Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 02/14/25

Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) [+] Buddy adventure/mystery film. A Section 31 team led by Alok (Omari Hardwick) recruits Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) to recover a weapon and save the Federation from a Terran Empire invasion. We get flashbacks to how Philippa became Emperor. We have a unique set of characters in the team which includes Lt Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl), future captain of the Enterprise-C. We also have team members being killed because there's a traitor amongst them and I liked that part of the story best as they did a good of giving enough info to figure out the traitor just before the reveal. Fun action scenes too. Overall I really liked this movie as a non-theatrical movie.

The Huntresses (2014) [/] South Korean action/comedy set in the Joseon Period (1400 to 1900 AD). Three female bounty hunters — Jin-ok (Ha Ji-won) master of disguise, Hong-dan (Kang Ye-won) throwing dagger expert, and Ga-bi (Gain) martial arts hot-head — have to save the King by recovering a MacGuffin from the bad guys who are led by the man who had Jin-ok's father murdered… It's an ok film using lots of CGI.

Love, So Divine (2004) [-] South Korean romantic comedy film. Kim Gyu-shik (Kwon Sang-woo) is training to become a Catholic priest. Yang Bong-hee (Ha Ji-won) is the rebellious daughter of the church parishioner where Gyu-shik is training. Their clashes start to turn to attraction though I guess I missed the part where they fall in love because it seems so abrupt to me, hence why I letdown by the story. It's also a 20 year-old movie and looks really dated.

Joy Sushi - Baked Lobster Roll [-] "Crab meat & avocado topped w/ baked lobster, tobiko and joy special sauce". Basically a California roll with stuff on top. Very salty and I guess next time would eat it with extra white rice. $16.