(TV SERIES) Warrior Season 1 - Superbly Done Action Series Based on the Writings of Bruce Lee

I actually have seen the first 3 episodes of this series some time ago when it was released an episode every week on Cinemax channel. However, as it was hard to wait and I got distracted with other series that have completed, I forgotten about this one. Not until few days ago when I browse for something new on HBO Go apps that I saw there was going to be a second season coming soon. Hence, during the weekend I quickly finished the first season so I could write about it.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the 19th century San Francisco, where the Chinese were enslaved by the Americans for cheap labor work which resulted to lots of turmoil in the state. In Chinatown, there were few gangs (referred to as "Tongs") occupying the city with the biggest ones Hop Wei Tong led by Father Jun (Perry Yung) and Long Zii Tong led by himself and his young wife Mai Ling (Dianne Doan) along with their strong enforcer Li Yong (Joe Taslim - The Night Comes for Us, The Raid etc). 

Secret Society of Second-Born Royals - A Mediocre Teenage Superhero Movie

Yesterday I noticed there were few new movies released on Disney+, and my eyes was fixed on this as it seemed interesting (whereas another one was an Indonesian comedy movie which I lost interest after its 2nd sequel and the rest were not intriguing). OK I'll get right on it now.

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Sam (Payton Elizabeth Lee - Andi Mack TV series etc) was the second-born royal in the kingdom of Illrya where she was quite rebellious with the monarch tradition and often having disagreements with her mother, Queen Catherine (Elodie Yung - The Hitman's Bodyguard, G.I. Joe: Retaliation etc) and her older sister/future queen Eleanor (Ashley Liao - Fuller House TV series etc). With her childhood best friend Mike (Noah Lomax), Sam sometimes did things against the regulation.

Enola Holmes - A Delightful Performance from Millie Bobby Brown as the Younger Sister of The Iconic Detective

There was a new movie that premiered on Netflix this week and after spending almost 3 weeks watching a total of 121 episodes of a famous TV series, I was happy to watch this one as it was from a totally different genre. Anyway let's get on with it.

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Set in England during the Victorian time, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things, Godzilla II: King of the Monsters etc) was the younger sister of the famous detective Sherlock (Henry Cavill - Mission: Impossible - Fall Out, The Witcher series etc) and their oldest brother Mycroft (Sam Claflin - Charlie's Angels 2019 version, Me Before You etc). Enola was raised only by their mother Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter - Ocean's 8, The Lone Ranger etc) with unconventional teachings such as science, martial arts etc which made her did not really fit in the society at that time.

Sabar Ini Ujian - First Indonesian Movie with Time Loop Element

When I started subscribing Disney+, I noticed there were quite a lot of Indonesian movies there, though mostly the ones that I was interested in I have already seen, while the rest were horror or typical romantic drama that I was not really a fan of. I actually saw the title of this movie but did not read the synopsis until I read in twitter that it has a time loop element. Obviously it intrigued me and therefore I decided to watch it last night. Well here goes more of the film.

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Sabar (Vino G. Bastian - Wiro Sableng Pendekar Kapak Maut Naga Geni 212, Chrisye etc) had been out of relationship with his ex girlfriend Astrid (Estelle Linden - Darah Daging etc) for the past four years. So when he got the invitation to her wedding with one of their high school friend Dimas (Mike Ethan), Sabar was very reluctant to go despite the encouragement from his best friend Billy (Ananda Omesh - The Wedding & Bebek Betutu etc) and his mother (Widyawati - Mama Mama Jagoan, Critical Eleven etc).

(2020) Mulan - The Live Version of 1998 Disney Animated Classic with Some Distinctive Changes

This movie has been very hype in the internet since it was officially released on Disney+ few days ago. I was thinking of watching it later but the temptation was too hard for me to resist, so I decided to watch it by myself last night, especially after many comments have been circulating around in various social medias. Anyway let's get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Hua Mulan (Liu Yifei - The Four trilogy, The Return of Condor Heroes 2006 series etc) was the first daughter of an army veteran Hua Zhou (Tzi Ma - Rush Hour, Wu Assassins TV series etc) who had the seeds of becoming a great warrior herself. However, being a woman, she had to suppress her talent and become a common woman at that time. When the country was being attacked by powers from North led by Bori Khan (Jason Scott Lee - The Jungle Book 1994 version, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story etc) who was assisted by powerful witch Xian Lang (Gong Li - Miami Vice, Farewell My Concubine etc), the emperor (Jet Li - Fist of Legend, Romeo Must Die etc) decreed that every family must provide 1 man to become part of the army to defend the kingdom.

(TV SERIES) Young Wallander Season 1 - Another Re-Imagining Prequel of Popular Character

Few days ago, a new series was released on Netflix and I was intrigued by the brief synopsis. Obviously a very short 6 episodes for the first season was also main attraction, especially since I wanted to watch other series/movies during the weekend. Now I'll just get into it then.

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Set in the city of Malmo, Sweden, a young rookie police officer Kurt Wallander (Adam Pålsson) was drawn into a case which happened near his home in the area filled with immigrants. The detectives who were assigned to the case were Superintendent Hemberg (Richard Dillane) and his partner Frida Rask (Leanne Best - The Woman in Black: Angel of Death etc). Due to his unique perspective, Kurt was asked by Hemberg to join in the investigation while leaving his unit and partner Reza (Yasen Atur).

Artemis Fowl - A Messy Story Telling Sadly Ruined the Chance of New Supposedly Entertaining Franchise based on Successful Novel Series

I registered for the new streaming service Disney+ which was only activated yesterday in the hope of watching a much anticipated live version movie of Mulan. However that movie was not available yet. Although I felt a bit disappointed, but at least there were other movies and series that I could watch which were not available at other streaming service providers. This was one such movie that I watched last night. OK, here's more details.

Brief Story Line

A 12 year old boy named Artemis Fowl Jr (Ferdia Shaw) was shocked when his father Artemis Fowl Sr (Colin Farrell - Dumbo live version, In Bruges etc) was kidnapped and held for ransom. Together with his trusted butler Domovoi (Nonso Anozie - RocknRolla etc) and Dom's young niece Juliet (Tamara Smart), Artemis had to find a mysterious "weapon" called the Aculos. What amazed him was the fact that Aculos was related to the Irish fairy tales his father told him and they were very real. There were indeed fairies, dwarves, goblin and even centaurs.