The Sleepover - A Truly Kid-Friendly Action Adventure Comedy Movie

Last weekend, I watched this movie which was said to be quite a hit. It was released a week earlier on Netflix but honestly I was only interested after reading the news about it. OK, I will get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Young Kevin Finch (Maxwell Simkins) was having his best friend Lewis (Lucas Jaye) for a sleepover at his house. Meanwhile his older sister Clancy (Sadie Stanley - Kim Possible movie etc) was trying to sneak out with her best friend Mim (Cree Cicchino - Game Shakers TV series etc) to a party held by their high school friends. 

However, everything went sideways when Kevin & Clancy's mother Margot (Malin Åkerman - Rampage, 27 Dresses etc) and father Ron (Ken Marino - Veronica Mars etc) were kidnapped by a couple of criminals Baxter (Harry Aspinwall) and Elise (Enuka Okuma - Impulse TV series etc). Apparently they have a plan to rob a famous treasure with the help from a thief named Leo (Joe Manganiello - Drunk Parents, True Blood TV series etc).

(TV SERIES) Upload Season 1 - A Really Unique Series with Interesting Premise of Virtual After Life

During the last long weekend holiday, after watching some serious series, I was looking for a lighter comedy type and found this one which I thought just perfect. So without further ado, let's get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the future where humans could "live" in a virtual life referred to as Heaven by transferring their consciousness through process called "Upload" after their demise. Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell - Code 8, The DUFF etc) was a young man who recently died and was encouraged by his wealthy girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) to upload into one of the most luxurious heaven called Lake View. 

In Lake View, Nathan met with other people who also "live" there, including a war veteran named Luke (Kevin Bigley - Sirens TV series etc) who would soon became his best friend. Nathan's customer service representative (referred to as Angel) was a young woman named Nora (Andy Allo). In the real world, Nora worked with other Angels with one in particular named Aleesha (Zainab Johnson) who happened to be Luke's angel.

(TV SERIES) Perry Mason Season 1 - A Wonderful Start of the Iconic Character's Latest Adaptation

I have seen this series for the past few weeks in HBO Go application and was interested to watch it, but I had to patiently wait till the first season is completed as I want to watch a complete season rather than waiting weekly for another episode. Anyway, I decided to watch it during this long weekend holiday and just finished it last night. So here goes.

Brief Story Line

Set in the year 1932 Los Angeles, Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys - The Post, The Americans TV series etc) was a war veteran who now worked as a Private Investigator with his friend/partner Pete Strickland (Shea Whigham - Kong: Skull Island, Boardwalk Empire TV series etc). Usually they would work on cases that involved non subtle approach but this time Perry was hired by his old friend, the lawyer EB Jonathan (John Lithgow - Pet Sematary 2019 version, Terms of Endearment etc) to investigate on a high profile kidnapping case.

Project Power - A Decent Action Movie on People with "Powers"

Few days ago, this movie was released on Netflix and honestly I had no idea what the movie's premise and therefore no intention of watching it. But as it was a long weekend holiday and after finishing last seasons of 2 series I had been following for years, I wanted to watch a feature movie. So I read the synopsis which apparently seemed interesting (with superhero and stuff), and thought I should give it a try. OK let's get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Set in the New Orleans, a new drug called "Power" was distributed by a person later on revealed as Biggie (Rodrigo Santoro - Reprisal TV series, The 33 etc). This drug was said to give people a special power specific to the person who used it but only lasted for 5 minutes. With the increase of criminal activities done by the people who used Power, a cop from NOPD named Frank Shaver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Snowden, The Walk etc) decided he should also use it to level the playing field. He bought them from a small time dealer named Robin (Dominique Fishback - The Deuce TV series etc) who was also a struggling high school student.

(TV SERIES) Stargirl Season 1 - A Refreshing and Youthful Story of DC Superhero

I heard about this brand new series in DC universe which just completed its first season around a week ago. As a fan of series based on comic books superhero, obviously I would not let this one slip by. So I watched this during my last week's long weekend holiday. Well let's get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) was a teenager who reluctantly had to move with her mother Barbara (Amy Smart - Crank, The Butterfly Effect etc) to her hometown in Blue Valley, Nevada together with her stepfather Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson - Vacancy, Legally Blonde etc) and his pre-teen son Mike (Trae Romano). The reason for moving was Barbara got a new job at a company called The American Dream owned by Jordan Mahkent (Neil Jackson - Blade: The Series etc) located at Blue Valley. At her new school, Courtney made new friends with the outcasts such as Yolanda (Yvette Monreal - Rambo: Last Blood etc), Beth (Anjelika Washington - Tall Girl etc) and Rick (Cameron Gellman). She also met with the school's most popular and mean girl Cindy (Meg DeLacy) with her boyfriend Henry King Jr (Jake Austin Walker). 

(TV SERIES) Cursed Season 1 - A Surprisingly Entertaining Re-imagining of Arthurian Legends

During last long weekend holiday, I was intrigued to watch this series which was already released on Netflix a couple of weeks earlier. Again, this was another one of their original series and as the premise was interesting, one of my favorite genre, I would not pass this one up. OK so let's get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Set in Britannia during the medieval time, a young fairy (or referred to as Fey) named Nimue (Katherine Langford - Knives Out etc) was considered an outcast and always felt she did not belong. She tried to escape to another place and accompanied by her best friend Pym (Lily Newmark) where they met with a young cut-throat named Arthur (Devon Terrel). However, when Nimue's village was attacked by group of mercenary priests called Red Paladins led by Father Carden (Peter Mullan - The Vanishing, War Horse etc), she was given a task by her mother to deliver an item to Merlin the magician (Gustaf Skarsgård - Vikings TV series etc).