(TV SERIES) Neagley Season 1 - A Wonderful Spin Off Series from the World of Reacher

After our holiday trip, my wife and I were busy with other things and were not able to see any of the latest movies in the cinema. However, I did have the chance to watch the whole episodes of this new series just released in Prime Video two days ago. OK then, let's just get right with the series now.

Brief Story Line

Frances Neagley (Maria Sten - Channel Zero: The Dream Door TV series etc) who worked as Private Investigator in Philadelphia got news that her childhood best friend had committed suicide. As she was suspicious of the death, Neagley decided to look into the matter and found that he had been member of a community called Echo Canyon Farm that was similar to a cult led by Lawrence Cole (Damon Herriman - Mortal Kombat II, The Bondsman TV series etc). Neagley sought information from Philadelphia PD where Detective Hudson Riley (Greyston Holt - Lou, Durham County TV series etc) was assigned to help her.

(2026) The Runner - Lacking Punch for a Supposedly Thrilling Premise

I saw this movie in the Coming Soon section of Prime Video and was looking forward to watch due to its interesting premise. So when it was made available yesterday, I immediately gave it a try once I was able to do it. Let's get to the movie now, shall we?

Brief Story Line

Maia Marten (Gal Gadot - Heart of Stone, Wonder Woman etc) was a famous attorney based in London who raised her young child Noah (Rory Wilmot) by herself. During one of her usual morning run after dropping Noah to school, she got a mysterious call from a man claiming he had kidnapped her son. The caller (Damian Lewis - Our Kind of Traitor, Billions TV series etc) demanded Maia to do a specific thing within one hour before he release Noah.

Mystery Arena - A Combination of Game Quiz and Whodunit Mystery that Might be too Weird in General

There were not that many options to watch on streaming services during the past few days as they were mostly ongoing series or movie that I was not that interested in. When I found this one on Prime Video which I was not exactly sure when it was released, I thought the premise sound intriguing. Anyway I actually tried to watch on Friday night but somehow was too sleepy and only continued & finished it last night. Without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Set in the year 2036, twenty years after pandemic that ruined the lives of people and newborn babies, a quiz was held annually by its host Kabayama (Karasawa Toshiaki - 24 Japan TV series, 20th Century Boys films etc) where contestants were given murder mystery case to be solved live on TV giving the winner a huge money prize. The contestants of this year's quiz were disgraced researcher Edison (Nomaguchi Toru - AARO TV series, Faking Beethoven etc), orphan girl Ichiko (Ashida Mana - The Greatest Teacher TV series, Under the Stars etc), mystery novelist Ano (Asano Yuko -  Kura, The 8-Tomb Village etc) and three men with nicknames of Gambler (Suzuki Nobuyuki - Song of the Samurai TV series, Tokyo Revengers etc), Legend (Tamayama Tetsuji - Jigen Daisuke, Warau Matroshka TV series etc), and Unlucky Guy (Okuno So - Cosmetic Playlover TV series, The Setting Sun etc).

The Devil's Mouth - Shark Survival Thriller that would not Win the Hearts of Critics but Still Pretty Intense

When I returned home from my 2 weeks holiday, I did not browse through anything new on streaming platforms as I already set my eyes on watching certain shows. I only started searching for it yesterday and noticed there was a new movie released on Prime Video since last Wednesday. It seemed to have interesting premise which made me intrigued to give a try. OK then, I'll just get into it.

Brief Story Line

Five friends that consisted of Sara (Kathryn Newton - Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come, Freaky etc) and her dominant best friend Max (Lana Condor - Pretty Lethal, Deadly Class TV series etc) with her boyfriend James (Nico Hiraga - Moxie, The Power TV series etc) together with Adrienne (Tommi Rose - Sweet Magnolias TV series etc) & her boyfriend Greg (Gavin Casalegno - The Summer I Turned Pretty TV series, Queen of the Ring etc) wanted to experience one last adventure before they went with life after college. They decided to go to Thailand and went on an under water tour in the remote caves called the Devil's Mouth with local tour guide named Wat (Tayme Thapthimthong - The White Lotus season 3 etc).

(TV SERIES) Ride or Die Season 1 - An Entertaining Action Adventure Series with Solid Performance from the Cast and Interesting Story

While I was away on two weeks holiday with my wife, I only used my time sparringly watching series on various streaming services. This Prime Video original caught my attention and I decided to give a try in the middle of our trip & finished it in few days time. All right then, I'll just get started with the series.

Brief Story Line

Debbie (Octavia Spencer - The Witches 2020 adaptation, The Shape of Water etc), the wife of British Member of Parliament David (Jamie Parker - Valkyrie, The Crown TV series etc) had been best friends with forensic accountant Judith (Hannah Waddingham - The Woman in Cabin 10, Lilo & Stitch live action adaptation etc) and went through a lot of things together. Unbeknownst to Debbie, Judith was actually a professional assassin working for organization led by The Director (Bill Nighy - Shelter, The Wild Robot etc) with her handler Sam (Calam Lynch - Benecition, Sweetpea TV series etc). 

(TV SERIES) Elle Season 1 - A Fun and Pleasing Light Comedy Series and Prequel to the Hugely Popular Legally Blonde

Few weeks ago, I read somewhere about this series that would be released on Prime Video which I thought sounded interesting. When it was finally made available two days ago, I thought it would have the usual one episode per week, but to my surprise, all episodes were already released on that day. So I decided to start watching yesterday and finished it today. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Set in the 1990s, Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree - The Murdaugh Murders etc) the only daughter of successful plastic surgeon Wyatt Woods (Tom Everett Scott - Sisters of the Groom, The Summer I Turned Pretty TV series etc) and Eva (June Diane Raphael - Long Shot, Burning Love TV series etc) was having the best time of her life, living in Los Angeles and was loved by her high school friends. Unfortunately, due to some reasons, the whole family had to move outside LA and settled in Seattle.

(2026) Over Your Dead Body - Amusing & Fun Action Comedy English Remake of Popular Norwegian Hit Movie

Yesterday I got notification from Prime Video about the release of a new movie. It was kind of surprising as I was not aware there would be one yesterday. But after finding out more info, apparently it was not a brand new film, rather something that was only made available via streaming. Anyway the premise sounded really fun which made me immediately leave what I was watching to give this a try. OK let's just get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Washed up director Dan Burton (Jason Segel - Windfall, Shrinking TV series etc) had been married for several years with Lisa (Samara Weaving - Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, The Valet etc), an actress trying to find her big break. Their marriage was so terrible that they could no longer stand one another and secretly planned to murder each other during a weekend holiday trip to the cabin owned by Dan's father Michael (Paul Guilfoyle - Colony TV series, Arthur the King etc).

(TV SERIES) Spider-Noir Season 1 - Wonderfully Written, Brilliantly Acted & Entertaining Combination of Superhero & Noir Genre

Yesterday I got notification from Prime Video that a new series was released. It was a superhero series that I was aware few days ago which immediately made me interested. Amazingly I was able to complete the full season last night so I can write about it today. OK let's just get to it now.

Brief Story Line

Set in the 1930s New York, Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage - The Croods: A New Age, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies etc) was working as Private Investigator and assisted by his trusted secretary Janet Ruiz (Karen Rodriguez - The Hunting Wives TV series etc). Secretly Ben was also a superhero called the Spider who fought against crimes in the city. But after something happened 5 years before, Ben stopped becoming the Spider which made mob boss Finn Byrne aka Silvermane (Brendan Gleeson - Paddington 2, The Banshees of Inisherin etc) was able to control the city.

Jack Ryan: Ghost War - A Fast Paced Action Packed Movie with Character from Popular Novels

I was aware that there was going to be a Jack Ryan movie this year in continuation with the Prime Video series which I was obviously interested in. So once it was finally available yesterday, I immediately watch it. Without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

After the events of the series finale, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski -Fountain of Youth, DC League of Super Pets etc) had stopped working for the CIA and working in Wall Street. But when his former boss Deputy Director Jim Greer (Wendell Pierce - Superman 2025, The Wire TV series etc) asked for his help to retrieve some package in Dubai, Jack could not resist. Accompanied by Mike November (Michael Kelly - The Penguin mini series, Viral etc), Jack finally met with the person. 

Balls Up - A Terrible Totally Not Funny Raunchy Comedy Movie

I did not realize there was new movie released by Prime Video two days ago and only noticed it yesterday. It looked like a fun comedy movie and since I was in the middle of a rather depressing series, I thought it would be a nice distraction for a while and watched it last night. All right then, let's get right to it.

Brief Story Line

Elijah DeBell (Paul Walter Hauser - Playdate, Inside Out 2 etc) and Brad Lewison (Mark Wahlberg - Play Dirty, Daddy's Home 2 etc) worked for a condom company who were trying to be the sponsor for 2025 Football World Cup Championship in Brazil. Elijah and Brad managed to convince Senior Santos (Benjamin Bratt - Coco, Law and Order TV series etc), the person in charge of sponsorship to appoint their company. However everything did not go as planned as they somehow managed to screw things up.

Pretty Lethal - An Action Thriller Movie that was Purely For Fun and Pretty Entertaining

After finishing second season of one of my favorite series, I saw in the website for newly released films & series on various streaming platforms and noticed this movie was just made available on Prime Video. As it looked like fun, I decided to watch this first before continuing another series. OK then, why don't I just get right to it.

Brief Story Line

A group of ballerinas that consisted of the confident Bones (Maddie Ziegler - The Fallout, My Old Ass etc) the bitchy Princess (Lana Condor - Moonshot, To All the Boys movies etc), the religious Grace (Avantika - Mean Girls 2024 version, Tarot etc) and the sisters Zoe (Iris Apatow - The Bubble, Unstable TV series etc) & hearing impaired Chloe (Millicent Simmonds - A Quiet Place and its sequel) were invited to perform in Budapest. They went together with their teacher Thorna (Lydia Leonard - Last Christmas, A Woman of Substance TV series etc) to Hungary, but their trip was disrupted and they were forced to wait in a secluded inn quite far from the destination.

(TV SERIES) Scarpetta Season 1 - Could Have Been Better with More Technical Aspects and Less Dysfunctional Family Drama

As I was away for two weeks holiday, I was unable to catch new movies. And since I only got home late from all the walking around daily, I had very little time to see series at nights. However, last night I finally managed to finish a mystery series that was released on Prime Video since almost 2 weeks ago. So even though it's quite late, but I still want to write something about this series. All right then, let's just get right on it.

Brief Story Line

Story was told in two different timelines 28 years apart. In the present day, Dr. Kay Scarpetta (Nicole Kidman - Holland, A Family Affair etc) was just reappointed as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner when a woman's body was found and her expertise was required to identify the cause of death. Kay enlisted her old colleague former Detective Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale - Blonde, Super Intelligence etc) to assist her in specialist capacity. However Kay's work was sometimes a bit disturbed with her personal family issue from her older sister Dorothy (Jamie Lee Curtis - Haunted Mansion 2023, Knives Out etc) who she always had a fight with, to her niece/Dorothy's daughter the Tech genius Lucy (Ariana DeBose - Kraven the Hunter, Love Hurts etc) and Kay's husband the FBI profiler Benton Wesley (Simon Baker - The Mentalist TV series, Margin Call etc).

(TV SERIES) Young Sherlock Season 1 - Interesting Take on the Famous and Beloved Brilliant Detective During His Younger Days

I found out about this series just recently on the internet and was interested because of the title. So when the whole episodes were released two days ago on Prime Video, I immediately started watching and finished it last night. Without further ado, I'll get right on it. 

Brief Story Line

Set during 19th century London, young & intelligent Sherlock Holmes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin - The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The Loneliest Boy in The World etc) was getting into so much trouble that his older brother Mycroft (Max Irons - Crooked House, Condor TV series etc) decided he should go to Oxford. Meanwhile their mother Cordelia (Natascha McElhone - The Secret of Moonacre, Halo TV series etc) had been in asylum for many years due to incident during Sherlock's childhood years, and their father Silas Holmes (Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love, The Handmaid's Tale TV series etc) was always away on business trips. 

The Bluff - A Pretty Entertaining Swashbuckler Action Movie

I was not aware that this movie was released on Wednesday in Prime Video till the following day when I was looking at new release on streaming platforms. Without hesitation, I immediately watched it last night as it was the kind of film that interest me. OK, let's just get on with it then.

Brief Story Line

Set in the 19th century where some pirates were still roaming the Carribbean sea, a merchant ship with its Captain T. H. Bodden (Ismael Cruz Cordova - The Pickup, Berlin Station TV series etc) were attacked by pirate ship led by notorious Captain Connor (Karl Urban - The Boys TV series, Star Trek: Beyond etc) along with Quartermaster Lee (Temuera Morrison - The Wrecking Crew, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom etc). Connor decided to find Bodden's home after finding something that he had been searching for years.

Playdate - Unfortunately not As Entertaining As I Hoped For

I noticed in the website for upcoming movies that this film was going to be released in Prime Video on November12, 2025. But as I waited and waited, it never appeared on that day. After re-checking, I came to conclusion that it was only available in the US. To my surprise, three days ago it was finally released in Indonesia and I got the chance to watch it yesterday. OK, I'll just get started with it then.

Brief Story Line

Brian Jennings (Kevin James - Hubie Halloween, Paul Blart: Mall Cop etc) was a forensic accountant who just got laid-off from the company he worked for. His wife Emily (Sarah Chalke - The Wrong Missy, Roseanne TV series etc) decided to return to work as lawyer, leaving Brian to be a stay-home dad and taking care of his step son Lucas (Benjamin Pajak - The Life of Chuck etc). On their first time spending the day together, Brian and Lucas went to the park and met with single dad Jeff (Alan Ritchson - The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Reacher TV series etc) who was playing with his son CJ (Banks Pierce). 

(2026) The Wrecking Crew - An Entertaining Buddy Cop Action Comedy Movie

I noticed this movie promoted by Prime Video few days ago and was immediately excited when I saw the two lead stars and the action comedy genre. So when the film was finally released yesterday and as soon as I was available, I immediately watched it. All right then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Navy SEAL Colonel James Hale (Dave Bautista - My Spy: The Eternal City, Stuber etc) had been living in Hawaii all his life with his wife Leila (Roimata Fox - Chief of War mini series etc) and their two young children. Meanwhile his half brother Jonny (Jason Momoa - A Minecraft Movie, Dune etc) had been working as police detective in Oklahoma and in relationship with Valentina (Morena Baccarin - Greenland 2: Migration, Deadpool & Wolverine etc). James and Jonny had not spoken with each other for many years, but everything changed when their father became victim of hit and run which both of them suspected foul play. Despite the warning from Detective Sergeant Karl Rennet (Stephen Root - Heads of State, Barry TV series etc) not to interfere, James and Jonny investigated the incident by themselves.

(Mini Series) STEAL - An Unconventional but Interesting Heist Thriller Series

I was not aware the existence of this series till it was made available in Prime Video three days ago. Due to its intriguing premise, I immediately gave it a try on that same day and finished it the following day. OK then, I'll just head on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Zara Dunne (Sophie Turner - Do Revenge, Game of Thrones TV series etc) was working at a large investment firm in London that managed numerous accounts from various sources including pension fund. One day a group of people who used nicknames such as London (Jonathan Slinger - A Knight's Tale, Paradox etc), Sniper (Andrew Howard - The Outpost TV series, Taken 3 etc) and several others came to Zara's office and threaten the employees at gun point. They instructed Zara and her colleague Luke (Archie Madekwe - Gran Turismo, Midsommar etc) to transfer large cash out from their firm and left the office building before the police arrived. 

She Rides Shotgun - A Dark and Heavy Thriller Movie Based on Award Winning Novel

I was not aware that this movie would be available on Prime Video till yesterday I read in the website about its release. Though I was watching another series, I was intrigued about the film and decided to give it a try. All right then, let's just get into the movie.

Brief Story Line

Polly Huff (Ana Sophia Heger - Life in Pieces TV series etc) was a 9 year old kid who after waiting for a while at school, was finally picked up by her father Nate McClusky (Taron Egerton - Carry-On, Kingsman: The Golden Circle etc). Although she felt uneasy as Nate was just released from prison, Polly still went along with him. It was later revealed that Nate had an altercation with the white supremacist gang and his family including Polly was put on hit list.

Oh. What. Fun. - Unfortunately not A Fun Christmas Comedy Film

I saw the notification of this new movie several days ago on Prime Video and after reading the brief synopsis plus looking at the lead cast, I was quite intrigued to give it a try. However I only got the chance to watch it two nights ago after completing other series. OK let's just get right to it then.

Brief Story Line

Claire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer - Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Mother! etc) had been planning for the perfect Christmas holiday gathering with her family that consisted of her husband Nick (Denis Leary - Ice Age: Collision Course, The Moodys TV series etc), the children i.e. Channing the oldest (Felicity Jones - The Midnight Sky, True Story etc), middle child Taylor (Chloë Grace Moretz - Nimona, Tom & Jerry 2021 version etc) and the youngest Sammy (Dominc Sessa - Now You See Me Now You Don't etc) together with Channing's husband Doug (Jason Schwartzman - Bored to Death TV series, The Darjeeling Limited etc) & their young twins.

(Mini Series) Harlan Coben's Lazarus - A Pretty Interesting Psychological Horror Series with Multiple Surprising Twists

I was not aware there would be this new series to be released on Prime Video earlier. But when I got notification yesterday and read a bit on the synopsis, I was immediately intrigued and gave it a try. Having only 6 episodes where all of them were released at the same time, made it easy for me to complete the whole series last night. All right then, I'll just get right to it.

Brief Story Line

When forensic psychiatrist Joel Lazarus aka Laz (Sam Claflin -Enola Holmes, Adrift etc) was informed that his father, the experienced psychiatrist Doctor Jonathan Lazarus (Bill Nighy - The Wild Robot, Love Actually etc) had shot himself, he immediately came back to his home town. Laz did not believe that his father would have committed suicide, though his sister Jenna (Alexandra Roach - No Offence TV series, Anna Karenina etc) did not have any doubt. The suicide was investigated by Laz's old friend Detective Seth McGovern (David Fynn - Trolls Band Together, Undateable TV series etc) and his superior DCI Alison Brown (Kate Ashfield - Shaun of the Dead, This Little Life etc).