Operation Christmas Drop - A Christmas Romantic Comedy Based on Real Life Humanitarian Mission

As I just finished watching a very long series that ran for 5 seasons (117 episodes), I wanted to look for something light. And I found this movie on Netflix which was released few days ago. It is a movie in the spirit of Christmas which usually translates to a light heartwarming movie. So let's get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

A young woman named Erica (Kat Graham - The Vampire Diaries TV series, All Eyez on Me etc) who worked for congresswoman Bradford (Virginia Madsen - Candyman, Sideways etc) got an assignment during Christmas to review the efficiency of an Air Force Base in the pacific. But her actual mission was to find reasons to close the base to save some government fund.

Five Feet Apart - A Sweet, Sad and Lovely Romantic Drama

At last, after playing in Indonesian theaters for more than a week, I finally got the chance to see this one. It was not shown in all cinema chains but lucky for me and my wife, it was still playing in the theater very near our home. We were actually considering of seeing another movie as well, but since this one had been playing for quite some time, we were worried it would soon be pulled out of the theaters. Anyway, let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Stella (Haley Lu Richardson - Split etc) was a 17 year old girl who suffered from an illness called Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and being treated in a hospital where she had to take so many medications and even underwent several surgeries since her childhood years. She had a best friend Poe (Moisés Arias - Hannah Montana TV series etc) who also had the same disease and have known each other for many years.

Dilan 1991 - A Review by Yennymakanmulu

Yesterday it was the premiere of one of the most anticipated Indonesian films. It was the sequel to the second highest grossing Indonesian movies of all times Dilan 1990 that was released in 2018. Anyway, since I did not see the first one but my wife was a fan of that film, she went on to see this by herself. What was her views of the movie? You are welcome to read it below in Bahasa Indonesia.

[MOVIE] Dilan 1991 – Kisah tentang Dilan dan Milea *spoiler alert*

Hari ini Dilan 1991 tayang di bioskop2 kesayangan masing2. Gw udah beli tiketnya beberapa hari yang lalu sejak pre-advanced tiketnya dijual. Iya belinya di Tix-ID hahahaha mumpung masi ada saldonya di sono hihihi. Gw pilih nonton pertunjukan pertama di Studio 4 Setiabudi XX1. Jam 11 jalan dari apartemen, gak sampe 5 menit dah. Abis print tiket, langsung masuk deh. Siap2 nonton. Yes, gw nonton sendirian, karena @michaelnontonmulu gak minat. LOL.

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas - A Heartbreaking Romantic Drama Anime Movie

I saw the information about this movie in the social media of one Indonesian cinema chain. Apparently it only played in that particular cinemas and it proved to be a challenge to see it as the options were limited. I was intrigued to watch it especially since it seemed to be having positive views and it had been a while since last time I saw an anime in theater. Anyway once we got the chance on Sunday, I managed to convince my wife to accompany me seeing it together as I thought it would be something she like. Well let us get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Movie was narrated through the eyes of a high school boy who referred himself as Boku (voiced by Mahiro Takasugi). Through some coincidence, Boku found out that his classmate named Sakura (voiced by Lynn) was having a pancreatic cancer. Sakura did not want to reveal this fact to her childhood best friend Kyoko (Yukiyo Fujii). Sakura somehow felt that she could be open up to Boku and immediately decided she wanted to spend the rest of her days with Boku.

(2018) A Star is Born - A Beautiful Love Story with Great Performances of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

This movie had been playing in Indonesian theaters since last Friday. My wife and I were quite unsure whether we wanted to see this one or skip it. For me was because I thought it was a musical which was not really my favorite genre and only watched it if I was really in the mood. While my wife was not really interested as she thought it was the story of Lady Gaga and the songs were all country type (which was probably my fault for providing that false impression). Anyway after her sister and friends told her the movie was very good, we decided to give it a try. So last night we went to the nearest cinema and saw it at the 6.30 PM show. OK will start with the story now.

Brief Story Line

Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, American Hustle etc) was a famous country singer and writer who unfortunately was an alcoholic and drug addict. When he went to a drag bar looking for drinks, he met with a part time singer named Ally (Lady Gaga) who also worked as a waitress. Jackson was mesmerized by her performance and they hit it off quite easily with Ally's song writing ability amazed him as well.

DILAN 1990 - A Review by Yennymakanmulu

I gotta admit that I have not seen this movie yet despite being the hottest Indonesian movie till date. It broke a lot of record in Indonesia and by now it had the second biggest audience just behind Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss Part I. So why I am writing about this movie then? Well it's because my wife went to see the movie yesterday as she wanted to find out for herself why it was so successful (while I somehow was not feeling that interested to see it). When she finished it, she was so excited and wanted to write about the film. And I just want to share what she wrote. 

Review of the movie as written by Yennymakanmulu in Bahasa Indonesia

[MOVIE] Dilan 1990 – Kisah Cinta Anak Remaja Pada Jamannya *spoiler alert*

Hampir sebulan sejak film Dilan 1990 nongol di bioskop-bioskop tercinta di Jakarta. Gak tau deh ya kalo di kota lain. Sejak trailer filmnya diputar di mana-mana, gw kurang tertarik sebetulnya. Gw ngerasa aktor yang jadi Dilan gak bisa akting. Apalagi kesannya kok bahasanya lebay ya? Hahaha. Begitu filmnya main, semua orang teriak-teriak betapa bagus filmnya. Tapi gak sedikit juga yang bilang, “Ah biasa aja.” Dan akhirnya hari ini gw mencoba untuk menontonnya. Setelah buka jendela, ngecek cuaca di luar, gw buru-buru mandi, en langsung ngesot ke sebelah. Sampe Setiabudi One, langsung ke lantai 2 buat beli tiket. Tenang sih. Karena udah mo sebulan, jadi yang nonton juga gak antri gila-gilaan lagi. Oya, fyi, di hari ke-28 ini, penonton Dilan 1990 mencapai 5.942.000 yak. Makin penasaran donk. Hahaha. Ok, sebelum gw mencoba bikin reviewnya, gw mo sedikit bikin intro dulu ya.

To continue reading, please go direct to her blog:

Dilan 1990 Review by Yennymakanmulu

Hope you enjoy her review as much as I did. 

PS: You can also read her other reviews about food and travel in her blog.

La La Land - The Lovely Romantic Musical Movie

During a month where the HBO cable TV was promoting Oscar, they showed various award winners until the day of Academy Awards on 4 March 2018. Two days ago, this movie was shown on the Saturday Night Premiere and since I had not seen it (unlike my wife), I already set my mind to see this on TV. So both of us went back home before 8 PM when the movie started. Well here goes my views of the movie.

Brief Story Line

A struggling young actress Mia Dolan (Emma Stone - Zombieland, Easy A etc) was working as a barista to cover her living cost while trying to get her big break in movie industry. However, she was not having the best of luck during casting process due to various reasons. One night while walking home, she heard a beautiful song played in the piano (titled "Mia & Sebastian's theme") by Sebastian Wilder (Ryan Gosling - Blade Runner 2049, The Nice Guys etc). But she did not get the chance to say too much to him.

The Beauty Inside - A Unique, Touching and Lovely Romantic Korea Drama Movie

It was a rare Sunday night when I was at home and suddenly got the urge to browse through the cable TV channels. I accidentally stumbled into this Korean movie in Celestial Movie where it just started. The very brief synopsis really intrigued me so I told my wife about this, but apparently she had seen it before. She said it was a lovely movie, and naturally I decided to watch this. What was this movie about? Let us move on to the story now.

Brief Story Line

Kim Woo-jin (voiced by Yoo Yeon-sook - Whistle Blower, The Royal Tailor etc) was a man who was having a very unique condition. He would wake up every morning in a different body, be it a male, female, young, old and even as foreigner. Regardless of the gender, age or nationality, he was still Woo-Jin inside. This condition was only known by his best friend Sang-baek (Lee Dong-hwi - Reply 1998 TV series, Confidential Assignment etc) and also Woo-jin's mother.