They Will Kill You - Bloody Violent Action Horror Comedy Movie

Yesterday this movie was released in Indonesia after playing in the US for a week. It was something that I was interested in since it sounded and looked good. I managed to convince my wife to accompany me despite having no knowledge what it was all about except its genre. Anyway, I'll just get right on it now.

Brief Story Line

Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, Deadpool 2 etc) who had been separated from her younger sister Maria (Myha'la - Leave the World Behind, Dead Man's Wire etc) for many years, took on a job as housemaid for an old building in New York managed by Lily (Patricia Arquette - Boyhood, Medium TV series etc). Asia met with few occupants including the wealthy business woman Sharon (Heather Graham - Boogie Nights, The Hangover etc) and also Kevin (Tom Felton - A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting, Origin TV series etc). She would also later met with the mysterious Ray Woodhouse (Paterson Joseph - Timeless TV series, Wonka etc). 

(TV SERIES) How to Get to Heaven from Belfast Season 1 - A Well Written and Fun Mystery Comedy Series With Wonderful Performance by Its Cast

When this series was released last week, I was in the midst of completing other series and not until I was away for holiday with my wife that I began to watch it few days ago. It took me a while to finish as I only had chance to watch at night when I was not too tired. Anyway I just completed it last night. All right then, I'll get on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Three childhood best friends that consisted of successful TV show writer Saoirse (Roisin Gallagher - Lazarus mini series, Mandrake etc), Robyn (Sinéad Keenan - Being Human TV series, Trouble With Sex etc) the mother of 3 children and Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne - Industry TV series, In View etc) reunited when their estranged friend from high school Greta (Natasha O'Keeffe - C. B. Strike TV series, Filth etc) passed away. They decided to go to the wake to honor her despite their personal reservations.

Send Help - A Fresh & Original Entertaining Movie with Interesting Plot and Intelligent Writing

This movie actually had early screening last week but my wife and I were not available as we were out of town. Yesterday we finally got the chance to see it in one of our favorite cinema. OK, why don't I just get right to it then.

Brief Story Line

Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Mean Girls etc) was an intelligent strategist and had been working at a Financial Management company for many years. But due to her weak character, she had trouble fitting in and was looked down by her colleagues, especially Donovan (Xavier Samuel - Blonde, Elvis etc) who took advantage of her works. When Bradley Preston (Dylan O'Brien - Love and Monsters, The Maze Runner trilogy etc) was appointed as new CEO, Linda who was supported by one of the executive Franklin (Dennis Haysbert - No Exit, 24 TV series etc), was hoping to get her promised promotion, though it never materialized. 

Mickey 17 - A Movie Having Very Unique Story and Strong Dark Humor from Bong Joon-ho

I have seen the trailer to this movie few times before and I thought it looked really interesting. So when it was finally released mid of the week, my wife and I decided to see it yesterday after we have a little get together earlier. OK, I'll just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the future where people had found an inhabitable planet called Niflheim which took 4.5 years to reach. An expedition led by politician Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo - The Adam Project, Now You See Me 2 etc) and his wife Ylfa (Toni Collette - Juror #2, Hereditary etc) was done to conquer the planet with many personnels including scientists, security agents like Nasha Barridge (Naomi Ackie - The End of the F***king World TV series, Blink Twice etc), pilot such as Timo (Steven Yeun - Nope, Beef TV series etc) and last but not least, an expendable Mickey (Robert Pattinson - The Batman, Tenet etc).

It's What's Inside - A Very Fresh & Fun Pscyhological Thriller with Multiple Surprising Twists

As usual on Friday night, there were several new release that I could opt to see. After few considerations, I chose to watch this one that was released on Netflix which had pretty intriguing premise. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

A group of former college best friends were having a reunion the night before one of them Reuben (Devon Terrel - Cursed TV series, Barry etc) got married. They consisted of Shelby (Brittany O'Grady - The White Lotus TV series, Sometimes I Think About Dying etc) and her boyfriend Cyrus (James Morosini - I Love My Dad etc), the well known influencer Nikki (Alycia Debnam-Carey - Fear the Walking Dead TV series etc), Dennis (Gavin Leatherwood - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV series etc), Maya (Nina Bloomgarden - Good Girl Jane etc) and Brooke (Reina Hardesty - Greenhouse Academy TV series etc).

Wolfs - A Pretty Fun Crime Drama Thriller with Some Strong Dark Humor and Performance by its Two Lead Stars

I noticed this movie in the Coming Soon section of AppleTV+ that was scheduled to be released yesterday. From the glimpse of trailer that I saw plus the lead cast, I was quite intrigued and thought of giving it a try. So I watched this last night after got home from work. OK, let's get on with the movie then.

Brief Story Line

Margaret (Amy Ryan - Only Murders in the Building TV series, Central Intelligence etc) who was a candidate for District Attorney was shocked when the young man she was hooking up, referred to as the Kid (Austin Abrams - Do Revenge, Euphoria TV series etc) accidentally fell on his head in a hotel room she booked. Amy decided to call an unknown number who was apparently a Fixer to help on this, which the man (George Clooney - Ticket to Paradise, Burn After Reading etc) agreed to assist.

Hit Man - A Highly Praised, Fresh and Pretty Entertaining Black Comedy Movie

Last night I was planning to see a new movie that was released in Indonesian cinemas, but since I worked rather late, I was not able to catch it. So instead I watched this latest movie shown on Netflix. I thought it had a pretty interesting premise which made me intrigued. All right then, I'll get to it.

Brief Story Line

Gary Johnson (Glen Powell - Top Gun: Maverick, Devotion etc) was a philosophy professor who lived alone and worked part time tech support for the New Orleans Police Department with Claudette (Retta - Parks and Recreation TV series etc) and Phil (Sanjay Rao - Bad Romance etc). When Jasper (Austin Amelio - The Walking Dead TV series etc) who was supposed to be working undercover and posed as a hit man for hire was suspended, Gary was asked to fill in for him.

(TV SERIES) Bodkin - A Pretty Interesting Irish Dark Comedy Series with a not so Complicated Cold Case Mystery

With so many new shows in various streaming platforms, I was getting a bit overwhelmed and having difficulty in choosing which to watch first. But this series that was released few days ago looked interesting for me. So I decided to give it a try during the weekend and finished it last night. All right then, I'll get on it.

Brief Story Line

Dove Maloney (Siobhán Cullen - Obituary TV series etc) was an Irish journalist working in London, but was forced by her boss to lay low due to some problem on the latest news she wrote. Dove was assigned to assist a True Crime American podcaster Gilbert Power (Will Forte - Sweet Tooth TV series, Good Boys etc) who was working on a new show about the mysterious disappearance of 3 people in a small Irish village, Bodkin. Gilbert was accompanied by his assistant Emmy Sizergh (Robyn Cara - Dr. Jeckyll etc).

(TV SERIES) The Gentlemen Season 1 - An Entertaining Spin Off from the Well Executed Movie by Guy Ritchie

This series was shown in the coming soon section in Netflix for quite a while and I was intrigued as it reminded me of a movie that I had seen few years ago. Apparently it was indeed based on that film, which made me interested in giving it a try. So I started watching the series few days after its release and managed to finish it last night. All right, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Edward Horniman (Theo James - The Time Traveler's Wife TV series, Divergent movies etc) was called back home due to the poor health condition of his father, Duke Archibald Horniman (Edward Fox - The Day of the Jackal etc). He reunited with his older brother Frederick (Daniel Ings - Instinct TV series etc), younger sister Charlotte (Jasmine Blackborrow - Marie Antoinette TV series etc), their mother Lady Sabrina (Joely Richardson - The Sandman TV series, Endless Love 2014 remake etc) and the groundskeeper Geoffrey (Vinnie Jones - Snatch, X-Men: The Last Stand etc). When the Duke ultimately passed away and the will was read, to everyone's surprise, the whole estate and title was given to Edward which did not go well with Frederick. 

(TV SERIES) Mr. & Mrs. Smith - An Action-Comedy Drama Series Inspired by the Successful 2005 Movie

I was quite surprised when I found out that this new series had all of its episodes released on the same day. Usually Prime Video would release two episodes on its first week and the rest would be shown every week after. So I immediately gave it a try during the weekend and managed to finish it easily. All right, I'll get more to it then.

Brief Story Line

Two strangers who would use the pseudonym of John Smith (Donald Glover - Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-man: Homecoming etc) and Jane (Maya Erskine - PEN15 TV series, Blue Eye Samurai animated series etc) were recruited by unknown organization to work on various covert assignments from simple deliveries to dangerous stuff like protecting high value target. For their cover, they lived together as husband and wife.

Bullet Train - An Entertaining Colorful Action Movie with Some Interesting Characters and Strong Dark Comedy

When this movie was released few days ago, I checked and found out that it was having Dolby Atmos sound effect. Hence I decided to see it in the weekend at a studio with such sound system. But our favorite cinema only had shows starting from 6 PM which we thought was too late for our taste. So we went and see it in a place little bit further but having 1 PM show. Anyway I'll just get right to it now.

Brief Story Line

In a Japanese bullet train aka Shinkansen, an assassin who just returned from hiatus with code name Ladybug (Brad Pitt - Ad Astra, Allied etc) was given a simple task of smash and grab. Unbeknownst to him though the thing he was supposed to get was from 2 deadly assassins called Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry - Eternals, Godzilla vs. Kong etc) and Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson - The Wall, Anna Karenina etc). They were doing an assignment for the infamous Russian gangster leader White Death (Michael Shannon - 12 Strong, Knives Out etc).

(TV SERIES) The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window - Interesting Dark Comedy, Mystery Mini Series

This was one of the series that I looked forward to which happened to be released last Friday as well. But as I said in my previous posts, I started to watch this only on Sunday noon and completed it on the same day. And here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Feeling depressed due to a tragedy, Anna (Kristen Bell - Frozen II, Bad Moms etc) was living by herself after separating with her husband Douglas (Michael Ealy - Stumptown TV series etc). She had a bad habit of drinking wine with her pills, which could sometime cause hallucination. One day a new handsome neighbor named Neil (Tom Riley - The Nevers TV series etc) and his 9 year old daughter Emma (Samsara Yett) moved in to the house across the street and Anna was immediately interested.

Don't Look Up - Surprisingly Quite Enjoyable for a Satirical Sci-fi Movie, Though it Could be Depressing for Some

When this movie was released on Netflix on Friday, I was unable to watch it as I was seeing a movie in the cinema with my wife. So I only managed to watch it last night. It was interesting for me as the lead cast were well known A-list Hollywood stars. OK let us start with it now.

Brief Story Line

When a post-graduate astronomy student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence - Red Sparrow, Mother! etc) found a new comet, she was feeling ecstatic. But when her professor Doctor Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Catch Me If You Can etc) did a calculation, they realized that it was heading straight to earth and would result to a catastrophic event. Both were immediately invited together with fellow colleague Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan - The Unforgivable, Greyhound etc) to the White House to present their findings to President Orlean (Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, The Post etc) and her Chief of Staff Jason (Jonah Hill - True Story, This is the End etc).

(2020) The Witches - The Second Adaptation of the Popular Children's Dark Fantasy Novel

This weekend, there were a number of new movies and series released in various platforms. I thought there was going to be one movie that I had been waiting for a while, but it did not come true. Anyway, this film is playing on HBO at 8PM Saturday, but since I have access to HBO Go, I could see it earlier. It looked interesting enough, plus if I am not mistaken, it did play in Indonesian theaters few months ago. So here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

Set in late 1960s, a young orphan boy (Jahzir Bruno) had moved to live with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer - Thunder Force, Onward etc) in Alabama. One day the boy was approached by a terrifying woman with a snake offering him sweets, but he managed to get away. Later the grandmother revealed that it was no ordinary woman and it was actually a witch who had been living amongst normal people and she also had prior bad experience with witches.

Spontaneous - Extremely Dark Teen Drama Romance Movie with a Touch of Sci-Fi

I have seen the promotion of this movie on HBO for a while now and I was intrigued by its interesting premise. It was not a brand new film, but it has a limited theatrical release back in October 2020 which was not that long ago either. So when it was released yesterday on HBO Go, I immediately watch it. All right, will get to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Mara Carlyle (Katherine Langford - Cursed, 13 Reasons Why TV series etc) was just a normal senior high school student at Covington High with her best friend Tess (Hayley Law - Altered Carbon TV series etc). But their lives changed when one of their classmates spontaneously combust in classroom. After that incident, Mara grew close with fellow classmate Dylan (Charlie Plummer - All the Money in the World, Words on Bathroom Floors etc) who had been having a crush on her for a while.

(TV SERIES) Made for Love Season 1 - Interesting Drama Series with a bit of Dark Humor and Unique Idea

While considering several options of new series in HBO Go, I noticed this one where the full first season has been completed since last April. After looking at more details on this series, I thought it has interesting premise. Besides it only has 8 episodes with duration of < 1/2 hours, so it was perfect choice before I start other longer running series. OK I'll get right on it.

Brief Story Line

After 10 years of unhappy marriage to a billionaire tech mogul named Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen - Game Night, Birth of the Dragon etc), Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti - How I Met Your Mother TV series, Palm Springs etc) managed to break away from her prison-like home and attempted to be free from her husband.

The Kid Detective - A Delightful Dark Comedy Murder Mystery Movie

There were actually quite a lot of new movies released this week. I have written one or two of them while the rest I was still thinking of whether to write a full post or not. But this movie that I saw last night on Catchplay+ (even though it was already released few weeks ago) was so fascinating that I could not wait to write about it. OK so we'll get on it now.

Brief Story Line

Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody - Ready or Not, Jennifer's Body etc) was working as a private detective in the small town where he lived in, Willowbrook. Since he was a child, young Abe (Jesse Noah Gruman) has been known for his intelligence and ability to solve minor/trivial cases and considered a local celebrity. However, he was unable to solve the missing of his friend Gracie which he never seemed to recover from and made him lose the respect from the town folks.

I Care a Lot - Quite Original Story with Amazing Performance from Rosamund Pike

This was a new movie that was just released on Netflix which earlier I thought was intriguing. But not till I read that it got a Golden Globe nomination that made me decided to watch immediately rather than skip for later. Well let's see what this movie was all about, shall we?

Brief Story Line

Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike - The Informer, Jack Reacher etc) was a con artist whose scheme was to convince the government of elderly persons' inability to take care of themselves and thus were put under her care as legal guardian and placed in a facility. With her partner Fran (Eiza González - Bloodshot, Baby Driver etc), they would later took over these elders' assets and sold them for their own benefit.

(TV SERIES) The End of the F***ing World Seasons 1 & 2 - An Entertaining & Sometimes Twisted British Dark Comedy Series

I have been meaning to watch this series which has an intriguing and provocative title but somehow there was always a reason for postponing it. Until on the first day of the year I gave this a try (actually should have been better to watch it on New Year's eve but I wanted to complete other series first). OK, let's see if this is as interesting as the title suggested.

Brief Story Line

A 17 year old loner boy named James (Alex Lawther - The Imitation Game, Goodbye Christopher Robin etc) thought he was a psychopath as he did not have emotions and had a hobby of killing animals. He was living only with his father Phil (Steve Oram). When he grew bored of killing animals he decided to upgrade and kill a person instead.

Meanwhile Alyssa (Jessica Barden - Scarborough, Coronation Street TV series etc) was a loud mouthed, rebellious teenager who happened to think James fit her critieria of the boyfriend she wanted. She was living with her mother Gwen (Christine Bottomley) and step father Tony (Navin Chowdhry). 

The Gentlemen - Another Well Crafted Movie from Guy Ritchie with his Usual Unique Story Telling Style

Since few weeks ago, this movie had been playing in Indonesian theaters but somehow I either could not find the time or the excitement to really go to the cinema to see it. Until today when I noticed it is still playing in few studios. As my wife and I did not have anything planned, we went straight to Grand Indonesia and saw it in the first available show. OK I'll go straight to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

An American born mariyuana kingpin named Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey - Sing, The Dark Tower etc) wanted to sell his business and retire peacefully with his wife Rosalind (Michelle Dockery - Non-stop, Downton Abbey TV series etc). He managed to find a willing buyer in the form of another American businessman Matthew (Jeremy Strong - Molly's Game, Succession TV series etc).