightmare Alley, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World etc) was a well known bounty hunter who was hired by the powerful boss Atlas (Edgar Ramírez - The 355, The Undoing mini series etc) to locate his daughter Tina (Ariana Greenblatt - 65 etc) in Pandora planet. Tina was kidnapped by a rogue soldier named Roland (Kevin Hart - Lift, The Man from Toronto etc) who escaped to Pandora together with the psychotic Krieg (Florian Munteanu - Creed III, The Contractor etc).

(TV SERIES) Land of Tanabata - A Live Version Adaptation of Popular Manga Which Unfortunately Lacking the Excitement and Suspense

I read the brief synopsis on Disney+ about this Japanese series which sounded interesting. So naturally I was intrigued to give it a try. When I saw that the finale was about to be released two days ago, I started watching it a day before and finished it last night. All right, I will get started now.

Brief Story Line

Yoji Minamimaru (Kanata Hosoda - One Summer Story etc) also known as Nanmaru was a college student who had unique ability to create small hole in anything. He was also the president of a small club with several members including Aki (Yui Narumi - Unfeigned Happy Ending etc). Yoji was approached by Assistant Professor Sayuri Emi (Mai Kiryuu -  Grown Ups etc) due to his possible same lineage with Professor Marukami (Hiroshi Mikami - Premonition etc) who was studying Japanese foklore and focusing on the village of Marukawa.

(TV SERIES) Presumed Innocent Season 1 - Not Exactly the Courtroom Drama I Expected

I read about this series sometime ago on the internet which looked promising from the way it was praised. It was released on Apple TV+ since mid of June and finished before the end of July. But as I was busy with many other series/movies that caught my attention earlier, I only gave this a try last week. OK, why don't I just get right to it then?

Brief Story Line

Rozat "Rusty" Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal - Road House 2024 remake, The Day After Tomorrow etc) was a family man living in Kindle County with his wife Barbara (Ruth Negga - Ad Astra, Loving etc) and their children Jaden (Chase Infiniti) & her brother Kyle (Kingston Rumi Southwick). Rusty who was the Chief Prosecutor of the county was shocked when he was informed about the murder of fellow prosecutor Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve - The Worst Person in the World etc) in her own home.

(TV SERIES) A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Season 1 - A Refreshing and Enjoyable Mystery Solving Series based on 2019 Hit Novel

As I said in one of my post few days ago, there were many new interesting movies and series released on Netflix last week. Amazingly this series managed to be in Top 10 in Indonesia after just 2 days, making me even more intrigued. So I started watching and finished it during the weekend. Well, how about it then? I'll just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Pippa "Pip" Fitz-Amobi (Emma Myers - Family Switch,  ) was a 17 year old high school students who was best friends with Cara Ward (Asha Banks - The Magic Flute etc) since 4 years old. As part of her school project, Pip decided to write about the murder/suicide case that occurred 5 years ago. Although her teacher Mr. Elliot Ward (Matthew Baynton - Wonka, Ghosts TV series etc) suggested different topic and despite the strong advice from her parents Leanne (Anna Maxwell Martin - Code 404 TV series, The Duke etc) and Victor Amobi (Gary Beadle - In the Heart of the Sea, EastEnders TV series etc), Pip still went ahead with her project.

TAROT - An Anthology Mystery Movie

I had known about this movie that was supposed to be released in July along with few other South Korean films. But when it was finally shown in Indonesian cinemas last Friday, I seemed to have missed it. I only realized when my wife noticed it was playing in the same cinema we wanted to see another new movie. So we ended up having another movie marathon day. OK, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Movie was divided into three different stories where each individual received a mysterious Tarot card and started to experience something major that would affect their lives. First story was about a single mother Ji-woo (Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite, Beautiful World TV series etc) who had to leave her young daughter alone on Christmas night. Second story was about a man (Ko Kyu-pil - The Roundup: No Way Out, Shadow Detective TV series etc) who was afraid for his life when going back home. And the third story was about a delivery man (Kim Jin-young) who had to endure difficulty with one of his customers.

A Legend - Disregarding All the Minus Points, Still a Pretty Enjoyable Action Comedy Film

Once again a new Jackie Chan movie was released in Indonesia. And being huge fans of him, my wife and I would not want to miss seeing this in the cinema. So after it was released on Wednesday, we decided to catch it yesterday together with another film. OK, why don't I just get right to it then?

Brief Story Line

Famous archaelogist Professor Fang (Jackie Chan - Hidden Strike,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem etc) and his assistants Wang Jing (Lay Zhang - No More Bets, The Mystic Nine TV series etc) and Xin Ran (Peng Xiaoran - Romance of a Twin Flower TV series, Good Bye My Princess TV series etc) found an artifact which looked a lot like the one Fang saw in his dreams. 

Breaking and Re-Entering - A Light and Fun Reverse Heist Comedy Movie

This week we got lots of new interesting movies and series on Netflix and this was one of them. It had a really intriguing premise which made me curious. I only watched it last night as I did not realize it was already released two days ago. All right, let's get down to it then.

Brief Story Line

A group of thieves that consisted of their leader Po-chun (Chen Bo-lin - The King of Blaze TV series, The Dreaming Man etc), the master of disguise Uncle Bin (Frederick Lee - Fish Memories, Trinity of Shadows TV series etc), the hacker Kao (Kent Tsai - Haunted House for Sale TV series, Bad Education etc) and the combat specialist Wen Hao (J. C. Lin - Let's Talk About Chu TV series, The Bridge Curse etc) had robbed a bank owned by Chen Hai-jui (Wu Kang-ren - Copycat Killer TV series, Abang Adik etc).

Kabut Berduri - A Decent Netflix Original Indonesian Crime Thriller Movie

After reading one sentence of this Indonesian movie promoted in Netflix under the coming soon section, I was heavily intrigued. So when it was finally released yesterday, I immediately gave it a try. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

When a corpse was found at the border of Indonesia and Malaysia in Borneo island, Inspector Sanja (Putri Marino - The Big 4, Layangan Putus the Movie etc) was sent from Jakarta to investigate. However, the local police chief Panca (Lukman Sardi - Nightmares and Daydreams TV series, Gundala etc) was not so receptive as he thought she was too green. Panca later assigned one of his subordinate Thomas (Yoga Pratama - Berbalas Kejam, Buya Hamka etc) to accompany Sanja during the investigation.

Despite being an outsider, Sanja still managed to find a lot of information. Things would become more complicated when it was found out that there was more than 1 victim.