(2026) Resident Evil - The Well Received Reboot of Highly Popular Video Game Franchise Adaptation

Yesterday I finally got chance to see movies in the cinemas with my wife. There were so many that we have not seen since our holiday trip 2 weeks ago, but as our time was limited, we had no choice but to select two of them. We were tempted to see another one after seeing them, however we felt tired and decided against it. Anyway, let's get on with the first one.

Brief Story Line

On a busy snowy night, Bryan (Austin Abrams - Wolfs, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark etc) who worked a medical courier decided to accept a special assignment to deliver package to Raccoon city hospital for extra fee, even though he was supposed to return home after his latest task.

(2025) Anaconda - Hilarious Reboot of the Popular Horror Movie

When my wife and I saw glimpses of the trailer to this movie more than a week ago, obviously we wanted to see it as soon as we could. But since it was released on the day when we were not available, we only saw it two days ago on another movie marathon day. All right then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Four childhood friends that consisted of Doug McCallister (Jack Black - A Minecraft Movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie etc) who had been working as wedding videographer, small time actor Ronald Gtiffin (Paul Rudd - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania etc), Claire Simmons (Thandiwe Newton - Mufasa: The Lion King, Reminiscence etc) the lawyer and Kenny Trent (Steve Zahn - Eanie Meanie, The White Lotus TV series season 1 etc) were unhappy with their current lives. So when Griff told them he had acquired the rights for their favorite movie Anaconda, they decided to make an indie reboot of that film.

(2025) The Naked Gun - Legacy Sequel to the Hilarious Comedy Movies that Started from Late 1980s

When I saw this movie's trailer few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised and was interested in seeing it. However, when it was released three days ago, it was inconvenient for me and my wife to see the film and only got the chance to do so last night. All right, I'll get started then.

Brief Story Line

Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson -  The Ice Road, Retribution etc) was one of the Lieutenant in Police Squad and partnered with Ed Hocken Jr. (Paul Walter Hauser - The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Richard Jewell etc). After closing a bank robbery case, Frank was scolded by Chief Davis (CCH Pounder - The Shield TV series, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones etc) for disregarding the regulations and was assigned to another case. Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson - Barb Wire, Baywatch TV series etc) who was related to the victim wanted to assist Frank's investigation but was ultimately told to stop.

Wolf Man - A Werewolf Movie Told from Different Angle that Should be a Nice Addition to the Genre

This week there were two new Western movies released in Indonesia but only this one that I was interested in. My wife who is not a real fan of horror genre was not truly excited to see this one. However, since it's not a supernatural horror type, she was willing to accompany me yesterday. OK, why don't I just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Blake Lovell (Christopher Abbott - Kraven the Hunter, The Sinner TV series etc) was having strained relationship with his father Grady (Sam Jaeger - Why Women Kill TV series, The Eyes of Tammy Faye etc) due to his difficult childhood time. But when Blake got news about Grady after falling out for years, he decided to go to their old house together with his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner -  Ozark TV series, The Royal Hotel etc) and their young daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth - Subservience etc).

Hellboy: The Crooked Man - A Second Reboot that Sadly Felt Unnecessary and Unentertaining

This week, there were only few new movies released in Indonesian cinemas with only this one that caught my attention. As my wife and I got some things to do during the weekend and although it was a familiar title, I was not that persistent in seeing the film. However since we managed to clear our schedule, we still get to see it in the theater very near our home yesterday. OK, let's just get to it then.

Brief Story Line

Set in the 1950s, Hellboy (Jack Kesy - The Outpost, The Strain TV series etc) along with his partner Bobbie Jo (Adeline Rudolph - Resident Evil TV series etc) from Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence (BPRD) had just finished an assignment, when they somehow ended in the Appalachia mountains where strange things were occurring and seemed to be related to witches. They later met with Tom Ferrel (Jefferson White - Yellowstone TV series etc) who had some knowledge on the witches. 

The Strangers: Chapter 1 - The First Part of a New Trilogy Based on Amazing 2008 Psychological Horror Movie

The second movie that we saw on Saturday during our movie marathon was this horror thriller that I knew after seeing its trailer few weeks before. Obviously I was interested, even though my wife was not that excited as she knew it's going to be disturbing for her. OK without further ado, let's get right on it.

Brief Story Line

Mary (Madelaine Petsch - Sightless, Hotel for the Holidays etc) and her boyfriend Ryan (Froy Gutierrez - Cruel Summer TV series etc) were having a road trip to celebrate their fifth anniversary. When they reached small town called Venus, their car broke down and while waiting for it to be repaired, they rented a house from Airbnb.

However, their seemingly nice romantic night turned into nightmare when three strangers starting to terrorize Mary and Ryan.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - An Awesomely Done Reboot of the Beloved Ninja Turtles

I knew about this movie few weeks ago and became intrigued since its trailer was shown in theaters few times. I was planning to see this in the cinema near our home but unfortunately it was not playing there and only in several theaters. So my wife and I decided to see this on the weekend in the cinema a bit further. All right then, let us get on with it.

Brief Story Line

After a scientist for a research institute called TCRI led by Cynthia Utrom (Maya Rudolph - Luca, Hubie Halloween etc) managed to develop mutagen that could transform animals into humans, it was thought to have been lost for good. However the mutagen somehow ended up in the sewer where a rat called Splinter (Jackie Chan - Ride On, The Knights of Shadows Between Yin and Yang etc) and four baby turtles were transformed into human. 15 years after the incident, the turtles that consisted of the leader Leonardo (Nicholas Cantu - The Walking Dead: World Beyond TV series etc), the hot headed Raphael (Brady Noon - Good Boys etc), the free spirited Michaelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr) and the smartest Donatello (Micah Abbey) were now teenagers and wanted to be accepted as normal kids by human. Though they realized it was not possible due to various reasons.

(2023) Haunted Mansion - A Reboot of the 2003 Film Based on Popular Theme Park Attraction in Disneyland

As I said in my previous post, yesterday I had a movie marathon with my wife and this was the second film that we saw in the same location. It was a horror comedy movie which we believed would be giving us some fun. OK, I will dive into it now.

Brief Story Line

Ben (LaKeith Stanfield - Knives Out, Judas and the Black Messiah etc) was a former astrophysicist who now worked as a ghost tour guide though he did not believe in ghost at all. However, his life was turned upside down when he was approached by the priest Father Kent (Owen Wilson - Loki TV series, Cars 3 etc) who requested his help to take pictures of possible ghost sighting in a mansion. The new owners of the mansion, Gabbie (Rosario Dawson - Unforgettable, Luke Cage TV series etc) and her 9 year old son Travis (Chase W. Dillon) were the ones who were being haunted.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - A Reboot of the Resident Evil Franchise

This movie was just released in Indonesian cinemas yesterday. Unlike our past habit to wait till the weekend to see, we decided to do it yesterday. It played in many theaters including the one that was located very near our home. Well let's get to the details now.

Brief Story Line

Claire Redfield (Kaya Scodelario - Crawl, Spinning Out TV series etc) returned back to her hometown Raccoon city in 1998 to meet with her older brother Chris (Robbie Amell - Desperados, Upload TV series etc) as she suspected something was happening there related to the Umbrella Corporation. Chris was working with the police department together with fellow officers such as Jill Valentine (Hannah John-Kamen - Ant-man and the Wasp, The Stranger TV series etc), Wesker (Tom Hopper - Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Blak Sails TV series etc), the rookie cop Leon (Avan Jogia - Ghost Wars TV series etc) and few others under captain Irons (Donal Lugue - Gotham TV series etc).

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins - Pretty Enjoyable in term of Action but Lacking Engaging Story to Make it Truly Interesting

I was really excited and looking forward to watching this movie ever since it was promoted to be released on Catchplay+ in September. Despite being late for 1 day, it was still better as it was accessible from home earlier than in Indonesian theaters. Anyway, I am going to go ahead on the film now.

Brief Story Line

A man with great martial arts skill who went by the name Snake Eyes (Henry Golding - Last Christmas, The Gentlemen etc) was recruited by Yakuza boss, Kenta (Takehiro Hira - Lost Girls & Love Hotels etc). Due to some reasons, he left them and befriended with Tomisaburo Arashikage (Andrew Koji - Warrior TV series etc), the future leader of secret ninja clan Arashikage.

Cruella - The Wonderful Origin Story of One of the Most Infamous Villain of Disney Movies

After waiting for > 3 months, finally this movie was released on Disney+ yesterday noon. I found out only because my wife noticed from some influencer's post. Anyway, I immediately watched this movie myself since she was still in the middle of watching Korean drama series. Well, I'll just get right on it then.

Brief Story Line

Estella Walters (Emma Stone - La La Land, The Amazing Spider-man etc) was an aspiring fashion designer who has had a tough life since childhood. She had to live with a couple of thieves named Jasper (Joel Fry - Love Wedding Repeat etc) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser - Richard Jewell etc) from their young age, until Estella got a job that she thought could propel her career in the fashion industry.  

(TV SERIES) Snowpiercer Season 1 - Interesting Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Series with More Complexities than the Movie Version

I have been meaning to watch this series for some time but I could not seem to get my mind set on it until last weekend. As I like the 2013 movie, it was not hard for me to give this a try. So let us go into more details now.

Brief Story Line

Due to global warming in 2014, the earth had been transformed into frozen land and was inhabitable for humans. Wilford Industries who foresaw this, built Snowpiercer, a train consisted of 1001 cars that could circle the globe and sustain people's life who were willing to pay handsomely. Inside the train, there were people living in First class with all the best perks, Second class with less comfort, Third class for working people who had to ensure the train operating properly and compensated by living in Snowpiercer for free. However, there were also illegal passengers who filled up the tail sections, obviously without having any benefits at all and had to survive with the bare minimum.

Dolittle - Great Visual Effects with Wonderful Performance from its Voice Cast, Just Enough to Cover the Lack of Emotions

I was not really aware about the existence of this movie till few weeks ago when its trailer started to be shown prior to the start of other films. I might have seen the tittle somewhere before, but did not have any memory of it. Anyway when my wife and I saw that the main star was one of her favorite actors, we were immediately intrigued and lucky enough could see the movie during its premier date last night. And how was the movie? I'll get into it now.

Brief Story Line

After a personal incident, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr - Iron Man trilogy, The Judge etc), famous for being a veterinarian who could talk to animals was not keen to interact with other people and only play around all day long with his animal friends such as Poly the very firm macaw bird (Emma Thompson - Last Christmas, Sense and Sensibility etc), Chee-Chee the always nervous gorilla (Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody, Need for Speed etc), Yoshi the polar bear (John Cena - Playing with Fire, Ferdinand etc), Plimpton the ostrich (Kumail Nanjiani - Stuber, The Lego Ninjago Movie etc), Dab-dab the duck (Octavia Spencer - Instant Family, Hidden Figures etc) and few others.

(2019) Charlie's Angels - A Fresher Look at the Famous and Iconic Characters from the 70s-80s TV Series

I did not realize that they were making a new Charlie's Angels movie until I saw the trailer few weeks ago. Since my wife and I are fans of adventure comedy movies and after seeing the trailer few times, we thought the movie looked interesting so we did not hesitate to buy the tickets during the advance sale event last week. Too bad it did not play in my favorite Atmos theater last night and we had to settle for a cinema with the standard Dolby system. OK, enough of that and let's get into the movie.

Brief Story Line

Sabina (Kristen Stewart - The Twilight movies, Panic Room etc) and Jane (Ella Balinska) were two angels who were assigned by Charlie to protect Elena (Naomi Scott - Aladdin live version, Terra Nova TV series etc) who had created something that might endanger the world if fallen into the wrong hands. Elena was trying to report to the company's owner Brock (Sam Claflin - Adrift, Snow White and the Huntsman etc) on the problem and also fix her creation. 

(2019) Child's Play - A Rather Disappointing Remake of the Infamous Scary Evil Chucky Franchise

This is the second movie that my wife and I were still playing catch up. It was quite fortunate for us as the movie still played in the theater nearest to our home so it was not a lot of hassle. Despite being a horror movie, my wife was still intrigued to see this one since she had seen the original movie (and several of its franchise). Well to cut the story short, let us get into the details now.

Brief Story Line

Andy (Gabriel Bateman - Lights Out, Benji etc) was the son of a single mother named Karen (Aubrey Plaza - Legion TV series, Ingrid Goes West etc) who worked at a retail store. When one of the high tech dolls called Buddi which was produced by Kaslan enterprise led by Henry Kaslan (Tim Matheson - Hart of Dixie TV series etc) was returned as a defect product, Karen decided to bring it home and give it to Andy for him to play.

(TV SERIES) Magnum P.I. (2018) Season 1 - A Not so Bad Reboot, Just Probably More Appealing to New Audience

When I first read that they were going to make a reboot of this series from the early 1980s, I was thinking that it might be interesting. I watched the original when it aired on one of the TV station back in the days. Though I might not have seen it regularly, but I remembered the characters quite well and I was fond of them. And I finally got the chance to watch the complete first season which I just finished yesterday. Below are more details of the series.

Brief Intro

An ex Navy Seal Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez - Bad Moms, Hostel etc) has gotten the best deal of lifetime when he was hired as security consultant for a successful novel writer Robin Master and could occupy Robin's guesthouse in Hawaii where he could also use other facilities, like the Ferrari. However, he was sometimes interrupted by the Majordomo (caretaker) of Robin's estate named Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks - The Tudors TV series, As Above, So Below etc) with two vicious dogs called Zeus and Apollo.

Men In Black: International - A Very Light but Still Pretty Entertaining Reboot of the Popular Franchise

Due to our long holiday in Indonesia 2 weeks ago, this movie was a bit late released here. It was already shown in various countries since last week and we had seen the trailers many many times before and finally got to see it yesterday when it premiered. As usual we chose to see it in Dolby Atmos theater for the pleasure of enjoying great sound effects. Well let us get on to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Molly Wright (Tessa Thompson - Creed 2, Westworld TV series etc) was a bright & intelligent woman who was "recruited" as an agent of Men In Black in New York, led by Agent O (Emma Thompson - Howards End, Johnny English Strikes Again etc). As part of her probation period, Molly who was now called Agent M was assigned to London office under the leadership of High T (Liam Neeson - Cold Pursuit, A Monster Calls etc). When she finally arrived there, Agent M was somehow partnered with a highly regarded and experienced Agent H (Chris Hemsworth - 12 Strong, Bad Times at El Royale etc), despite the disapproval from a senior officer Agent C (Rafe Spall - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Hot Fuzz etc). 

(2019) Hellboy - A Very Violent Reboot of the Wisecracking Superhero from Hell

I heard about this movie some time ago but completely forgotten about it until few days ago when I saw the poster in the coming soon section on Indonesia's biggest cinema chain website. Without any prior notification or trailer shown earlier, it suddenly popped out of nowhere and premier on last Wednesday. But since me and my wife were already invited to screening of new movie in another cinema, we postponed seeing this until yesterday. Well now we should get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Hellboy (David Harbour - Stranger Things TV series, A Walk Among the Tombs etc) was a creature with super strength and working for Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) to solve supernatural cases and fight against dangers they created. Hellboy's superior was also his adoptive father Trevor (Ian McShane - Deadwood TV series, John Wick: Chapter 2 etc). This time Hellboy was given a very difficult and dangerous assignment as he had to face against an immortal & powerful witch called Nimue (Milla Jovovich - Resident Evil series, Future World etc) who tried to destroy the world and humans in it while giving the demons chance to rule the earth.

Tomb Raider - A Reboot of the Movie Based on Famous Video Game Character Lara Croft

Yesterday a brand new movie which would not even play in the US until next week was already premiering in Indonesian cinemas. There was no convincing needed for me to see this one on its first day. As it happened, my wife and I had some personal matter to attend to at Lotte Avenue, so we saw the movie there. It was playing in 2 theaters but we chose to see it at Studio 1 with the Auro 11.1 sound system. OK let us move on to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl, Jason Bourne etc) was a young woman working as a bike courier in London. But she was in fact the heir to a large business from her father Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West - Money Monster, The Affair TV series etc) who had been gone missing for years and presumed dead. The business was being handled by an associate of Richard named Ana (Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient, Four Weddings and a Funeral etc) who was trying her best to get Lara to take over the business.

War for the Planet of the Apes - The Third and Final Installment of Caesar's Story

This was one movie that I had been waiting for since few months ago after I saw its trailer. I thought this would be a wonderful movie and it showed signs of going to be a movie with epic battle. Due to some reasons though, Indonesia was a bit late to have the movie's premiere. The film only played starting yesterday (almost 2 weeks latter than the U.S). It was a bit disappointing for Indonesian movie goers that some summer blockbuster movies are now playing few days or weeks late, even months (such as Cars 3 which would only play in August or Baywatch that only played last week and few other examples). Well at least they still played in theaters though, rather than having them completely bypassing us and we had to see those movies in cable TV or live streaming. Anyway, let us get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

Story was told few years after the story in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes where the Ape leader Caesar (Andy Serkis - as Gollum in Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit trilogy etc) was hiding in a secret cave with his tribe. Caesar always tried to avoid confrontation with the humans due to the previous war ignited by his friend Koba (Toby Kebbell - Kong: Skull Island, A Monster Calls etc). However their peace was short lived as they were attacked by a military team who was supported by few of Koba's former team who refused to follow Caesar.