TRAVEL TO MOVIES: FURIOZA

Director: Cyprian T. Olencki

Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk , Weronika Ksiazkiewicz , Mateusz Damiecki , Wojciech Zielinski , Szymon Bobrowski , Lukasz Simlat , Janusz Chabior , Sebastian Stankiewicz , Konrad Eleryk

Plot: A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: Either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans or his brother goes to jail.

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furioza

My Movie Review: The movie is complex in a simpfy form this Polish police drama follows Dawid, a doctor who receives a visit from his ex-girlfriend and the story revolves around Michal a former police officer who is forced back into the dangerous world of crime and group of gang! An event from the past separates the fate of three friends, unexpectedly in the life of Dawid she appears again, storyline is easy to follow and that makes the film more enjoyable for me:) It is action heavy and carries a competitive vibe through out honestly a good film actors and stories are good, you really want to watch it until it ends with 2h 19m runtime, realistic film with the violence that goes with these characters' what can I say more is you won't be disappointed! Golden is the scene stealer the furioza tattoo on his hard chest and his awesome body really standout without saying a word just standing infront of the gang you can feel the intensity around him as he embodies what the film symbolizes his presence is enough to tell sides story! This is an efficient feature but not for sissies! A hooligan and crime film in the same time! Maybe it is accurate and close to reality in Poland. It's usually this mob dealing drugs and making rivers of money. The cops have undercover inside the club lighting up their operations from the inside. The gang gets into assorted meleés with rivals fighting with punches and kicks, starts with imagery that is quite contrasting with the movie's overall theme. The whole length of the film is filled with thrill after growing amidst gang violence, seeing deaths in front of his eyes, Dawid decided to be done with that hard life and aim to save lives' but Golden is the takeaway!

Critics Reviews: Furioza is a film that is dark, grim, and brutal. It is not everyones cup of tea! The themes of family, brotherhood, and morality resonate, even with its superficial treatment! And that's why it should be appreciated. Furioza from director Cyprian T. Olencki and 365 Days screenwriter Tomasz Klimala, spins a brutal tale of soccer hooliganism taken to extremes, the deathly grip of the European drug trade, and the shifting opportunism of the authorities tasked with keeping the peace. You better crack your knuckles before cueing this one up. There’s a turf war afoot in the Baltic port city of Gdynia, Poland. Furioza is just that, a proud group of bruising soccer hooligans chiefed by a noble warrior type named Kaszub (Wojciech Zielinski)! Furioza’s legit business is nightclub security, but their main business is knocking heads with their perpetual rivals gang of drugrunning “hools” whose captain, Antman (Szymon Bobrowski), reports to area kingpin Polanski (Janusz Chabior). The police are aware of the ongoing gang war and hooligan violence, but that’s low level stuff in comparison to bringing down Polanski, and a jaded police lieutenant Bauer (Lukasz Simlat) sees an opening that could score a win for the law, he pressures police detective Ewa Drzewiecka (Weronika Książkiewicz) to exploit her personal connection to Furioza. Mateusz Damięcki is a complete titan in Furioza as Golden, the hool lieutenant whose intensity is defined in his raw-boned, veiny musculature rippling beneath tats that slither up his shoulders and onto his neck, and eyeballs that seem to become more crazed and convex with each ratchet of perceived wrong or like underworld double-cross!

Source: https://decider.com/2022/04/18/furioza-netflix-review/

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- FUN CLAW MACHINE

My Personal Experience: I went to Fun Claw Machine at White Sands Mall in Pasir Ris MRT last August 4, 2022, together with my big sister this is one of my first outing upon arriving then:) This files our quite hidden so were backtracking a bit on my stays in Singapore last 2022, I've stayed in my big sister's home in Pasir Ris once in a while she treat me like that time in Astons!

Fun Claw Machine

FunClaw is a brand-new concept of automated Claw Catcher machine launched in 2018. Our concept is to create a space exclusively for claw machines where families and friends can bond over the simplicity of having a fun time while shopping together. Our family friendly environment offers a cosy game play experience that prominently differentiates us from others. FunClaw aims to rekindle the excitement of visiting the shopping malls and encourage people to step outside to have fun. FunClaw is a home-grown brand which aims to bring quality to life and good omens to everyone. 楽しい爪 represents the joy in playing at Fun Claw. By adopting the 4-leaf clovers as our brand embellishment, we hope to bring luck to our customers who love and have faith in our brand. Every catch encompasses anticipation, thrill, and excitement:)

Source: https://www.funclawsingapore.com/pages/about-fun-claw

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: ALL HAIL

Director: Marcos Carnevale

Cast: Guillermo Francella , Peto Menahem , Martín Seefeld , Norman Briski , Romina Pinto , Laura Fernández , Nicolás Scarpino , Viviana Saccone , Pompeyo Audivert , Matías Santoianni

Plot: After failing to predict a destructive hail storm, a famous meteorologist flees to his hometown and soon finds himself on a journey of self-discovery.

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_hail

My Movie Review: The movie is saving the best for last but I think it's too late save it cause most viewers might lost interest on how boring all throughout but the end took my breath away! All Hail is spectacular in execution of the hail storm very overwhelming and quite good very believeable I've just wish they put glimpse of it thoughout of the film so that people might be excited and it might worth watching instead focusing in such nonsense drama that hard to deal! TV weatherman Miguel Flores becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm so he's forced to flee Buenos Aires for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of rediscovery that is as absurd as it is human- fairly enjoyable picture, which casts the spotlight on cancel culture, personal battles as he struggle to cope up his new reality! The movie solves Miguel's career problems in the laziest way as he happens to find a mystical mysterious man in a bar who can predict the weather with 100% accuracy too silly but that's it:( It's true one mistake does not define you but when it what defines you it's hard to bound back! Although it cannot take away all the other right things done in the past after all we are humans but we cannot completely depend on others cause most people have initial judgement once you make that mistake so prevention come with self awareness and self responsibility after all:)

Critics Reviews: All Hail’s core premise is so deeply flawed, so eye-rollingly implausible, it fatally infects otherwise passable elements of the movie. Hopefully this likable Argentinean comedy doesn't get buried in Netflix's back catalog. All Hail deserves better. Basic, elementary, and excuse the adjective - televisual. The final scenes are dramatic and, ultimately, surprising. That the weather is involved is an infallible forecast. All Hail’s core premise – wanting to stone the weatherman in the public square for one single lousy dumb inaccurate prognostication – is so deeply flawed, so eye-rollingly implausible, it fatally infects otherwise passable elements of the movie. Despite some solid performances resulting in reasonably likable characters, the dopey concept makes their emotions feel bogus. For a while, the film is wholly unpredictable, but not because it’s suspenseful or original. It adheres to an illogic bordering on nonsense, as if the filmmakers tried to develop an original idea but didn’t stop to consider whether this poppycock would yield amusing farce or constant eyerolls. The heart of the movie is a weary old father-daughter reconnection story that struggles to get much traction; the Luis subplot goes nowhere until it lands on the film’s only decent punchline; Miguel ends up meeting an eccentric man who has a more natural, intuitive way of predicting the weather, an anti-science, pro-woo-woo statement that just rubbed me the wrong way. This is big, glossy sitcom stuff, too broad, exaggerated and silly to be palatable. Our Call: SKIP IT. All Hail will leave you very cold!

Source: https://decider.com/2022/04/06/all-hail-netflix-review/

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- NEON ELEVATOR STOP

My Personal Expeience: I went to Downtown East in Singapore, last August 2022, I saw this one eclectic vibe on the Neon Elevator Stop where the neon signage is reflected on their walls! Neon Lights always make me feel something different like futuristic cool breezy night and those chill hangout bar in the Metro and Downtown East creating space to aesthetic top and explore:)

Neon Elevator Stop

In some elevators, a neon light or other illuminated sign might be used to show which floor the elevator is currently at, or which floor it is about to stop at. When the elevator stops, the sign might light up or flash to indicate the current floor. The term "neon elevator stop" likely refers to a visual indicator, such as a lit or flashing neon sign, that signals when an elevator has stopped or is about to stop at a particular floor. It could refer to a physical stop within the elevator itself:)

Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=neon+elevator+stop&rlz=1C1CHBF

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: LOVE LIKE THE FALLING PETALS

Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa

Cast: Kento Nakajima , Honoka Matsumoto , Kento Nagayama , Yuki Sakurai , Takashi જ⁀➴, Shuntaro Yanagi , Yumi Wakatsuki , Jun Kaname , Mitsuhiro Oikanawa , Andrew Russell-Voice

Plot: Haruto, an aspiring photographer, falls head over heels for his hair stylist Misaki. When he finally finds the courage to ask Misaki out, it seems to be happily ever after for the young couple... until Misaki develops a rare disease under which she rapidly ages before their eyes.✦

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_like_the_falling_petals

My Movie Review: The movie is awesome when it wants to be and devastating when it needs to be truly a touching beautiful sightful but sad love story and guaranteed to tug at heartstrings! Love Like The Falling Petals is the flower it will grow and bloom but when the time comes it will slowly deteriorate and becomes gloomy until it lost its life sad but its the cycle that comes to it:( What initially starts out as an incredibly endearing romantic comedy will leave you wallowing in utter despair and absolute grief, I was so touched by this film that I cried like a baby at the end! Such a powerful emotional film that I would suggest to anyone to watch it because I thought it would be just a cute little film but more depth as it unfolds, the colors and cinematography were beautiful and the film is so good and the actors are quite good if not excellent, really mad love:) No doubt, this movie deserve five stars, this is a poignant story and the lead couple certainly have some good moments together that help carry along those reality they have to overcome! Despite movie being little slow it will connect to your soul each and every scene feels relaxing and calmness though the movie look like romantic at first instance however it'll end up as a heart broken love not only for the lead but the brother who took care ill sister I can feel his pain! Their happy romance comes to a halt, as Misaki falls ill, leading to a doctor's visit where she is diagnosed with progeroid syndromes: a disease that ages her extremely fast, deteriorating her body at an alarming rate. Misaki's case is extreme, leaving her with less than a year to endure the debilitating symptoms during slower segments you can see unconditional love overflowing:)

Critics Reviews: While this romantic tragedy involving two young creative professionals has some original ideas and an attractive setting, the genre has been done before in much more authentic and engaging ways. Love Like the Falling Petals is buoyant, and then it’s blehh. Even the accidental comedy can’t make up for the bad taste it leaves in your mouth. While there are some clear emotional moments in Love Like the Falling Petals, the dull nature of its commentary and the stunting of Misaki make it hard to view as a successful love story. I didn't feel inspired or hopeful, but rather bored and alone. This film doesnt celebrate love and life but really pushes against it. Muddled and frustrating almost from the outset, Yoshihiro Fukagawas achingly sentimental weepie Love Like the Falling Petals struggles to tell its story with coherent clarity. Netflix J-romance Love Like the Falling Petals wants you to cry. Cry and then cry some more. It’s a Tokyo-set smoochy/sad saga starring Kento Nakajima and Honoko Matsumoto as totes-adorbs 20-somethings gone gaga over each other, until fate saddles them with a debilitating setback. This is a tale of two movies: The first hour of Falling Petals is a charming and disarming, lightly comedic, tonally on-point romance between two semi-timid souls, and the second hour is a draggy, mega-melodramatic wallow in snot, grief and confusion. The brevity of cherry blooms in the cycle of life, how photographers capture fleeting moments for posterity, etc. It’s all right there for you to chew and swallow, a shallow buffet of obviousness likely assembled to please teen audiences while the rest of us yawn and thumb through magazines. The second half of the movie made me despair for all the wrong reasons – not for the fate of its characters, but how it managed to transform from cheery delight to dreary slog ˚♡

Source:https://decider.com/2022/03/28/love-like-the-falling-petals-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- DOWNTOWN EAST

My Personal Experience: I went to Downtown East in Singapore, last August 2022, I rarely go this mall even it's near because opposite direction to other attractions so when you come here you chose to go against the crowd and sometime its what you need to escape the bustling city! I went to highest floor restroom and take selfies inside close doors, honest fun/ had a moment:)

Downtown East

NTUC Downtown East is an entertainment hub located in Pasir Ris, Singapore. It is 147,000 square metres in area and was officially opened on 5 November 2000. It is run by NTUC club. It provides leisure and entertainment for families and youths. It competes with the two Integrated Resorts, especially Resorts World Sentosa.Various types of entertainment features are being provided in NTUC Downtown East. Such features are shopping, arcades and others. The attractions include: A five-storey leisure and entertainment hub, named E!hub, was opened in early 2008. E!hub's main features include: eXplorerkid, the largest indoor family park in Singapore and nEbO City, a combination of Cathay Cineplex, gaming and cafe. Wild Wild Wet!!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTUC_Downtown_East

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE

Director: Bruno Ascenzo

Cast: Stephanie Cayo , Maxi Iglesias , Anai Padilla , Amiel Cayo , Mayella Lloclla , Vicente Vergara , Renata Flores , Wendy Ramos , Muki Sabogal , Nicolás Galindo , Rodrigo Palacios

Plot: The opposite lives of a workaholic architect and a fiery artist are upended when their chance encounter in breathtaking Peru shifts their views on life.

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/without_saying_goodbye

My Movie Review: The movie is a nice little treat let you explore the wonderful destinations and enjoy the journey along the way, the night cap festivities' and the people give in camp vibe! Without Saying Goodbye is a romance about self-discovery through love filmed in spectacular sites around Peru making it a escapist but in such a good way, highly recommend this feature:) Having said that this film mainly suffers from poor writing, superficial at times based its strength on actor's charisma and nothing much happen insightful- not memorable I've forgot how it end! The story moves forward very quickly, failing to properly establish the characters even though the actors do a decent job, the plot is so predictable and the dialogue seems stiff and forced! This takes away from the realism in the film, making the characters seem somewhat dumb at times I don't understand why a man would chase after a woman that says she doesn't believe in marriage or romance, compares it like to being chained to a bridge and every time a problem comes her way she runs: she's not worth it say she's 34 but looks more mature like 44 sheesh! The lead actors are attractive and relaxed together as they dive into a pool, go backpack together and argue through the mountains if you take it lightly you enjoy it just don't dwell on it, some light comedy never gets too broad or irritating; the romance doesn't become a pointlessly steam mashfest; the drama keenly avoid being too deep instead rehash make things go away:) The nice takeaway is like you experience all they showed in the movie, it was so satisfying specially the culture shown in it, personally I am unexposed in those parts of the world but watching that made me realize what I want to do travel, discover cultures, different languages, come across people and know their lives, part shown in most natural way they ace so worth it:)

Movie News: ‘Without Saying Goodbye’ on Netflix, a Romantic Drama Set Against the Luscious Backdrop of Peru! Netflix movie Without Saying Goodbye is a romantic drama with comedic tendencies and scads upon scads of handsome scenery. So get ready to get lost in countless drone shots of Peruvian mountaintops and Cuzco cityscapes, and maybe find yourself lost in a romance between an architect and an artist. You know, opposites attract and all that, but they sure seem to be more heavily magnetized when the backdrop is this beautiful! The Gist: Salvador Campodonico (Maxi Iglesias) wakes up at zero-dark, his to-do list exploding on his phone. He hits the gym and takes a shower so we can understand how he maintains the ripped physique which we’ll get several opportunities to ogle throughout the movie. Then he heads to work – he’s an architect for his father’s hotel conglomerate, the biggest in Spain. Salvador remodels hotels into gleaming high-class urban monstrosities or beauties, depending on your point of view. He works so much, he makes your average workaholic look like Brad Pitt in True Romance. Cayo is magnetic as an unapologetic bohemian whose joie de vivre is cut with the melancholy of her tragic past. She finds nuance in her character, most importantly, transcends cliches. Thank the deity of your choice the Peruvian tourism board seems to have directed this movie, because its biggest draw is Peru itself. The mountains, the valleys, the lovely rugged terrain, the clouds kissing the peaks, the burbling brooks, the peaceful wooded expanses. Cuzco bustles with charm, delicious-looking food, lively people, rich cultural textures. Book your vacation now and imagine what a hotel full of $400/night rooms would look like among the stone churches and other loving preserve historical architectural delights, right:)

Source: https://decider.com/2022/03/21/without-saying-goodbye-netflix-review/