Joker - A Fantastically Done Joker's Origin Movie Capped by Stellar Performance from Joaquin Phoenix

It was a rare moment where a movie about a super villain from comic books got the headline for its rave reviews. Naturally I was intrigued to see the film and my wife and I went to see this last night during its first day of release in Indonesia. As I thought it was not a full action movie, I did not mind to see it in the theater near our home with standard sound system. Well how was the movie then? I'll get on with it below.

Brief Story Line

Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator, The Village etc) was a mentally disorder person who worked as a clown for hire. He had been taking medications for his sickness and was living with his mother Penny (Frances Conroy - American Horror Story, Six Feet Under TV series etc). Arthur had always wanted to become a successful comedian and he was also a big fan of a famous TV host Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro - The Intern, The Godfather Part II etc).

Pretty Boys - A Review by Yennymakanmulu

This was an Indonesian movie which I was actually pretty interested. But due to last minute thing, I decided not to see the film and so my wife went to see it by herself. It was playing in the theater near our home so it was very convenient for her to go in the afternoon and be home for dinner. Anyway, as she had written her usual lovely post on the movie, I will just provide some hints of it below:

[MOVIE] Pretty Boys – Kisah Anugerah dan Rahmat

Pertama gw tau film Pretty Boys itu waktu gw liat Vincent dan Desta lagi shooting iklan buat promo filmnya di epiwalk. Saat itu gw tergoda buat ngajak foto, tapi karena mereka lagi sibuk, gw gak enak hati. Akhirnya gw hanya liat2 aja sambil berusaha diliat sama mereka *ya gak mungkin juga mereka liat elo Yen. lo tuh bukan siapa2 weeeee* Anyway, sejak film Pretty Boys main tgl 19 September kemaren, entah kenapa gw malah gk nonton. Trus pas liat2 jadwal pelem, lah, ini pelem udah lama maen ya. Akhirnya tadi siang gw tonton deh tuh, gapapa lah ya udah hari ke-13 baru nonton. Masi banyak kok yang baru nonton juga. Oya, ini film garapan Tompi, iya dokter bedah plastik yang tenar sebagai penyanyi itu loh, sekarang udah bisa jadi sutradara sekaligus penulisnya, bareng sama Imam Darto. Hebat ya.

To read her complete review, you can go directly to her blog: 

Pretty Boys review by Yennymakanmulu

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

Good Boys - One Hell of a Fun Ride and a Really Entertaining Coming of Age Comedy

This was the movie that I wanted to see as soon as I came back from my business trip last week, but I only got the chance to do it yesterday. It was still playing in many theaters and available in all cinema chains, so not too difficult to search for a studio. OK, I'll just head down to the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Three young boys who just reached sixth grade and named themselves the Bean Bag Boys which consisted of Max (Jacob Tremblay - Wonder, Before I Wake etc), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) wanted to become cool kids at school.

As luck would have it, Max was invited to a party held by one of the popular kids named Soren (Izaac Wang) and managed to convince Lucas and Thor to be invited too. However, things got really complicated when they got entangled with a problem involving two high school girls Hannah (Molly Gordon - Animal Kingdom TV series etc) and Lily (Midori Francis).