Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Work it with Sabrina Carpenter follows their journey to win the titular Work It dance competition

 Work It is a 2020 American dance comedy film directed by Laura Terruso and written by Alison Peck. Produced by Alicia Keys, Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, the film stars Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale, Michelle Buteau and Jordan Fisher as high school students of different backgrounds, and follows their journey to win the titular Work It dance competition. The film was released on Netflix on August 7, 2020.





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Quinn Ackerman, a quirky and intelligent high school senior, works as a technical director for the Thunderbirds, her high school's elite dance team, which is well known around the state as the reigning champions of the Work It dance competition. When Quinn spills coffee on the control panel and ruins a live performance, the ruthless leader of the Thunderbirds, Julliard Pembroke, fires her from the position.

Quinn's dream to attend Duke University, her late father's alma mater, is soured when the admissions counselor, Veronica Ramirez, informs that her chances of standing out to the admission's team are not good. Quinn misleads Ramirez into thinking that she is a dancer on the Thunderbirds, even though she only worked the lighting. Ramirez is instantly impressed, and vows to see her perform live at the Work It dance competition. Though she considers confessing to her white lie, Quinn instead decides to commit to it, realizing it's her only chance of getting into Duke. Quinn enlists the help of her best friend, Jasmine Hale, who is a dancer for the Thunderbirds herself, to teach her how to dance and prepare her for the team's open auditions in two weeks. Quinn's dancing skills improve substantially by the time of the audition, but Julliard still rejects her. After Jasmine stands up to him and defends Quinn, Julliard sarcastically suggests that the two start their own dance team, which Quinn does. Jasmine reluctantly agrees to quit the Thunderbirds in favour of Quinn's new team.

Quinn and Jasmine research a former champion of the Work It competition, Jake Taylor, who stopped competing and vanished after a knee injury two years prior. Quinn tracks him down and approaches him at the dance studio where he now works, and asks him to be a choreographer for her team, but Jake rejects her, insisting that dance is done with passion, and can't be learned by thinking. Meanwhile, the girls round up a group of unknown dancers at their school who all differ in style, including Raven, a goth and rocker; Chris, a soccer player; DJ Tapes, a kid who sells mixtapes; Robby, a karate student; and Priya, an Indian style dancer. After seeing the team's potential during an informal dance meetup, Jake agrees to choreograph for Quinn's team at Work It, but only if they can win the upcoming qualifying competition by themselves. Under the name "TBD", they cut qualifiers but on a technicality issue with an opposing team.

Jake and Quinn spend more time together, and one night, Jake takes her aside and decides to experiment with freestyle dancing with her. As the two practice, Quinn's talent surfaces, and they kiss. With newfound confidence, Quinn takes it easier on herself and puts more effort into her dancing and teamwork.

Quinn emails Veronica Ramirez and informs her that she has started her own team and that they will be competing at Work It. However, when Julliard discovers that Jake is choreographing for the Quinn's team, he turns them in for using the studio to practice without paying, and Jake loses his job. Quinn's grades drop due to her dedication to the team, and she receives an email from the Duke admissions team informing her that Veronica no longer works there. Quinn confesses everything to her mom, and they agree that she should quit the dance team and bring her grades up before turning in her final transcript. The team feels betrayed by Quinn's departure, especially Jasmine, who rejoins the Thunderbirds, and Quinn ends her romance with Jake after deciding she doesn't have the time for it. She later rediscovers her own passion for dance and reconciles with Jake, and they both decide to bring the team back together. Quinn reconciles with Jasmine, who quits the Thunderbirds and rejoins the TBDs.

The group begins to learn each other's unique dance styles, and Jake incorporates them into the choreography. On the day of the competition, Quinn's mother discovers that she is still in dance and tries to stop her from leaving, but Quinn steals the car keys and leaves. When Quinn arrives, the TBDs are already on stage, and she enters halfway through the act. The TBDs narrowly win the competition over the Thunderbirds, and both Jasmine and Julliard are approached by a scout from the New York Dance Academy. Quinn runs into Veronica, who is now working at NYU, and she invites her to apply for the fall semester.

RATING: 10 STARS

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Emily in Paris will show you how is to live in Paris in her unique point of view.

Emily in Paris is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for Netflix. The series stars Lily Collins as aspiring marketing executive Emily Cooper, an American marketer who moves to Paris to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. In Paris, she tries to overcome challenges in her work, love life, and friendships. The series also stars Philippine Leroy-BeaulieuAshley ParkLucas BravoSamuel ArnoldBruno GoueryCamille RazatWilliam Abadie, and Lucien Laviscount.


Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and developed initially for Paramount Network, where it was given a straight-to-series order in September 2018, the series moved to Netflix in July 2020. Filming takes place in Île-de-France, mainly in Paris and its suburbs, and began in August 2019.


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Emily in Paris premiered on October 2, 2020, to positive reviews in the United States but criticism in France for negatively stereotyping Parisians and the French. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a second season by Netflix, which premiered on December 22, 2021. In January 2022, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season by Netflix. The third season premiered on December 21, 2022.

Emily in Paris follows Emily Cooper, an American from Chicago with a Master's degree in communications, who moves to Paris for a new job opportunity. She is tasked with bringing an American point of view and social media presence to a venerable French marketing firm. Cultures clash as she adjusts to the challenges of life in Paris while juggling her career, new friendships, and active love life.

The Series not just focuses on Emily's personal life, it also takes a dig into her professional life in Paris. It also solely doesn't revolve around Emily but characters like Sylvie, Mindy, Camille and Gabriel have also got equal limelight.

The Big problem for Emily is, she doesn't speak French, so she struggles with her boss besides the cultural differences between Emily and them in business. She arrived in Paris with zero French but took classes which is not enough, even this way she manages to work full of challenges. She is at least creative and know how to manage the accounts they have.


Main Cast

  • Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, a 29-year-old who moves from Chicago to Paris for a temporary social media strategy job at Savoir
  • Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie, Emily's tough and bitter boss at Savoir in Paris
  • Ashley Park as Mindy Chen, Emily's first friend in Paris, a Chinese-Korean nanny and aspiring singer, and the heir to a Shanghai business magnate from whom she is estranged
  • Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, Emily's attractive downstairs neighbor, the head chef at Chez Lavaux, Camille's former boyfriend and Emily's lover
  • Samuel Arnold as Julien, Emily's trendy and theatrical co-worker who forms a comic duo with Luc
  • Bruno Gouery as Luc, Emily's quirky co-worker, who forms a comic duo with Julien
  • Camille Razat as Camille, Emily's former friend, and Gabriel's former girlfriend
  • William Abadie as Antoine Lambert (season 2–present; recurring season 1), Emily's client who owns the perfume company Maison Lavaux and is having a long-standing affair with Sylvie
  • Lucien Laviscount as Alfie (season 3; recurring season 2), an English banker in Emily's French class and Emily's love interest.
RATING: 10 STARS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Enola Holmes

 Enola Holmes is a 2020 mystery film starring Millie Bobby Brown as the title character, the teenage sister of the already famous Victorian-era detective Sherlock Holmes. The film is directed by Harry Bradbeer from a screenplay by Jack Thorne that adapts the first novel in The Enola Holmes Mysteries series by Nancy Springer. 


In the film, Enola travels to London to find her missing mother but ends up on a thrilling adventure, pairing up with a runaway lord as they attempt to solve a mystery that threatens the entire country. In addition to Brown, the film also stars Sam Claflin, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter.




Filming began in July 2019. Originally planned for a theatrical release by Warner Bros. Pictures, the distribution rights to the film were picked up by Netflix due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enola Holmes was released on September 23, 2020. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Brown's performance. It became one of the most-watched original Netflix film releases, with an estimated 76 million households watching the film over its first four weeks. A sequel, Enola Holmes 2, was released on Netflix on November 4, 2022.


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Enola Holmes is the youngest sibling in the Holmes family. She is extremely intelligent, observant, and insightful, defying the social norms for women of the time. Her mother Eudoria has taught her everything from chess to jujitsu and encouraged her to be strong-willed and independent.

On her sixteenth birthday, Enola wakes to find that her mother has disappeared, leaving behind only some gifts. A week later, she meets her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock. Sherlock finds her intelligent, whereas Mycroft finds her troublesome, and as her legal guardian, intends to send her away to a finishing school run by Miss Harrison.

The flower cards left by her mother reveal secret messages and lead to hidden money, which Enola uses to escape disguised as a boy. On the train, she finds the young Viscount Tewkesbury hidden in a travel bag. She thinks he is a nincompoop, but warns him that a man in a brown bowler hat (named Linthorn) is on the train searching for him. Linthorn finds and tries to kill Tewkesbury, who escapes with Enola by jumping off the train. Tewkesbury forages for edible plants and fungi, and the two return to London and part ways.

Disguised as a proper Victorian lady, Enola continues to trace Eudoria, leaving cryptic messages in the newspaper personal advertisements. Enola discovers pamphlets and a safehouse containing explosives, and learns that Eudoria is part of a radical group of suffragettes. She is attacked by Linthorn, who interrogates her about Tewkesbury. She fights back, ignites the explosives in the safehouse and escapes.

Enola decides to find Tewkesbury again, to save him from Linthorn. She visits the Tewkesbury estate to learn more, meeting Tewkesbury's grandmother the Dowager. Meanwhile, Mycroft has Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard search for Enola.

Enola finds Tewkesbury selling flowers in Covent Garden and warns him of Linthorn. Taking him to her lodgings, she is caught by Lestrade and imprisoned in Miss Harrison's finishing school by Mycroft. Sherlock visits her and admits he is impressed by her detective work. Tewkesbury sneaks into the school, and they escape together, stealing Miss Harrison's motor car. Enola decides they must go to Basilwether Hall and face Tewkesbury's uncle, who she has deduced was trying to kill him.

The estate is seemingly deserted, but Linthorn ambushes them. Enola trips him using jujitsu, causing a fatal head injury. Tewkesbury's grandmother is revealed as Linthorn's contractor. As a staunch traditionalist, she did not want him to take his father's place in the House of Lords and vote for the Reform Bill. She shoots Tewkesbury, but he survives, having hidden a plate of armor under his clothes. Sherlock arrives at Scotland Yard where Lestrade informs him of Enola's actions as they plan to have the Dowager arrested.

Enola shares a tearful goodbye with Tewkesbury. She eavesdrops on a meeting between Sherlock and Mycroft, where Sherlock suggests becoming her guardian. Upon returning to her lodgings, Enola finds Eudoria waiting there. She explains why she had to leave, and why she must leave again, but she is impressed by what Enola has become. Enola has found her purpose—she is a detective and a finder of lost souls.

Cast
  • Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes, the youngest sibling in the famous Holmes family. Enola occasionally breaks the fourth wall to explain things to the viewers.
  • Sofia Stavrinou portrays a younger Enola.
  • Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, the second-oldest of the Holmes siblings; a renowned private detective.
  • Sam Claflin as Mycroft Holmes, the oldest of the Holmes siblings; a government employee and Enola's legal guardian.
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, the matriarch of the Holmes family.
  • Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury, a future viscount.
  • Burn Gorman as Linthorn, a man who targets Tewkesbury and Enola
  • Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade, an associate of Sherlock Holmes who works at Scotland Yard.
  • Susie Wokoma as Edith, a friend of Eudoria and suffragettes, who runs a secret martial arts class
  • Hattie Morahan as Lady Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury's mother
  • David Bamber as Sir Whimbrel Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury's uncle
  • Frances de la Tour as The Dowager, Tewkesbury's grandmother
  • Claire Rushbrook as Mrs. Lane, the Holmes family housekeeper
  • Fiona Shaw as Miss Harrison, the stern head of a finishing school
  • Ellie Haddington as Miss Gregory

RATING: 10 STARS

Love Sarah - When the memory by her mother inspires Isabella to open a Bakery

Love Sarah is a 2020 film directed by Eliza Schroeder starring Celia ImrieShelley ConnShannon Tarbet, and Rupert Penry-Jones.

A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandmother. They face some difficulties but they have a great and unique idea that give an up in the bakery to finally start to sell. They all get happy and united when things go right. 



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Shelley Conn as Isabella
Celia Imrie as Mimi
Shannon Tarbet as Clarissa
Rupert Penry-Jones as Mathew
Bill Paterson as Felix
Candice Brown as Sarah
Max Parker as Alex
Andrew David as Clive
Yûho Yamashita as Yuho
Sam Shoubber as Ausama

Rating: 10 Stars

Ziam, 2025

Ziam is a 2025 Thai action-horror film directed by Kulp Kaljareuk, which premiered on Netflix on July 9, 2025. The film is set in a near-fu...