No Other Choice - Critically Acclaimed Movie with Heavy Topic Which Should Please Fans of Festival Films

After weeks of missing out on recent movies in the cinemas, yesterday my wife and I browsed through various options in several locations & decided to see this film. It was something that we were interested in due to the cast, though we did not have knowledge of the story. Anyway, after finishing our important errand in the morning, we finally head to the studio and saw the film at 3.20 PM.

Brief Story Line

Man-su (Lee Byung-hun - Concrete Utopia, Squid Game TV series season 2 & 3 etc) was a manager in paper factory for 25 years and living the dream life with his wife Miri (Son Ye-jin - The Negotiation, Thirty Nine TV series etc) and their two children & two dogs. However it suddenly turned bad when he lost his job.

After months of having difficulties in managing their finances, Man-su decided to go for the only available job. But he had to face stiff competition from people more suitable such as Gu Bum-mo (Lee Sung-min - Handsome Guys, The Queen Who Crowns TV series etc), Go Si-jo (Cha Seung-won - Uprising, Our Blues TV series etc) and the one still working in the company, Choi Seun-chul (Park Hee-son - My Name TV series, The Policeman's Lineage TV series etc). In order to ensure he got the job, Man-su really went to the most extreme. 

Another Simple Favor - Not a Better Sequel of that Wonderful 2018 Mystery Thriller Movie, but Still Pretty Enjoyable

I got notification from Prime Video about this movie that was just released on the Labor Day Holiday which I was interested in. So once I got the chance yesterday, I immediately watched this to see if it was as good as I hoped for. OK, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Story was set five years after the events of the first movie, where Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick - Trolls World Tour, Woman of the Hour etc) had been a pretty succesful mystery vlogger and book writer of her experience with Emily Nelson (Blake Lively - The Rhythm Section, It Ends With Us etc). Unexpectedly Emily was able to get an appeal on her case and was released from prison. She even planned to get married with an Italian wealthy guy named Dante (Michele Morrone - 365 Days trilogy etc) in Capri island and insisted Stephanie to be her maid of honor.

(TV SERIES) The Brothers Sun Season 1 - A Pretty Entertaining Action Series with Dark Comedy About Family of Triads

This series was put in several list of most anticipated in 2024 likely due to the premise and the lead star. It was released on Thursday but I came home late that night and only started to watch it on Friday & finished it yesterday. OK, why don't I just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Charles Sun (Justin Chien - Two Sides: Unfaithful TV series etc) was the son of renowned Triad leader in Taiwan who after an incident that happened in his hometown, had to go to Los Angeles to protect his family. They were Charles' mother Eileen (Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once, A Haunting in Venice etc) and younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li) who had little recollection of his childhood life and did not know his gangster background. 

(2022) The Menu - An Entertaining Black Comedy Thriller Movie

When this movie was out last week, I was already going with my wife for holiday vacation and just got the chance to see it yesterday after a busy week at work. Anyway, I was intrigued to find out more as it raised my curiosity after seeing briefly its trailer a week earlier. OK, let's get right to it.

Brief Story Line

Tyler (Nicholas Hoult - The Current War, Tolkien etc) and Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy - The Queen's Gambit mini series, Last Night in Soho etc) were invited to an exclusive dining experience in a restaurant managed by celebrity chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes - No Time to Die, The Hurt Locker etc) in a secluded island. There were only few other people who were going to the restaurant, including wealthy couple Richard (Reed Birney - Lost Girls etc) and Anne (Judith Light - Ugly Betty TV series etc), actor George Diaz (John Leguizamo - Encanto, Collateral Damage etc) and his assistant Felicity (Aimee Carrero - Young & Hungry TV series etc), famous food critic Lilian (Janet McTeer - Jessica Jones TV series etc) and her editor Ted (Paul Adelstein - Prison Break TV series etc) and finance executives Soren (Arturo Castro), Bryce (Rob Yang) and Dave (Mark St. Cyr).

(TV SERIES) Insatiable Season 1 - Not the Best Series There is for a Current Topic, but Still a Pretty Entertaining Dark Comedy

I have mentioned sometime ago in one of my posts about this Netflix series. It was a comedy series that I had fun watching it since a while back. OK I will just go straight to the series now.

Brief Story Line

An overweight teenager named Patty Bladell (Debby Ryan - The Suit Life on Deck, Jessie TV series etc) had been enduring torrid times at school being fat-shamed and bullied by her school friends, in particular Dixie Sinclair (Irene Choi). However, when an accident somehow made her become thin, Patty decided to get back on the people who made fun of her. Patty would get the help from her best friend Nonnie (Kimmie Shields). She lived with her single mother Angie (comedian Sarah Colonna) who had Patty since teenager and thus was not the ideal mother and they both have a strained relationship.