Begin Again

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Keira Knightley as Gretta James
• Mark Ruffalo as Dan Mulligan
• Hailee Steinfeld as Violet Mulligan
• Adam Levine as Dave Kohl

Dan Mulligan (Mark Ruffalo) is a record label producer who didn't produce anything for the last 7 years. He lives separately from his wife and daughter, Violet (Hailee Steinfeld). His failing career and his broken relationship with his family drives him into a wreck.

Gretta James (Keira Knightley), a talented singer and songwriter lives in New York with her boyfriend, Dave Kohl (Adam Levine). Dave, now having a successful career as a singer, tempted by his colleague and ends up cheating. Broken-hearted, Gretta leaves him and intends to leave New York the very next day. But that night, things start to change when she meets Dan. He's entranced by her talent as she's performing on stage. From then on, they start their journey of music.  

I didn't expect much about this movie, I only knew Mark Ruffalo from The Avengers and he doesn't really stand out. But here, he's outstanding. His chemistry with Keira Knightley is perfect. Every scene seems so natural and beautifully entangled in this movie. The soundtrack is wonderful and Lost Stars sounds like old Maroon 5 songs which is amazing. Honestly, nowadays, Maroon 5 sounds more like those shitty EDM than a band. I always thought romance movie without comedy would be very dull, but Begin Again shows me that it's not. It was so great that I got a little disappointed when it comes to an end, I want more! Definitely recommended. 

  

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Cold Eyes

 

Rate 8.2/10

Cast

• Seol Kyeong Gu as Chief Detective Hwang
• Jung Woo Sung as James
• Han Hyo Joo as Detective Ha Yoon Joo
• Lee Jun Ho as Detective Squirrel

Ha Yoon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) is a new member in an elite surveillance unit of Korean Police Forces led by chief detective Hwang (Seol Kyeong Gu). While she's training, a professional bank robber group is on the move. Yoon Joo's surveilance team is then assigned to track down the bank robber group and its leader, James (Jung Woo).

This movie attracts my attention right from the beginning. A very good plot with great characters, intense actions throughout the movie. It keeps you wonder what will happen next. Highly entertaining for action movie fans.  

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Beyond The Memories

Rate 8.2/10

Cast

• Masami Nagasawa as Kanna Seto
• Masaki Okada as Roku Akazawa
• Kengo Kora as Kazue Haruta
• Haru as Tomomi Kawaguchi
• Aoi Nakamura as Toshikuni Mayama
• Yuki Furukawa as Kiyomasa Komine

Kanna Seto (Masami Nagasawa), a cheerful girl who works in a movie advertising company hides something from her past. When she was in high school, her crush and best friend died in a car accident. She seems all right and unbothered by it, but she actually still feels guilty about that incident.

Roku Akazawa (Masaki Okada), a friendly editor in a publishing company has an almost similar story with Kanna. When he was in primary school, he accidentally pushed his friend and she was hit by a car. He still carries his guilt all the way to his adulthood. When these two meet can they heal each other's wounds?

My two favorite actors as the main lead! They bring out the characters really well. I can feel their love, heartache,guilt, pain, sadness and all their emotions throughout the movie. This movie is very touching and it's done beautifully. The relationship between each character feels so deep and I can't help but falling in love with the main characters. It's the kind of movie that can make you feel sad and hurt without showing too much tears. It's perfect (for me).   

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The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones

Rate 7.8/10

Cast

• Lily Collins as Clary Fray
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland
• Kevin Zegers as Alec
• Jemima West as Isabelle
• Robert Sheehan as Simon Lewis
• Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray
• Kevin Durand as Pangborn
• Aidan Turner as Luke
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine

Clary Fray (Lily Collins), an ordinary teenager, suddenly seeing strange symbols around her. She doesn't really think much of it, but it all changes when she sees Jace Wayland (Jamie Campbell Bower) killing a man in front of so many people. Everyone around her doesn't realize what's happening, then it dawns on her that she's the only one who can see him. She then discovers that she's the descendant of Shadowhunters, warriors who protects people from demons. When her mother suddenly disappears, she joins with the other Shadowhunters to save her mother.

This is one of of my favorite movies. I admit I never read the book of this story, and I'm glad I didn't. Most of the time book-turns-movie are disappointing. I don't know about this one, but from a non-reader point of view this movie is awesome. I love how the story flows and the characters are great. It's exciting and very entertaining, you should try to watch this one.

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The Heirs (The Inheritors)

Rate 7/10

Cast 

• Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan
• Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang
• Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do
• Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young
• Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin
• Krystal as Lee Bo Na
• Kim Ji Won as Rachel Yoo
• Park Hyung Sik as Jo Myung Soo
• Jeon So Jin as Kang Ye Sol
• Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won

Episodes : 20

One Who Wants to Wear The Crown, Bear The Crown is another title for this drama. As it says, it tells the story of the students in an elite high school for rich kids. The students in the school divided into four groups. First, the top group, the heirs of huge companies, they're born rich and don't even need to study hard as they will be bosses once they graduate. The second group, they don't have big companies, but they have lots of stocks which pretty much the same thing. The third, they are the children of high-rank state officials, lawyers, etc. And the last one, the students who get into the school by scholarship, in other words commoners. They are the group which often bullied by the first three groups.

Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) is a new student who happens to be in the fourth group. Having a feeling to her, Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) tries to protect her by saying that she's a "new money" or someone who recently got rich. But Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin), Kim Tan's rival, suspects Cha Eun Sang's real identity and after some time falls in love with her as well. Problem arises with Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won), Kim Tan's fiancee, who bullies Cha Eun Sang.

At first, I watch this drama because of the casts (I'm a fan of Kim Woo Bin and Park Shin Hye), very popular actors and actresses and famous kpop idols, wow. And that's the only thing that kept me watching it till the end. Who doesn't know the old Cinderella story? A poor girl meets a rich boy and bullied by evil girl, the main plot is so overused. I love Park Shin Hye, but I really hate her character in this drama. She cries every single time! It's rare to see her smiling in this drama. And, come on, it's not even that sad. Everything is just so cheesy and predictable. And somehow it seems like they only used one song for the soundtrack, I cringe every time Love is the moment... comes on. The side stories and characters are much more interesting and lovable. If you want to watch a drama with a good plot, don't watch this. But if you want to see pretty faces and luxurious places, you're in the right place.  

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Now You See Me

Rate 8.3/10

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas
• Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes
• Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney
• Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves
• Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
• Melanie Laurent as Alma Dray
• Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley
• Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler

Four magicians, Daniel Atlas (Eissenberg), Merritt McKinney (Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Fisher, and Jack Wilder (Franco) are mysteriously invited to a meeting in an apartment. A year later, and they reappear as famous and successful group of magicians called The Four Horsemen. At one of their shows in Las Vegas, they rob a bank and give the money to the audiences. Only thing is, the bank is actually robbed for real. An FBI agent, Dylan Rhodes (Ruffalo) and his partner, Alma Dray (Laurent) of Interpol are send to investigate the case. But they couldn't solve the case and there's no proof that The Four Horsemen really steal the money. Stuck in the mystery of the case, they seek help from a professional illusion exposer, Thaddeus Bradley (Freeman). The investigation leave Dylan and Alma to keep wondering which is illusion and which is reality.

I really really love this movie. It keeps me wondering who is the real bad guy the whole time. And the plot twist! Ah, the twist! It fooled me all right. I knew that there will be some twist at the end of the movie, but I didn't know that it would be that kind of twist. Arrrgh I felt stupid somehow after watching it. I don't want to spoil the movie for you, so you better watch it for yourself.   

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Hormones The Series

 

Rate 8/10

Cast 

• Pachara Chirativat as Win
• Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha as Kwan
• Sutatta Udomsilp as Toei
• Chutavuth Pattarakampol as Phu
• Shiracuch Chientaworn as Mhog
• Gunn Junhavat as Tar
• Sananthacat Thanapatpisal as Dao
• Thanapob Leeratanakajorn as Phai
• Supassra Thanachat as Sprite

Episodes : 13

Hormones is a story about the life of nine teenagers with their problems. This series depict teenagers' issues from their points of view such as school violence, teenage sex, family matters, etc. Each episode tells the story of a character and his/her problems and how they deal with it. Here are the main characters :

• Win (Pachara Chirativat), a popular rebellious boy who somehow everyone follows. He doesn't care about anyone else and always has everything the way he wants it.

• Kwan (Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha),  a smart girl who's always on the top of the class. She's seen as a "perfect" girl by her classmates. But, when a huge problem hits her, can she still stay perfect?

• Toei (Sutatta Udomsilp), a tomboy girl who has lots of male friends. This makes other girls accuse her of being a slut.

• Phu (Chutavuth Pattarakampol), a boy who's part of the marching band and plays saxophone. He is Toei's ex boyfriend. He's confused of his own sexual orientation when Thee, a male friend in marching band team, starts liking him.

• Mhog (Shiracuch Chientaworn), an introvert with an obsession in photography. He's a close friend of Win.

• Tar (Gunn Junhavat), a guitarist who's often overshadowed by his best friends' popularity, Win and Mhog.

• Dao (Sananthacat Thanapatpisal), an innocent first year who puts her fantasies of her own friends in an online romance novel. She has a very strict mother who'll become an issue later.

• Phai (Thanapob Leeratanakajorn), a bad boy whose days filled with fights with a rival school gang. He falls in love with Sprite who happens to be his gang leader's girlfriend.

• Sprite (Supassra Thanachat), a girl who's popular in school for being a slut. She has casual sex with her male friends even when she already has a boyfriend.

This series is very engaging despite its common theme : teenagers and their problems. It's interesting to see how very clueless they are when faced with romance issues, parents, friends, teachers. Just like how we're as teenagers, troubled and doesn't want anyone's help. To see each character deals with their problems and grow up is weirdly entertaining in this drama. I can relate with some of the characters. We always have those kind of people at school, the popular boy, the tomboy girl who every other girl seems to hate, the smart girl, the boys in a school gang. For me, it depicts teenage life perfectly, even when some parts are exaggerated.

See also: Hormones The Series Season 2

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