Code 8 - Dark "Superhero" Indie Movie

This was a movie that was released on Fox Movies during their Saturday night premiere last week. It has an interesting premise that quite intrigue me and since it was not a major Hollywood movie that had theatrical release in Indonesia, it was certainly nice to be given opportunity to see it, even if it was on small screen. OK, I'll get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

In the world where people with extraordinary abilities (referred to as Powers), live among the normal people, their existence were hugely undermined especially after machines were used to replace their works. Becoming the marginalized people, they had to work odd and sometimes illegal jobs in order to survive. Connor Reed (Robbie Amell - Desperados, Nine Lives etc) was one of those who had power, specifically electric and had difficulty in finding real job to support his mother Mary (Kari Matchett - Covert Affairs TV series) who happened to be a cryokinetic and suffering from cancer.

Official Secrets - Amazing Film with Some Great Performances Based on The True Events on the 2003 Iraq Invastion

It's been quite some time since I watched new movie on HBO on a Saturday night, as usually I have seen them before in the cinemas. Last weekend though, this new film premiered at 8 PM but when I saw on HBO Go application, it was already available on the same day few hours before (or maybe the day before?). Anyway, I decided to watch it first in the app. OK I'll go into more details of this movie.

Brief Story Line

In the year 2003, the US government was insistent on invading Iraq with the support of United Nations using the danger of weapons for mass destruction as basis. As its ally, UK was requested to support US despite the objection from British people. When an employee of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHC) named Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley - The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Imitation Game etc) received confidential instruction from the US government that might change the UN's position, she felt it was an inappropriate thing.

(TV SERIES) The Head - Absolutely Brilliant and One of the Best I Have Seen in Years

Last weekend, after watching a new movie on HBO (will write about that later), I caught a glimpse of this new series which seemed really interesting and I really could not wait to write about it. It was a mystery thriller and only consisted of 6 episodes. Now why don't I just get into it.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the Antarctic where due to its location on earth, half of the year was filled with darkness. A group of scientists were working in Polaris VI station during this period where they would be cut off from the civilization until the summer arrived. The group consisted of 10 people with their leader Arthur (John Lynch - In the Name of the Father etc), his partner Annika (Laura Bach), Erik (Richard Sammel - 3 Days to Kill etc) who was in charge of security, the cook Ramón (Álvaro Morte - Money Heist series etc), the doctor Maggie (Katharine O'Donnelly), the new guy Aki (Tomohisa Yamashita - Kurosagi, Code Blue the Movie etc) and few others.

Desperados - Sadly not Fun for Drama Comedy and Lacking Real Chemistry

As a follow up to the comedy movie I watched 2 nights ago, I continued it by watching this romantic comedy film that I thought would be interesting, even though the plot was a bit familiar. OK I'll just get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Encouraged by her two best friends Brooke (Anna Camp - Pitch Perfect 3, True Blood TV series etc) and Kaylie (Sarah Burns - Enlightened TV series etc), Wesley Darya (Nasim Pedrad - Aladdin 2019 live version etc) went on a date with a guy named Sean (Lamorne Morris - Bloodshot etc). However things did not work out well and instead Wes met a guy who she thought was perfect named Jared (Robbie Amell - The Babysitter, The Tomorrow People TV series etc). 

The Wrong Missy - A Pretty Standard Comedy from David Spade

After few days of watching very heavy stuff (I am talking about Dark), I was hungry for something light to brighten my day. So I browse around and found this romantic comedy movie which I thought should fit my criteria. And was it good enough? Let's get into it now.

Brief Story Line

Tim Morris (David Spade - Hotel Transylvania 3, Grown Ups etc) had a blind date with a woman named Missy (Lauren Lapkus - Holmes & Watson, The Unicorn etc) who turned out to be the worst type there was. After months of that traumatic experience and having been in unsuccessful relationship, his best friend in office Nate (Nick Swardson - Grown Ups 2 etc) tried to convince Tim to get back into the game.

(TV Series) Dark Season 1-3 - The Most Ambitious, Intriguing and Complex Time Travel Series

After hearing so many praises to this Netflix Original series, I decided to give this a try. It was a good thing too since the 3rd and final season was just released a month ago and thus I should be able to complete the whole series without the anxiety of waiting for the finale. Anyway, I will try to give a bit of very brief summary on the whole seasons.

Brief Story Line Season 1

In the small city of Winden, Germany a young boy had gone missing for days with the case being investigated by police chief Charlotte Doppler (Karolina Eichhorn) and her team including police officer Ulrich Nielsen (Oliver Masucci). Meanwhile a group of teenagers consisted of Jonas Kahnwald (Louis Hoffman) with Bartosz Tiedemann (Paul Lux) & his girlfriend Martha Nielsen (Lisa Vicari), Magnus Nielsen (Moritz Jann) plus the unexpected arrival of Franziska Doppler (Gina Alice Stiebitz) & Mikkel Nielsen (Daan Lennard Liebrenz) were looking for some weed in an abandoned cave near the power plant. However, it resulted to the disappearance of one of them which terrified the city.

(TV SERIES) Warrior Nun Season 1 - One of the Most Unique & Fun Heroine Origin Story

This was a series that caught my attention in Netflix. Again it was one of their originals which I had mentioned few times earlier that usually translated to good quality series. I was interested after reading the premise, which gave the impression of intriguing fantasy and possibly with some actions. Well I'll just get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Set in Spain, the Order of Cruciform Sword (OCS) was created centuries ago to serve Catholic church and secretly protect the world from evil/supernaturals by training a group of Nuns as a team of highly capable operatives and referred to as Warrior Nuns. The team leader would have extraordinary powers from an ancient artifact. However, due to some freak incident, the artifact somehow ended up with a young woman who was a quadriplegic after involved in car accident named Ava (Alba Baptista) and totally recover & gave her powers. 

(2020) The Old Guard - Good Enough Action Movie Adapted from Popular Graphic Novel

During the weekend, there was a new movie released in Netflix, which has been promoted quite a lot. I was definitely intrigued by the premise and since cinemas are yet to open due to Covid-19 pandemic, the release of this movie was certainly a huge welcome. OK, what was the movie all about? Let us find out, shall we?

Brief Story Line

A group of mercenaries with extraordinary ability led by Andy (Charlize Theron - The Addams Family, Atomic Blonde etc) with her friends Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts - Red Sparrow etc), Joe (Marwan Kenzari - Aladdin live version etc) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli) were hired by an ex CIA agent Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Sherlock Gnomes etc) to free some kidnapped children in Sudan. However when things went sideways, they had to save themselves from people who were after them.

(TV SERIES) The Outsider - A Dark & Gloomy but Pretty Amazing Mystery Drama Miniseries Adapted from Stephen King's Novel

As I was looking for short series to enjoy during last weekend, I came across this one in HBO Go platform. It was only 10 episodes and said to be based on Stephen King's novel. I had actually seen the title earlier but not sure why I never gave it a chance. Well anyway I did give this a try and I will just go ahead with it now.

Brief Story Line

In Cherokee city, when a young boy was found brutally murdered, detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn - Spies in Disguise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story etc) was assigned to the case with Georgia state police Yunis Sablo (Yul Vazquez - Midnight, Texas TV series etc). The case drew the attention of the city's people including Little League coach Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman - Game Night, Office Christmas Party etc) & his wife Glory (Julianne Nicholson - Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV series etc) and also Ralph's wife Jeannie (Mare Winningham - Georgia etc).