Jurassic World: Rebirth
If I wasn’t high, I wouldn’t have been able to finish this movie. It leaned even harder in to trying to eat it’s cake and have it too than the other “World” movies.
It’s 2 movies smooshed together. It wants to be a family friendly movie and a violent dinosaur movie and fails at both as a result.
It was so crazy that the family was involved in that at all. It’s like the execs were just convinced that dinosaurs movies have to have children and the rest of the plot just isn’t built for a family to be in it
Into the Wild (2007)
McCandless’ pilgrimage etched in our collective consciousness transcends biopic into secular psalm. Every frame a cathedral to the wild, every dialogue, every seeking glance a cracked mirror as we witness fierce idealism’s wildfire clashing with majestic nature’s granite indifference. We know his fate, yet it still stirs the soul, a burning rebuke to half-lived lives. When he writes ‘happiness [is] only real when shared,’ the meaning he sought crystallizes in our tears. A heart-excavating hymn to those who’d rather starve free than feast caged.The Naked Gun (2025)
A retired slapstick criminal case revived for the algorithm age marked with faithful invisible fingerprints of its forebear. Neeson’s deadpan delivery cracks into comedic gold, pratfalling through a script that weaponizes ridiculous vaudeville without crutching on soon-dated memes. Firing at full auto, its barrage of gags occasionally pierces deeper than a rubber bullet. If worried it’s another desperate Hollywood reboot, the forensic lights illuminates there exists real gold.F1 (2025)
An assembly-line blockbuster of racing tropes. Grizzled mentor with roguish charm? Check. Rookie hotshot’s hubris? Check. Career woman proving worth? Double check. Every narrative turn clicks into place like a preset gearshift, yet its RPM never redlines but hums along autopilot. Still, two and a half hours vaporize like ethanol mist, flaws blurring into asphalt streaks. Don’t glance at the empty formula, but enjoy the smooth high-octane ride.Superman (2025)
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman coming to reboot the DC(E)U! And what better saviour to choose than Krypton’s last son. Trademark Gunn’s heroics encased in MCU blueprints leads to a competent, colourful, and crushingly safe film. Guardians’ charm is Bizzaro-ly cloned resulting in more brawn than brain, enough to be a stabilizing bandage for a flailing franchise. Leaping but never soaring, paving way for a brighter tomorrow.After the Dark (2013)
Nuclear thought-experiment of sophistry detonates in a pedagogical vacuum. Characters exists as hollow pawns devoid of care or will, logic bleeds out like radiation poisoning, and its final lesson betrays reason for sentiment, irradiating its own premise. Who is this made for? Too arid for young-adult audiences and too jejune for adults. A cerebral stillbirth in a bunker of bad faith.
I will again suggest pinning the weekly thread as it was done in the past. If not for the entire week, perhaps the first few days until weekend’s arrival.
I watched Stalker (1979) after reading it was similar to/inspired Annihilation (2018) by Alex Garland which I enjoyed a while back.
Fascinating and unique, long takes and a slow pace it draws you in. Really enjoyed it.
Stalker is such a good movie. Glad you liked it.
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay 4/5: I like the DC Animated Universe movies and this one is mostly self-contained. It also helps that most of these characters you don’t care about so they’re free to kill them
Wayne’s World 4/5: This is basically the platonic ideal of an SNL movie. Good jokes, Tia Carrere is a babe, and a great soundtrack. It holds up
Sunset Boulevard 4.5/5: This is a really interesting story that I haven’t seen imitated too much. It was my first time seeing it and I get the hype. It’d probably get the full 5 stars if I was cultured enough to understand all the references to real life cinema
The Naked Gun (2025) 3.5/5: It’s a bunch of really stupid goofs and gags. There’s so many jokes in this that some of them are going to hit for everyone eventually. Although the guy in the row in front of me thought that was every single joke
K-Pop Demon Hunters 3/5: Super predictable kids media. The music is good, I like the animation, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome. It did lead me on a tangent which I can get into if anyone cares but I have a real problem with how streaming media impacts bitrates and video quality and I feel like a Netflix exclusive movie really showcases those problems
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) - 2/5
I feel really bad rating this so poorly considering how highly regarded it is to a lot of movie making people. I was frustrated the entire time. The directing felt clumsy and the actors all had very wooden performances. Most of the movie was me just being upset at Bresson conveying his ideas so amateurishly. Sorry Bresson fans.
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) 3.5/5
I enjoyed bits of this but honestly a letdown considering how memorable Seijun’s other films I’ve seen are. There’s some really cool moments in here but it just never came together for me.
Pedicab Driver (1989) 4/5
I’d never seen a Sammo Hung directed movie before and this one caught be deliciously by surprise. I enjoyed this immensely and I was really close to giving it a 4.5. Great action with some really solid acting performances. This is gonna be a high recommend for me to anyone that likes Hong Kong action.
Eastern Condors (1987) 3/5
After watching the previous film, I am a bit disappointed with this one. It’s got a much higher budget and a bigger cast but it was way too schlocky. If you want an imitation of American 80s action movie with some solid fight sequences then you’ll probably love it.