(2024) Speak No Evil - A Slow Burn Psychological Thrller Drama Movie with Pretty Satisfying Conclusion

After watching an animated movie earlier, our second film of the day was this new psychological thriller that intrigued me, especially when I saw the name James McAvoy. I only read the brief premise once and never saw its trailer, so I did not really know what to expect. Well without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Ben Dalton (Scoot McNairy -  Luckiest Girl Alive, Aftermath etc) together with his wife Louise (MacKenzie Davis - Terminator: Dark Fate, Station Eleven mini series etc) and their young daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) were having a vacation in Italy where they met with a British family of Paddy (James McAvoy - My Son, Atomic Blonde etc), Ciara (Aisling Franciosi - The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Legends TV series etc) and their son Ant (Dan Hough) and became quite close.

Transformers One - A Highly Entertaining Prequel of the Transformers Series

I was already quite excited when I saw the trailer to this movie, despite it's an animated as opposed to the live version of these beloved robots that could transform. I was already planning to see this together with my wife on Friday night in the cinema near our home but we cancelled it due to various reasons. So we finally saw it yesterday in another one of our movie marathon. All right, I'll just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

In the planet Cybertron after huge war with their enemy Quintessons, the robots who were unable to transform were tasked as miners to harvest energy source. Among them were two best friends Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 12 Strong etc) and D-16 (Brian Tyree Henry - Class of '09 TV series, The Woman in the Window etc) who had been working in the mines for a long time and were also friends with high ranked officer Elita-1 (Scarlett Johansson - Avengers: End Game, Ghost in the Shell etc). 

Uglies - Another Supposed Start of New Franchise which Most Probably would not Have Proper Conclusion

After few Fridays of no exciting new movies on Netflix, finally something that intrigued me was released last night. It had an interesting premise which made me eager to watch, so I immediately gave it a try once I had the chance. OK, will get straight with the movie then. 

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the future where to avoid conflicts resulting from the fossil fuel war and distinct appearance of people, the government impose regulation to perform procedures on teenagers who reached the age of 16 to become perfect called "Pretties". Tally Youngblood aka Squint (Joey King - Despicable Me 4, The Act TV series etc) was one of the Uglies, term used for people who had not been operated yet. She was best friend with Peris aka Nose (Chase Stokes - Outer Banks TV series etc) who was few months older than her.

(MINI SERIES) The Perfect Couple - A Quite Fun Series that Might Satisfy Those Looking for Casual Murder Mystery Solving

I was intrigued about this new Netflix series that was released while I was on holiday last week. As it was a murder mystery drama, a genre that I like, I was interested to give it a try. And so how was it then? Let's find out more, shall we?

Brief Story Line

The Winbury family was well known in Nantucket as a traditionally wealthy family, with Tag Winbury (Liev Schreiber - Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse, The Manchurian Candidate etc) and his wife Greer (Nicole Kidman - A Family Affair, Aquaman etc) dubbed as the perfect couple due to their great marriage life for 29 years. When their middle son Benji (Billy Howle - Infinite Storm, Under The Banner of Heaven mini series etc) was getting married with Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson - Robin Hood 2018 version, Tesla etc), it was set to be a huge celebration with some people invited to join the wedding ceremony. They included the maid of honor Merritt Monaco (Meghann Fahy - The Bold Type TV series etc), best man Shooter Dival (Ishaan Khatter - Dhadak etc), Benji's older brother Thomas (Jack Reynor - The Peripheral TV series etc), his pregnant wife Abby (Dakota Fanning - The Watchers, Charlotte's Web etc), the youngest Winbury son Will (Sam Nivola - White Noise etc) and several other guests.

(2024) The Killer - An Inferior Remake of One of John Woo's Classic Action Movie

After few days of vacation with my wife and did not really have the time to watch anything, I returned home and started to browse all the new release I might have missed out. To my surprise this film that I was curious about was already available on HBO Go. So I immediately chose to watch it last night. OK, let's get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel - Fast X, Arthur the King etc) was one of the assassins working for Finn (Sam Worthington - Avatar: The Way of Water, The Titan etc) who was usually hired by various clients, including French crime boss Jules Gobert (Eric Cantona - AKA etc). During Zee's latest assignment, an amateur singer named Jenn (Diana Silvers - Space Force TV series etc) was caught in the cross fire which resulted to her losing sight. Unexpectedly, Zee decided to let Jenn alive which made Finn furious.

(2024) Revolver - A Very Slow Paced Movie for Such a Simple Premise

Last weekend was a bit unexpected for me and my wife as we had limited options of films to see in the cinemas. I mentioned in my post before this that the films released in previous week were either gone or left with only few cinemas playing. Hence we decided to see this new movie that was available since mid of the week and played in several cinemas not far from our home. OK then, I will get on it.

Brief Story Line

Former police Ha Soo-young (Jeon Do-yeon - Kill Boksoon, The Good Wife TV series etc) was just released from prison after serving two years for taking the fall for high ranked officials. In return for prison time, she would be compensated with a certain amount of money promised by Andy (Ji Chang-Wook - Fabricated City, Welcome to Samdal-ri TV series etc) who worked for a large wealthy group called Easter Promise.

However, instead of meeting the people supposedly paying her, Soo-young was met by Madam Jung (Lim Ji-yeon - Spiritwalker. The Killing Vote TV series etc) whom she never saw before and was having trouble to acquire the money. Soo-young had no choice but to find ways to get the fund promised to her, despite all the danger she had to face.

(TV SERIES) Chastity High - A Teen Drama with Interesting Premise Albeit Sensitive Subjects

This Saturday I was thinking of seeing movies that I was unable to do last week as I was on holiday with my wife. To my surprise though, they were only playing in very few cinemas that we decided to just skip them. Since there was no new film on streaming service that interest me, I opted to watch this newest series on Netflix which has an intriguing premise. OK, let's get on with it then. 

Brief Story Line

In Asura private high school for students from wealthy family, a new strict rule was implemented by principal Ms. Ikushima (Shinobu Terajima - The Demon Over There etc) where boys and girls were prohibited from romance, and having sexual intercourse would get them expelled. To enforce the rules, student council led by Sawa (Shiori Akita - 17.3 About a Sex etc) was assigned to patrol around and outside school to catch students in the act. Ichika (Ai Mikami - Yu Yu Hakusho live version series etc) who came from poor family and struggling financially was one of the council members, together with Kanda (Rintaro Mizusawa - The Way Back Home etc) and several others.