(2026) Animals - A Crime Thriller Drama with Interesting Premise but Lack Strong Performance to Make it Memorable

This movie was released by Netflix last Friday and I actually have seen it on that same day, but I just did not have the time to write about it till today. It was something that I was intrigued after reading its brief synopsis. OK then, I'll just get right on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Matt Kimball (Ben Affleck - The Accountant 2, Deep Water etc) was an independent candidate for Los Angeles Mayor who had spent a lot of money for campaign and all the related expenses. Meanwhile his wife Abigail (Kerry Washington - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Django Unchained etc) was a successful psychologist and supportive of Matt. On Halloween night, Matt and Abigail's only son Denny (Christopher Woodley) went for trick or treating accompanied by the house maid Cecilia (Adriana Paz - El Autor, Coyote TV series etc) together with Hector (Jacob Estrada), the son of her boyfriend Ramos (Luis Gerardo Mendez - Me Time, Narcos: Mexico season 3 etc) who only drove them to the location.

Matchbox: The Movie - Despite not Really a Movie About the Legendary Toys, Still a Very Entertaining Action Comedy with Very Light Standard Story & Spectacular Action

This movie was made available on AppleTV on Friday but I only watch it yesterday. I did not have any knowledge about it except that it sounded fun with the lead star John Cena. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

Sean Walker (John Cena - Little Brother, Bumblebee etc) was a spy working for the CIA together with his handler Helen (Danai Gurira - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Walking Dead TV series etc). After being told to take some time off, Sean returned to his hometown and reunited with his best friends from middle school that consisted of Aimee (Jessica Biel - The Better Sister mini series, Total Recall remake etc), Ted (Arturo Castro - Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, The Menu etc), Crosby (Sam Richardson - Hoppers, The Tomorrow War etc) and Charmaine (Teyonah Parris - The Marvels, No Good Deed TV series etc). Unfortunately their reunion turned catastrophic when Sean was suspected of stealing dangerous weapons with the help from his friends.

(Mini Series) Below - A Pretty Decent Creature Series which was not the Nonstop Thrilling and Suspenseful Kind

Two days ago, this series was just released on Netflix. I actually thought it was a movie which could be easily finished, but turned out it was a series that took longer time, even if it was only 6 episodes. Anyway I immediately began watching and completed it yesterday. All right then, I'll get started with the series.

Brief Story Line

In the small town of Newfoundland, fisherman Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett - Verity, Wrath of Man etc) who had been living there for the last forty years lately was having difficulty in finding fish. When he found a large iceberg which was rather unusual, Calvin asked biologist Dr. Fonda (Mackenzie Davis - Speak No Evil, Halt and Catch Fire TV series etc) to look into it. Meanwhile the local people had been asked to relocate to another location, which made Calvin and his older sister Ruth (Willow Kean) upset as they did not want to go through the whole process again.