Venom: The Last Dance - A Pretty Conclusive Movie to Wrap the Venom Trilogy

My wife and I were looking forward to see this movie during the weekend, but it was quite challenging as we had to attend a wedding ceremony on that day. So after the event, we went to a cinema not far from our home where luckily our favorite seats were still available. All right then, I'll dive into the movie.

Brief Story Line

Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy - The Bikeriders, Capone etc) who had become fugitive was trying to avoid capture and decided to escape to New York city. While on the run, Eddie met with a family of Alien enthusiasts Martin (Rhys Ifans - House of the Dragon TV series, Official Secrets etc), his wife Nova (Alanna Ubach - Coco, Legally Blonde etc) and their two children and hitch a hike to Las Vegas.

(2024) Don't Move - A Pretty Decent Cat and Mouse Thriller

Last night I decided to watch this latest movie available on Netflix as my usual activity on Friday night when new films are released in some streaming platform. It was something that intrigued me with its premise. OK without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Iris (Kelsey Asbille - Yellowstone TV series etc) was having a moment by herself on the mountain top when she met a man named Richard (Finn Wittrock - Luckiest Girl Alive, Ratched TV series etc) who unexpectedly kidnapped and injected her with something that would paralyze her after a while.

The Shadow Strays - An Ultra Violent Martial Arts Movie from Indonesia's Experienced Action Filmmaker

When I saw this movie in the coming soon section on Netflix, I was immediately intrigued especially since it was directed by one of the Indonesian prominent film maker. So I have put a reminder to watch it as soon as it's available, which was yesterday. All right, let's get on to the movie now, shall we?

Brief Story Line

A group of assassins known as Shadows of Death existed in the crime world and could be hired for the right price. One of the newest recruit with code name 13 (Aurora Ribero - Susah Sinyal, Like & Share etc) who had been personally trained by senior instructor Umbra (Hana Malasan - Ben & Jody, Kereta Berdarah etc), was told to lay low and wait for next assignment in Jakarta by their Handler (Chew Kin Wah - Cek Toko Sebelah 2, My Stupid Boss 2 etc).

The Wild Robot - A Lovely and Heartwarming Animated Movie Based on Best Selling Novel

This movie already had its early screening last weekend, but due to limited number of seats available in the studios, my wife and I decided to wait it up. Finally the film was released on Friday and we saw it yesterday in one of our favorite cinemas not far from our home. OK, let's get to it now.

Brief Story Line

A robot specifically designed for assisting people was somehow crashed in an island without any humans. The robot who was identified as Rozzum-7134 (voiced by Lupita Nyong'o - A Quite Place: Day One, Us etc) tried her best to look for anyone who need her assistance. After days of unsuccessful effort to convince all animals, the robot nicknamed "Roz" by the sly fox Fink (Pedro Pascal - The Bubble, Wonder Woman 1984 etc), decided to take care of a baby goose. As advised by an opossum named Pinktail (Catherine O'hara - Argylle, Home Alone etc), Roz agreed she would ensure the goose was able to swim and fly. 

Uprising - A Pretty Entertaining Martial Arts Movie with A Familiar Plot

Yesterday there was this new South Korean movie released on Netflix which made me interested as it looked promising with some martial arts involved. So even though I was in the middle of another series, I opted to watch this first before finishing that one. OK, let's dive into it then.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the Joseon period where slavery was still in place and focused on Cheon-yeong (Gang Dong-won - The Plot, Train to Busan: Peninsula etc) who had been serving his master Jong-ryeo (Park Jeong-min - The 8 Show TV series, Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman etc) since childhood and became very good friends. When war erupted due to invasion by Japanese army led by one of its General Genshin (Jung Sung-il - Project Wolf Hunting, The Glory TV series etc), the country was in turmoil and King Seon-jo (Cha Seung-won - Believer, The Tyrant TV series etc) had to flee, leaving the people to fend for themselves. 

(TV SERIES) Bad Monkey Season 1 - A Crime Drama Series with Some Nice Comedic Performance of Vince Vaughn

I was aware about this series on AppleTV+ few weeks ago and was interested since it starred Vince Vaughn who was known for his comedic nature. Since it was released an episode per week, I only began to watch three days ago as the finale was going to be available yesterday. And I managed to finish it last night. All right, let's get on with the series then.

Brief Story Line

Former Miami detective Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn - Freaky, The Internship etc) who was working as a Detective in Keys Florida had been suspended for some disciplinary problem and was later assigned as Food Inspector. When a severed arm was found by tourist, Yancy agreed to deliver it to the Miami's Medical Examiner Rosa (Natalie Martinez - Message From the King, The Crossing TV series etc) for checking against missing person case, as part of his ongoing mission to get reinstated. It was later found out that the arm belonged to the missing husband of Eve (Meredith Hagner - Vacation Friends, As The World Turns soap opera etc). Feeling suspicious of Eve who did not take long to have a new boyfriend Christopher (Rob Delaney - Deadpool & Wolverine, Tom & Jerry etc), Yancy dig further into the matter with the help from Rosa. 

Panda Plan - A Disappointing Jackie Chan Action Comedy Movie

I found out about this latest Jackie Chan movie more than a week ago when I saw it in the Coming Soon section of the various cinema chains' websites. If you have read my previous posts, you would know that my wife and I are big fans of him, so we wanted to see it as early as possible. Yesterday, we wanted to also see another movie but due to limited screening, we only managed to see this one. All right, let's head down to the film then.

Brief Story Line

Jackie (Jackie Chan - The Knights of Shadow: Between Yin and Yang, The Lego Ninjago Movie etc) was a famous Kungfu movie star who was given the opportunity to adopt a newly born baby Panda. Together with his agent David (Wei Xiang - Too Cool to Kill, Champion etc), they both went to Noah Zoo located in a small island where the Panda would be given to Jackie by its Director (Andy Friend - The Wandering Earth II etc). Jackie would later meet with the Panda's nanny Xiao Chu (Shi Ce - Look At Me, A Soldier's Story TV series etc) who had been taking care of the baby for a while.

It's What's Inside - A Very Fresh & Fun Pscyhological Thriller with Multiple Surprising Twists

As usual on Friday night, there were several new release that I could opt to see. After few considerations, I chose to watch this one that was released on Netflix which had pretty intriguing premise. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

A group of former college best friends were having a reunion the night before one of them Reuben (Devon Terrel - Cursed TV series, Barry etc) got married. They consisted of Shelby (Brittany O'Grady - The White Lotus TV series, Sometimes I Think About Dying etc) and her boyfriend Cyrus (James Morosini - I Love My Dad etc), the well known influencer Nikki (Alycia Debnam-Carey - Fear the Walking Dead TV series etc), Dennis (Gavin Leatherwood - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV series etc), Maya (Nina Bloomgarden - Good Girl Jane etc) and Brooke (Reina Hardesty - Greenhouse Academy TV series etc).