(TV SERIES) Sex Education Season 1 - One of the of Most Interesting Teen Drama Comedy I have Ever Seen

While I was looking for something refreshing in a TV series, I stumbled across this one which was shown on Netflix and categorized as comedy. I read a bit about it and felt it seemed like an interesting series that I should be able to enjoy, plus it had two quite well known stars in it. So I will just get to it now.

Brief Story Line

Otis (Asa Butterfield - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Space Between Us etc) was a seemingly invisible teenager whose mother was a famous sex therapist named Jean (Gillian Anderson - The X Files TV series, The Spy Who Dumped Me etc) and always made him uncomfortable. He sometimes felt ashamed of her profession and also felt a bit intimidated due to his lack of practical experience in terms of sex. But it did make him very knowledgeable for his age. His best friend was a gay named Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) who despite being bullied all the time, especially by the school bully Adam (Connor Swindells - The Vanishing etc) was still a positive and cheerful person.

Detective Conan: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire - One of the Most Fun Movie in the Series

I first saw the poster to this movie while I was in Singapore few months ago as they were placed in various strategic areas. I noticed it was scheduled to be playing in July. Then I saw in the "coming soon" section in Indonesia's cinemas websites and my wife and I who are fans of Detective Conan, could not wait to see the movie. But when it finally premiered on 24 July, we were away and could only see this film yesterday. Anyway let us get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

This time the movie was set mainly in Singapore, where a person was mysteriously murdered in the famous Marina Bay Sands hotel. Ran (Wakana Yamazaki) with her father Kogoro (Rikiya Koyama) and her best friend Sonoko (Naoko Matsui) went to Singapore to see the Karate championship where the main reward was a belt with the legendary jewel called Blue Sapphire. With such famous item, it certainly attracted the attention of the notorious thief Kaito kid (Kappei Yamaguchi).

Stuber - A Fun but not Hilarious Action Comedy without Spectacular Actions

This movie had been released in the US theaters since more than 2 weeks ago but it was only premiering in Indonesian theater on Wednesday. As I had been catching up with the movies released earlier, I just got the chance to see it yesterday. My wife was having a small get together with her family so she was not able to accompany me. OK, will go on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Stu (Kumail Nanjiani - Men In Black: International, Silicon Valley TV series etc) was a part time Uber driver who also worked at a retail store. While looking for a customer, he was connected to a police detective Victor (Dave Bautista - Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy etc) who was trying to catch his old foe, a major drug lord named Tedjo (Iko Uwais - Mile 22, Headshot etc), despite being asked to stop by his captain McHenry (Mira Sorvino - Mimic, Human Trafficking etc).

(2019) Child's Play - A Rather Disappointing Remake of the Infamous Scary Evil Chucky Franchise

This is the second movie that my wife and I were still playing catch up. It was quite fortunate for us as the movie still played in the theater nearest to our home so it was not a lot of hassle. Despite being a horror movie, my wife was still intrigued to see this one since she had seen the original movie (and several of its franchise). Well to cut the story short, let us get into the details now.

Brief Story Line

Andy (Gabriel Bateman - Lights Out, Benji etc) was the son of a single mother named Karen (Aubrey Plaza - Legion TV series, Ingrid Goes West etc) who worked at a retail store. When one of the high tech dolls called Buddi which was produced by Kaslan enterprise led by Henry Kaslan (Tim Matheson - Hart of Dixie TV series etc) was returned as a defect product, Karen decided to bring it home and give it to Andy for him to play.

(2019) The Lion King - A Beautifully Done Live Version Remake of a 1994 Disney Animated Classic

At last I got the chance to see this highly anticipated movie. When it premiered in Indonesia last week, my wife and I went for a holiday trip till Sunday. And just when I thought I could see it on Monday, I was assigned for business trip which lasted till Wednesday. So we could only see this last night. We decided to see it in a Dobly Atmos theater to enjoy the sounds better. 

As I believe that most people have either seen this movie or the original animated version, I would not go into details of the story and just straight to my personal views.

This movie was just as I expected from the glimpses of scenes I saw in the trailer. The visual effects were stunning and the cinematography was absolutely gorgeous. The jungle's scenery and the real life-like various animals truly made us feel like we were in the actual forest in Africa. During the whole movie, my wife and I could not help but feel in awe of how great jobs the special effects team had done in order to bring this movie to life. 

(TV SERIES) Lost in Space Season 1 - An Amazing Sci-fi Adventure Series from Netflix

I remember reading somewhere about this series with a familiar title. It was actually a remake of the then quite famous series back in the 60s and was made into a movie in 1998 starring Matt LeBlanc. As I am a fan of science fiction series, I was not going to miss out on this, especially since it was a Netflix original series which usually translated to good show. OK, well let us get on with more details now.

Brief Story Line

The Robinson family that consisted of a former US Navy Seal John (Toby Stephens - Hunter Killer, Die Another Day etc), his wife the aerospace engineer Maureen (Molly Parker - Deadwood TV series, House of Card TV series etc) and their 3 children: Judy the prodigal 18 years old doctor (Taylor Russel - Escape Room etc), the teenager Penny (Mina Sundwal) and the youngest & intelligent Will (Maxwell Jenkins) were part of a large team on a mission for outer space colonization, due to earth's condition which would make it uninhabitable in the near future.

(2019) The Hustle - A Pretty Enjoyable Hustling Comedy Movie Strictly for Fun

I was not aware about this movie until I saw the poster in the coming soon section in the Indonesian cinema chain websites few weeks ago. When I tried to find out more, it turned out to be a movie that has been released in the US since May 2019 (more than 2 months ago). So I was not in a rush to see it on its premiere day yesterday. My wife and I just went to the cinema today and we chose to see it where there was a Bank promotion. Well I will just go straight to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Penny (Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect 3, How to be Single etc) was a small time con artist who usually tricked men to gain some profit. She later on crossed path with a sophisticated con artist Josephine (Anne Hathaway - Ocean's 8, The Intern etc). Penny decided to learn the different ways of conning from Josephine who reluctantly took her in.

(TV SERIES) Magnum P.I. (2018) Season 1 - A Not so Bad Reboot, Just Probably More Appealing to New Audience

When I first read that they were going to make a reboot of this series from the early 1980s, I was thinking that it might be interesting. I watched the original when it aired on one of the TV station back in the days. Though I might not have seen it regularly, but I remembered the characters quite well and I was fond of them. And I finally got the chance to watch the complete first season which I just finished yesterday. Below are more details of the series.

Brief Intro

An ex Navy Seal Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez - Bad Moms, Hostel etc) has gotten the best deal of lifetime when he was hired as security consultant for a successful novel writer Robin Master and could occupy Robin's guesthouse in Hawaii where he could also use other facilities, like the Ferrari. However, he was sometimes interrupted by the Majordomo (caretaker) of Robin's estate named Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks - The Tudors TV series, As Above, So Below etc) with two vicious dogs called Zeus and Apollo.

(2019) Crawl - A Survival Movie Suitable for Thrill-Seeking Audience

I saw this movie's trailer few times before and to be honest I was really excited at the prospect of seeing a survival movie like this one. So it was disappointing when the movie did not play in that many theaters including the one nearest to our home. But since I was keen to see it, we decided to go to another cinema even though it was a bit further. Well let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

A college student and swim athlete Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario - Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, The Maze Runner trilogy etc) went back to her hometown in Florida to check up on his father Dave (Barry Pepper - Monster Trucks, Snitch etc) who had not responded to her texts despite their home being hit by category 5 hurricane. 

(TV SERIES) Manifest Season 1 - A Unique and Quite Intriguing Mystery Drama Series

This was quite a new series that immediately caught my attention when I read the synopsis. It had a really intriguing premise and a unique mystery that I was really interested in finding out. So when I finished catching up with other series on my list, I went ahead and started to watch this from early last week. OK, we shall go on now.

Brief Story Line

An Airplane of Montego airlines with flight number 828 was experiencing a heavy turbulence and finally reached their destination, only to find out that the plane had actually been missing for more than 5 years. Among the passengers were a police detective Michaela Stone (Melissa Roxburgh - Star Trek Beyond, Valor TV series etc), her older brother Ben (Josh Dallas - Once Upon a Time TV series etc), Ben's son Cal (Jack Messina) and many others, including a medical researcher Saanvi (Parveen Kaur).

(SPECIAL SCREENING) A Dog's Journey - Another Miraculous Chapter in Bailey's Wonderful Life (Warning Possible Spoiler)

Once again my wife got the invitation to the screening of a drama movie which would premiere in Indonesian cinemas next week. The trailer had been shown to us many times before so we could guess what kind of movie it would be. Anyway, the film finally started after few minutes of introduction and vouchers giveaway. And how was the movie? Let's find out more below.

Brief Story Line

The story was told from the point of view of a dog who could reincarnate named Bailey (voiced by Josh Gad - Murder on the Orient Express, Jobs etc). He had been accompanying his master Ethan (Dennis Quaid - Frequency, The Rookie etc) from his childhood. Ethan and his wife Hannah (Marg Helgenberger - CSI TV series, Species etc) were taking care of their daughter in-law Gloria (Betty Gilpin - GLOW TV series etc) and her only baby girl Clarity June (CJ).

Spider-man: Far from Home - A Better Sequel with an Exciting Future Ahead in Marvel Cinematic Universe

Finally another movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that we could enjoy this year. My wife and I were among the audiences who flocked the theaters yesterday when the movie premiered. We even bought the tickets since last week where they were sold in advance. Anyway, due to some private matters we need to attend to, I left the office earlier and we were able to see the 6.20 PM show. Well let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Set after the events of Avengers: End Game, Peter Parker (Tom Holland - The Lost City of Z etc) was struggling with his high school life & romance and felt a bit overwhelmed by the pressure of filling the void left by his mentor Tony Stark. So when his class was going for a school trip to Europe, he was so happy to take the holiday. Peter went with his best friend Ned (Jacob Natalon), MJ (Zendaya - Smallfoot etc) and few others, while leaving his aunt May (Marisa Tomei - What Women Want etc) and Happy (Jon Favreau  - Couples Retreat etc) at home.

Yesterday - A Decent Romantic Comedy & Lovely Tribute to the Beatles

This was the movie that my wife and I had been eyeing for quite some time, ever since we saw the trailer. It had a unique and really intriguing premise that made us excited. But alas when it premiered last Friday, it did not play in the cinema nearest our home. As we were tired after going for the gala premiere of upcoming Indonesian movie that finished at 12 AM on the night before, we did not want to go further than the walking distance from our apartment. Well anyway, since it was not playing in that many theaters, we finally got to see this last night at the studio not far from my office. So let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Jack Malik (Himesh Patel - EastEnders TV series etc) was a struggling musician who seemed to have no luck with his musical career. He only had the support from his long time childhood friend Ellie Appleton (Lily Evans - Baby Driver, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again etc) who also had a crush on him and served as his manager, plus their 2 other best friends. However, things completely changed for Jack when a strange thing happened that made the whole world did not know about the Beatles.