Assalamualaikum, good day dearest! I heard it is the first week of the new school session, is it true? Hopefully everything went well for everyone, ya. Me myself just entered a new semester (now in third week) and it was super hectic already. So, here is a movie review to wind out our day. 

Title: Legally Blonde

Runtime: 96 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Robert Luketic

Writer: Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith

Released year: 2001

Casts: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Jennifer Coolidge

Country/Language: USA/English

Plot: 

Elle Woods had her life planned out. She is the president of her sorority and is in a relationship with the cutest, hottest fraternity boy, Warner Huntington III. When she thought that Warner will finally popped the question, she was dumped instead. The reason was that she is too blonde which will not be good for his public image if he wanted to be in the senate by 30. When Warner moved to Harvard Law, Elle was determined to get into Harvard Law to get him back. Upon arriving an spending her days in Harvard, Elle realized that it was so out of her comfort.

Trailer: 

I watched this movie with a very very low expectation and so imagine my surprise when I found myself thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this movie. I truly enjoy Elle's character. She really give the impression of a dumb blonde when she is everything but that. 

I admit I was a little bit awry when Elle's mission to get into Harvard Law only to get Warner to notice her back and eventually popped the question to her. I would rather have her went to Harvard to prove Warner wrong but then her plan worked so much better! Plus, proving him wrong is so much sweeter with Elle's way anyway.

What I really appreciate of this movie is the way Elle's sorority supported and helped her to get into Harvard. They were super supportive. Also how Elle found a new friend, Paulette at the nail shop was beyond me. And the bond they had was so cute. And the way she never changed herself to fit in the Harvard Law was really boom! Pink in the middle of the blacks!

My favorite scene had to be the one where Elle got her chance to represent her fellow sorority girl(?) from murder charge. Never underestimate a blonde girl's knowledge of hair treatment. Not only she managed to defend her client, she also got the murder to confessed! A big success for law student I would say. So is this movie worth the watch? Of course it is!

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-thes

 Assalamualaikum, good day dearest!

Tajuk: Aku Di Sini

Penulis: Ieya Sya

Mukasurat: 458

Genre: Romantik, Drama

Penerbit: Kaseh Aries

Terbitan: 2018

ISBN: 9789672035329

Blurb:

Andainya detik dan waktu bagi Ara adalah magis, bagi Iyan, itu adalah hukuman.

Iyan + Aifa Hani = Bagai permata berkilau.

Iyan + Ara = Mampu berangan saja.

Itu kata Ara Elisya. Kata Iyan Naufal...

Dia dan Ara tidak sepatutnya bertemu. Dia cuba melarikan diri tapi sering gagal. Akhirnya dia membiarkan saja walaupun itu bermaksud rahsia yang disimpan akan menghancurkan dirinya.

Segalanya berubah dengan kematian tragis Rogayah yang menjadikan Ara sebagai saksi dan Iyan sebagai suspek.

"Pembunuh macam kau patut mati di tali gantung." - ARA

Iyan menghilangkan diri selepas menyelamatkan Ara daripada pembunuh ibunya sendiri. Namun demi rahsia yang disimpan, Iyan kembali...

"Lama dulu, aku berjanji pada diri aku yang aku akan jaga dia. Tpi waktu tu aku terlalu takut." - IYAN

Ara tidak pernah amnesia tetapi dia terlupa. Iyan tidak pernah terlupa tetapi dia tidak mampu bicara.

Kata Rey - Ara Elisya tak patut muncul lagi dalam hidup kau

Kata Aifa - Beauty and the beast. You tahu cerita tu? You and Ara. Beast and the beauty.

Kata Eidan - Hantar dia jauh dari hidup kau.

Adakah Iyan akan melarikan diri sekali lagi? Apa sebenarnya yang Ara lupa? 

"Sumpah, saya akan beritahu semuanya. Tapi saya tak tahu. Saya minta maaf," - ARA

It's like a song that no one hears.

I'm screaming out you're not here.

Novel ni bermula dengan santai. Mengenali si Ara Elisya yang wataknya agak masuk air, digandingkan pula dengan si sepupu, Dollah, memang mengarut habis perangai mereka! Tapi disebalik keceriaan seorang Ara, rupanya ada rahsia yang tersimpan. Rahsia kedukaan. Enter Iyan Naufal, lelaki misteri yang hadir dalam hidup Ara sebagai kekasih kepada Aifa Hani, seorang public figure merangkap crush, ex-bestfriend Dollah. 

Iyan Naufal... Dia tersangatlah misteri. Gaya macam benci gila dengan Ara, sejak pertama kali jumpa lagi. Tapi kenapa? Takkan sebab tengok muka Ara je tiba-tiba benci tanpa sebab? Pelik sungguh kelakuannya. Lama-kelamaan, dia seolah-olah menaruh harapan pulak dengan si Ara. Ah, tak faham aku!

Rupanya, antara mereka, sudah ada takdir yang lama mengikat. Ada cerita yang tak tersingkap. Kisah mereka rupanya telah bermula bertahun lamanya. Rahsia pembunuhan ayah Ara sedikit demi sedikit di buka. Dan kisah itu, rupanya kisah duka untuk mereka. Cerita yang mulanya bermula dengan ringan dan santai semakin lama semakin berselirat dan penuh tanda tanya. Sungguh aku hooked!

Walaupun aku ambil masa sedikit untuk membaca kisah ni,  aku enjoy gila kisah ni! Walaupun banyak tanda tanya, semuanya dijawab penulis sesuai dengan pace cerita. Semua watak bagi aku berkembang dengan baik. Aku tertanya juga, Rey yang berpindah ke Itali ni, ada kisah dia sendiri ke? Intriguing betul ending yang macam kasi hint untuk kisah Rey.

-thes

 Assalamualaikum, good day dearest!

Tajuk: Nuansa 2

Penulis: Nur Izzah Hani

Mukasurat: 468

Genre: Romantik, Keluarga, Jenayah, Aksi

Penerbit: AHA Publication

Terbitan: 2022

ISBN: 9786299679080

Related title(s): The Silent Killer, Permata, Nuansa

Blurb:

Kes pembunuhan Anne, kes kemalangan kenderaan polis ketika memindahkan bahan bukti, kes kebakaran bilik operasi dan penangkapan Ace of Spade iaitu salah seorang Sinister Seven daripada Kumpulan Clan of Sinners hanyalah permulaan kepada sesuatu yang lebih besar.

"Cukup Nuha, jangan. Jangan rendahkan diri kau sama dengan mereka. Biar undang-undang yang menghukum. Biar Allah yang mengadili." - AHMAD AQIL

"There won't be another life but next time don't fall in love with an international criminal like me." - TENGKU NUHA ZUHAILIN

Mempercayai seseorang itu sama sahaja seperti menyerahkan pisau tajam kepadanya. Ia datang bersama harapan untuk dilindungi sepenuh hati atau risiko untuk ditikam tak mati. Tengku Nuha Zuhailin dan Inspektor Ahmad Aqil datang daripada dua sisi dunia yang kontra namun mereka mempunyai misi yang sama dengan motif yang berbeza iaitu menjatuhkan Clan of Sinners dengan apa cara sekalipun.

Sesungguhnya, cinta itu memerlukan pengorbanan. Tak akan wujud kebahagiaan tanpa perjuangan.

Ace of Spade. Sinister Seven. Clan of Sinners. Siapa sangka si gadis penghantar makanan FoodKoala rupanya bukan sekadar penghantar makanan? Well, not me. 

Tengku Nuha Zuhailin. Kisahnya terkubur sejak berumur sembilan tahun. Pengkhianatan yang dia terima membuatkan seorang Nuha menabur dendam. Clan of Sinners mesti jatuh di tangannya. Kuatnya seorang Tengku Nuha Zuhailin bertahun dia bertahan untuk mengaburi mata King, Queen dan juga Sinister Seven yang lain. Berpura-pura menerima apa yang mereka berikan pada dia walhal hatinya membuak-buak untuk menjatuhkan mereka. Oh my sweet Nuha, kesiannya awak. Nuha dalam Nuansa 2 sangat berbeza dengan Nuha dalam Nuansa. She appeared a little more broken than before. Ataupun because her mask had fallen the moment dia terima bantuan Inspektor Aqil dan SI untuk jatuhkan Clan of Sinners. 

Dalam menjalankan misi untuk menjatuhkan Clan of Sinners, hubungan Aqil dan Nuha semakin rapat, especially setelah akad. Ya Allah comelnya lahai mereka dua ketul niii. Laki bini tapi macam member je. Ada ke patut pergi fist bump lepas lafaz akad? Orang lain punya la malu-malu nak salam aduhai. Aqil juga daripada seorang yang sejuk beku, dengan Nuha terus auto penyakat sejati. Ada saja idea dia nak mengenakan Nuha. But the protector in him still there for her. He listen to her, help her, be there for her, put faith on her like. Ahh, need a man like Ahmad Aqil.

Jalan cerita Nuansa 2 ni terbahagi kepada dua bahagian, first, misi menjatuhkan dan melenyapkan Clan of Sinners dan kedua Aqil dan Nuha selepas misi. Bahagian pertama, tak aku nafikan agak mendebarkan setiap kali mereka jalankan peringkat-peringkat misi. Lagi-lagi pabila nyawa Aqil sentiasa menjadi taruhan. Tapi babak pertama ni diseimbangkan dengan telatah Aqil dan Nuha setiap kali bersama. Ada saja yang digaduhkan. Penat tau menyengih tanpa sorang-sorang. Bahagian kedua pulak main emosi sikit. Iyala, dengan Nuha yang terpaksa dipisahkan daripada Aqil sebab dia merupakan salah seorang penjenayah antarabangsa dan walaupun dia dah banyak bagi maklumat dan bagi kemahiran dia, she still viewed as a threat. Sedih betul tengok si Aqil masa ni. Lonely sangat.

As much as aku ak habiskan novel ni, aku sedih jugak at the same time. How can I not when I fall deeply into these characters? Haih. Dilema sungguh la wei. Ni pun nak move on haih. Tak sabar nak reread siri ni balik semula hahaha. 

-thes

 Assalamualaikum, good day dearest!

Tajuk: Nuansa

Penulis: Nur Izzah Hani

Mukasurat: 187

Genre: Romantik, Keluarga, Jenayah, Aksi

Penerbit: AHA Publication

Terbitan: 2021

ISBN: 9789672568100

Related title(s): The Silent Killer, Permata, Nuansa 2

Blurb:

Sejauh mana kau sanggup berkorban untuk sebuah negara yang tak akan menjulang nama kau andai kau gugur saat bertemur bahkan nama kau akan terus terkubur?

Sejauh mana kau sanggup lari daripada fitrah hakiki manusia yang mahu hidup bertuhan untuk meneruskan kemandirian hidup dalam dunia yang kelam?

Perkenalan dengan Nuha Zuhailun seorang gadis penghantar makanan FoodKoala menjadi titik permulaan perubahan hidup Insp. Ahmad Aqil yang sedang menjalankan penyiasatan ke atas Clan of Sinners sebuah kumpulan penjenayah berprofil tinggi bertaraf antarabangsa.

"Aku dah tak ada apa-apa atau sesiapa yang nak aku lindungi. Aku dah tak takut apa-apa dalam dunia ni." - NUHA ZUHAILIN

"Jadi tak ada masalah la kalau aku nak minta kau jadi pembantu rumah mama papa aku? Kau tak ada sesiapa dan tak takut apa-apa." - AHMAD AQIL

Dunia ni, sentiasa ada tempat untuk orang yang berusaha. Hakikatnya hidup ini memang untuk berpenat kerana akhirat nanti tempat berehat.

Nuansa merupakan novel dalam siri The Silent Killer tapi no worries, boleh je baca Nuansa tanpa baca TSK dan Permata dulu. Cuma, akan ada babak macam inside joke dan memori daripada dua novel sebelumnya yang dimention sekali lalu. Again, tak  mengganggu jalan cerita pun. Anyway, hero kita, Ahmad Aqil ni merupakan anak kedua kepada Ahmad Irfan dan Nur Hani Syuhada, hero dan heroin dalam TSK dan adik Ahmad Furqan (hero Permata) dan kembar Aqilah (tak pasti ada separate buku ke tidak). 

First time aku tahu Nuansa ni pasal anak Irfan dengan Hani auto excited gila! Sampaikan buku ni sampai je, memang aku baca terus. Selalunya aku peram dulu hehe. Lagi excited bila tahu Aqil ni ikut jejak langkah mama papa dia dan berkhidmat sebagai pegawai polis lagi lah excited seketul suraya ni ha. 

Buku pertama Nuansa ni pendek je, less than 200 pages so dalam masa sehari memang boleh habis punya laa. Aqil ni, much like papanya bila bekerja serius sungguh! Tapi dia ni lain sikit sebab expression, out. Nobody can read him. Manakan tidak, bergurau dengan anak buah (pegawai bawahan dei bukan niece/nephew) tapi muka dengan nada serius. Aduhai! Seserious Aqil pun, tetap akan menggelabah apabila mama dan papa tiba-tiba kata nak buat spotcheck di rumah bujangnya, ah sudah. Misi memenuhkan peti ais! Nuha runner come to the rescue~ Serious comel sangat babak niii. Dan bermula dari situ, apa saja yang dia perlukan, Aqil akan menggunakan khidmat Nuha runner. Lagi-lagi bila Nuha ni siap sediakan kupon untuk customer dia. Kumpul sepuluh, dapat free service satu kalii. Ni pun comel bila Aqil dengar je cakap mamanya supaya tampal kupon atas A4 pastu letak dekat peti ais. Haih laa.

Watak Nuha pun sangat comel ya rakan-rakan. Dengan gaya-gaya garang dia pastu haih dengan gelabah dia eh comel laaa. Nak nak pulak kena hantar makanan tapi tiba-tiba kena hantar directly dekat CEO  syarikat. Mana tak gelabah kawan satu ni.

Buku pertama ni lebih banyak menceritakan latar belakang setiap watak dan serba sedikit pasal kumpulan Clan of Sinners yang dikepalai tujuh orang penting yang dikenali sebagai Sinister Seven. Aku tertarik juga dengan kes kumpulan ni sebab setiap kepala ada peranan dan cara mereka sendiri. Plot twist yang ada sebenarnya aku dah boleh agak tapi tetap wow juga. Pengakhiran novel ni happy ending bila Aqil setelah mamanya suruh dia fikir dan duduk dekat luar rumah melamar Nuha dengan gaya yang sungguh selamba. Okay lagi kot tu, yang si Nuha pun dengan selamba terima. Alahaiii cutelah. Kisah kejatuhan Clan of Sinners kena tunggu review Nuansa 2 (sebab tak cerita dalam ni).

-thes

  Assalamualaikum, good day dearest! Happy weekend or more like end of it. Anyway, here is a very heartfelt movie that I reeeeally love.

Title: The Intern

Runtime: 121 minutes

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Nancy Meyers

Writer: Nancy Meyers

Released year: 2015

Casts: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway

Country/Language: United States/English

Plot: 

A retired 70-year-old widower, Ben (played by Robert De Niro), is bored with retired life. He applies to a be a senior intern at an online fashion retailer and gets the position. The founder of the company is Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), a tireless, driven, demanding, dynamic workaholic. Ben is made her intern, but this is a nominal role - she doesn't intend to give him work and it is just window dressing. However, Ben proves to be quite useful and, more than that, a source of support and wisdom. cr: IMDB

Trailer: 

So, feels like a good, heartwarming, cute movie? Here is for you. Sue me, I don't know much about Robert De Niro's work and so, I am obviously not familiar with what roles he usually roles in but him being Ben is so so endearing and cute!

The chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Robert was top notch! I love Anne as Jules, she really carry this character well. Both of the characters compliment each other so well. Jules really went from not caring for her senior intern to turn to him for advices in just one night. 

The storyline is pretty simple to follow so there wasn't much things to be stressed about. And sure enough, there's plenty comedic scene just to spice up the viewers interest. I particularly loves it how Ben was obviously dressed and acted differently than his other colleagues and how his character became everyone favorites. It was a heartwarming movie and I really enjoyed watching and  I really really recommended it to everyone.

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-thes

   Assalamualaikum, good day dearest! The weekend is here! The two weeks break were definitely not enough for me and now I have started the new semester, again. Hopefully I will get too burned for the semester. Anyway, here is a not really movie review from me.

Title: The Greatest Showman

Runtime: 105 minutes

Genre: Musical, Drama

Director: Michael Gracey

Writer: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon

Released year: 2017

Casts: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Keala Settle, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya

Country/Language: USA/English

Plot: 

Orphaned, penniless, but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American entertainer, Phineas Taylor Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now, some people call Barnum's rich collection of oddities, an outright freak show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his family. Will Barnum, the greatest showman, risk it all to be accepted?

Trailer: 

*NOT REALLY A REVIEW BUT A RANT*

How can I missed this musical movie when I did musical movies marathon is beyond me. Anyway, before I watched this movie, I actually had listen to its soundtrack, A Million Dreams, This is Me, The Greatest Show, Never Enough, Rewrite The Stars and The Other Side so many times. And one day when I listen to one of the songs after watching High School Musical for idk how many times something in me just snap. Why on earth have I not watch this movie? So, here we are.

Since this movie kinda blown up the moment it released, I could say that I understand why it did. It had a serious plot going on with a seriously awesome music score. Who did not love This is Me? Not me. A man who did not know when to stop to prove a point until he realized that he is on the verge of losing his source of his inspiration and passion. Added  up a star crossed lover, who could resist? Not me. Duh.

And not to mention all the excitement and adrenaline I have while singing along to the music, pure heaven. It seriously had take my stress away so yeah, this movie would be high on my re-watching stress free list. I really recommend you guys to watch it, if you haven't. 

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-thes