(2025) Pretty Crazy - An Unusual but Sweet and Deeply Moving Romantic Comedy Film

This movie did not seem to get a lot of hype before its release in Indonesia mid of this week. And to make it worse, it was playing not in that many studios despite available in more than one cinema chains. So when my wife and I wanted to see it during the weekend, it was a big challenge for us. Luckily it did play in a the theater not that far from our home, though it was our least favorite cinema chain. OK I'll just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Gil-gu (Ahn Bo-hyun - My Name TV series, Noryang: Deadly See etc) was a jobless man who was bored with his life. However it started to change when new neighbour Jeong Sun-ji (Im Yoon-ah aka Yoona - Confidential Assignment, King The Land TV series etc) moved to the unit downstairs with her cousin Jeong Ara (Joo Hyun-young - The Story of Park's Marriage Contract TV series etc) and opened a bakery store near their apartment building. 

Superintelligence - Nice Enough Combination of Rom-com with a bit of Science Fiction

This is a movie that was released on HBO Go yesterday, although it has been released on HBO Max in November 2020. So it's still quite new and nice to have the chance to see it from the comfort of my home. Now let's see if this movie can entertain me.

Brief Story Line

Carol Peters (Melissa McCarthy - Ghostbusters 2016 version, Identity Thief etc) was just an average woman who used to work in a technology company with her best friend Dennis (Brian Tyree Henry - Child's Play 2019 version, Hotel Artemis etc). But when an Artificial Intelligence who called itself Superintelligence (voiced by James Corden - Peter Rabbit, Smallfoot etc) somehow decided to learn about humanity from her in the next 3 days, Carol became completely overwhelmed by the things it did for her.

Holidate - Interesting Premise for a Rom-Com with Predictable Formula

After watching a Christmas movie on Netflix, I realized there was another one that was released earlier and seemed to get ourselves ready for the festive season. This looked like a fun one, especially with such interesting premise. All right, I will go straight to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

During the Christmas holiday, Sloane (Emma Roberts - Nerve, We're the Millers etc) who was still single had a terrible time being judged by her mother Elaine (Frances Fisher - The Host, The Lincoln Lawyer etc), her older sister Abby (Jessica Capshaw - Grey's Anatomy TV series, The Practice etc) and the rest of the family.

Yesterday - A Decent Romantic Comedy & Lovely Tribute to the Beatles

This was the movie that my wife and I had been eyeing for quite some time, ever since we saw the trailer. It had a unique and really intriguing premise that made us excited. But alas when it premiered last Friday, it did not play in the cinema nearest our home. As we were tired after going for the gala premiere of upcoming Indonesian movie that finished at 12 AM on the night before, we did not want to go further than the walking distance from our apartment. Well anyway, since it was not playing in that many theaters, we finally got to see this last night at the studio not far from my office. So let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Jack Malik (Himesh Patel - EastEnders TV series etc) was a struggling musician who seemed to have no luck with his musical career. He only had the support from his long time childhood friend Ellie Appleton (Lily Evans - Baby Driver, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again etc) who also had a crush on him and served as his manager, plus their 2 other best friends. However, things completely changed for Jack when a strange thing happened that made the whole world did not know about the Beatles.

Long Shot - Hardly A Classic Rom-Com But Still Pretty Enjoyable and Fun

I saw the trailer to this movie once a week ago and I thought it seemed like a fun comedy film. When it finally premiered yesterday, my wife and I immediately purchased two tickets for the 6.25PM show. It was quite fortunate that the film also played in the cinema near to our home as I was not really in the mood to go too far on that day. Well what was the movie all about? Let us find out below.

Brief Story Line

A smart and idealist journalist named Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen - Kungfu Panda trilogy, Knocked Up etc) went to a party with his best friend Lance (O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Den of Thieves etc) when he met with the woman he adored since adolescent years, the US Secretary of State Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron - Atomic Blonde, North Country etc).

Crazy Rich Asians - A Brilliantly Done Touching Romantic Comedy Movie

After playing in US cinemas for more than 2 weeks, finally this movie premiered in Indonesia yesterday. We were quite lucky as it was a public holiday and could easily choose what time to see the movie and where. My wife and I who have been eyeing to see this, opted to see at the 1.40 PM show as we wanted to see another movie after that. Well let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Rachel Chu (Constance Wu - Fresh off the Boat TV series etc) was a Chinese American working as an economic professor and having wonderful relationship with her boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding). When Nick asked Rachel to accompany him go to his hometown in Singapore to attend the wedding of his best friend, she agreed to it though at first she hesitated. Unbeknownst to her, Nick was actually coming from a filthy crazy rich Singapore family.