A Minecraft Movie - A Fun Adaptation of Hugely Popular Best Selling Game

This movie had its special screening during the previous weekend in Indonesia and only had its wide release last Wednesday. But amazingly, even on Saturday the cinemas were still full of audience which made it very hard for us to get tickets. After hesitating a while, my wife and I finally decided to buy tickets in the cinema that we frequently went even though they were not our favorite seats. Without further ado, here's more on the movie. 

Brief Story Line

Steve (Jack Black - Kungfu Panda 4, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween etc) was a doorknob salesman who felt he had been wasting his life and decided to go to the mysterious mine that made him curious since childhood. Inside he found a unique world called the Overworld where he felt happy and decided to stay there. However, Steve later uncovered the Nether world with its ruler Malgosha (voiced by Rachel House - Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Heartbreak High TV series etc) who was trying to take over the Overworld and turn it into a dark place like the Nether. 

(2025) The Amateur - Story of Unconventional Kind of Spy on Personal Mission

This film was just released in Indonesian theaters on Friday and I decided to see this with my wife yesterday. It was the first of our movie marathon day while the other one was something we had been eyeing from last week. All right then, I'll start with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Charlie Heller (Rami Malek - Amsterdam, Bohemian Rhapsody etc) was a brilliant decoder for the CIA and was living happily with his wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan - Spies in Disguise, House of Cards TV series etc). But when he received devastating news from his boss Deputy Director Moore (Holt McCallany - Nightmare Alley, Mindhunter TV series etc), Charlie insisted the CIA to help him resolve it. Despite his repeated requests, the CIA did not really assist Charlie which made him took matter into his own hands.

G20 - An Action Thriller with Familiar Plot

I did not realize this movie was released on Thursday on Prime Video and only realized the day after. Its premise sounded interesting for me and seemed to promise lots of action. So without hesitation, I immediately watch it last night once I was available. All right then, I'll dive into it. 

Brief Story Line

US President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder TV series, The Woman King etc) was planning to implement a new program that would help the poor farmers in Sahara desert. She wanted to bring this program to be approved by other leaders during the G20 convention in South Africa. Together with her husband Derek (Anthony Anderson - Ferdinand, The Departed etc), their two children, the rebellious Serena (Marsai Martin - Black-ish TV series etc) & her younger brother Demetrius (Christopher Farrar), they all went to the convention in a fortress-like hotel in Cape Town. 

(Mini Series) Karma - Great Series With Story that Suit the Title Perfectly

This new limited series that was released by Netflix on 4 April had a very brief, yet intriguing synopsis. But since I was finishing other series, I only got the chance to watch it yesterday and managed to complete in one day. OK, let's just get right to the series now, shall we.

Brief Story Line

Story focused on people whose lives were entangled by ill-fated relationships. The first one was a man whose investment using money borrowed from loan shark was unsuccessful, resulted to him being debt-ridden and referred to as the Debtor (Lee Hee-joon - Badland Hunters, A Killer Paradox TV series etc). Second was Jang Gil-ryong (Kim Sung-kyun - Moving TV series, Officer Black Belt etc), a Korean-Chinese immigrant who was fired from his work and accepted offer to do a job that promised huge pay. Third was a surgeon Lee Ju-yeon (Shin Min-a - No Gain No Love TV series, My Love, My Bride etc) who was caught with the trauma from her past.

(TV SERIES) The Bondsman Season 1 - Interesting Horror Action Series About Undead Bounty Hunter

When I watched another movie on Prime Video the other day, I also noticed a new series with very interesting premise. Originally I thought it would be similar to their other original series and released one or two episodes per week, but apparently all were made available on the same day. So obviously I decided to watch immediately. OK, I'll just get started then.

Brief Story LIne

Hub Halloran (Kevin Bacon - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special etc) was a bounty hunter who got into an altercation with one of his targets and got killed. However, he was later resurrected by the devil and "recruited" to work for him to catch demons that escaped from hell. Hub's mother Kitty (Beth Grant - The Mindy Project TV series, Speed etc) was shocked when she found out but decided to assist him in his missions. 

Holland - Rather Disappointing for a Supposedly Psychological Thriller

I have seen this new movie released on Prime Video last week but did not have the chance to watch as I was in the middle of finishing other series. Last night while looking for something new to see, I remembered about the film and decided to watch it. OK, let's get it going then.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the year 2000, in Holland, Michigan where school teacher Nancy (Nicole Kidman - The Perfect Couple mini series, Paddington etc) was living happily with her husband Fred Vandergroot (Matthew Macfayden - Deadpool & Wolverine, Ripper Street TV series etc) and their 13 year old boy Harry (Jude Hill - A Haunting in Venice etc). But when Nancy started noticing that Fred had been frequently going on conferences, she suspected of him having an affair.

(TV SERIES) Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? - Despite Its Sometimes Melodramatic Moments and Slow Burn Process, but the Series was Pretty Worth the Watch with Its Multiple Shocking Twists

During 2 weeks vacation with my wife, I did not have chance to see anything in the cinemas but I did complete few series on Netflix. As they were released some time back, I decided to write about this Japanese series instead, since its finale was made available only recently and I finished it last night. All right then, I'll get right to it.

Brief Story Line

Komugi (Hirose Suzu - The Third Murder, Chiyafuru trilogy etc) was a college student living only with her ex-cop father Haruo Yamashita (Lily Franky - Tokyo Swindlers TV series, Shoplifters etc) for years. On the Christmas eve, Komugi's father was found murdered on their burnt house. Haruo's old partner from the police, Detective Akazawa (Fujimoto Takahiro - Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, Golden Kamuy 2 TV series etc) caught the culprit Endo Tomoya (Narita Ryo - Modern Love Tokyo anthology series etc) who was the son of convicted murderer of the whole Hayashikawa family that occurred 22 years before.

Invincible Swordsman - Another Adaptation of Jin Yong's Popular Martial Arts Novel

Few days ago, I watched this Chinese movie that I have also been eyeing when it was released during vacation with my wife. It was very challenging since very few cinemas left showing the film. In fact it was no longer available in Indonesia from yesterday. Anyway, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Ling Huchong (Tim Huang - The Forbidden Depths, Captain Han TV series etc) was the Huashan sect disciple who always had mind of his own and dislike following rules of martial arts world. Due to some reasons, he was expelled by his teacher Yue Buqun (Zhang Lu - Undercover TV series etc) but later become the direct student of Grand Master Feng (Sammo Hung - Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Mr. Nice Guy etc) and learnt even greater skills.