movies

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.

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