28 Years Later

A group of survivors live in a community on an island. Sometimes, they venture to the mainland… Oh, for fuck sake, it’s a zombie movie, does the plot matter all that much? Well, that’s probably what Danny Boyle thinks because the plot of this movie is hot garbage.

Spoiler Alert!

There are so many plot holes and nonsensical moments, like why would a dumbass father take his 12 years-old son to a zone filled with zombies? Or why don’t the alphas attack the island at low tide? What’s up with the medieval flashbacks added to the action scenes? A female zombie gives birth to a baby, but he’s not a zombie. Ralph Fiennes lives in the middle of the mainland, covered in Iso-Betadine and high on morphine but never runs out of supplies and is never infected. HOW ARE THE CROWS NOT GETTING INFECTED? THEY ARE EATING THE ZOMBIES!

Unlike some, I don’t care that it isn’t the continuation of the first two chapters. However, I’m disappointed that the quality of this movie isn’t on par with the two firsts.

The beginning was good but, half-way through, it all flops out. The movie gets boring, the characters annoying and the cinematography frankly average. My brain was trying to process one plot hole after another, then I got bored. So fucking bored, almost angry! The end bit with London chavs Power Rangers was a comedic end to a dreadful movie.

Immaculate

Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets. (IMDB)

Immaculate is modern days Rosemary’s Baby that carves its own space, and does it better than The First Omen, which was released the same year.

Sydney Sweeney delivers as sister Cecilia. She auditioned for the role at just 17 years old before the project was shelved. Years later, as a producer, she secured financing for the film, demonstrating her dedication to the project. This dedication can be seen in the performance she gives.

The movie builds an atmosphere, with a mix of english and italian, a great cinematography and a very good soundtrack. An atmosphere that will only take 89 minutes to turn an angelic Sydney Sweeney to a… Well, I guess you’ll have to see the movie to know.

Wolf Man

A family needs a break from the big city life and decide to go spend some time at the cabin of the husband’s disappeared father, right in the middle of the Oregon forest… What could go wrong? Well, I’m gonna tell you straight what could go wrong, a crap movie that robbed us of an evening of our lives!

It’s slow, it’s filled with unnecessary drama, the dialogues are awkward, the cinematography is bad and the casting looked like they didn’t even wanna play in the movie. Julia Garner often looks bored or annoyed in anything she plays but, this time, she brought it to the next level. I can’t imagine why she’s been selected to portray Madonna in the upcoming biopic. She has curly blonde hair, that’s about that.

Congratulation, Wolf Man, you just won the Spacewocket’s worst movie award of 2025. But not so fast, the year isn’t over yet…

Good Boy

A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most. (IMDB)

Let’s face it, at this point, we’ve seen most of what can be done in terms of horror… However, we’ve seen it with our own human eyes. In Good Boy, the entire story is lived through the eyes of a dog.

In a normal horror movie, the protagonists can hide, fight back, defend themselves. In Good Boy, you feel the helplessness of Indy as he must face what lurks in the dark corner of his new home. He can’t grab a gun, call the cops, escape by car or outsmart the monsters. All he can do is bark, growl and run. What would have been just another 3 stars horror movie, a bit too slow for my taste, becomes one of the most tense and strange experience we’ve had in a long time.

Also, Indy, playing as himself, is a real star. That dog looks so sweet, we feared for him during the entire movie.

I wouldn’t watch it a second time but I’m glad to have spent an evening behind the eyes (and the wet nose) of a man’s most loyal friend.

Dead of Winter

A woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl’s only hope. (IMDB)

From reading prophecies in Harry Potter to rescuing a kidnapped young girl in a frozen wasteland, Emma Thompson can play very convincingly any role that is thrown at her. The rest of the casting is also solid, Marc Menchaca and Judy Greer both deliver a great performance.

In a thriller, an element is always kept secret, to keep the suspense going… Here, we know the identity of the kidnappers, we’ve seen the victim, we just don’t know what’s going to happen to her or why, until the last scene. That felt refreshing and different. Barb’s backstory was also a nice addition and gave depth to her character, even if it was a bit too sad for us.

Dead of Winter is a solid thriller with a great cinematography. Also, it happens in snowy landscapes, what more to ask for a December TV evening?

Death of A Unicorn

Touch the horn if it glows, believe me!

We went in blind, it could have been a movie about anything (forcing my brain not to think about some LGBTQI+ plot). However, it was actually about unicorns.

Even if, once more, greedy humans are bad and magical creature are good, the movie was actually very entertaining. I’m not sure if it would have been the same without Jenna Ortega, even if the rest of the casting was also really good and I was happy to see Anthony Carrigan again.

All in all, a funny movie about unicorns, filled with humour, colours and also a bit of gore (when unicorns are pissed off, they’re pissed off!).

V/H/S Halloween

We had planned to watch this movie on Halloween night but we skipped it after 15 minutes. Even a ton of gore and a well-shaken camera didn’t manage to compensate for the excess of boring grotesque scenes. Next year, we won’t rely on critics to choose our main Halloween movie.

Happy Halloween

We’re ready, kiddos!

A year ago, we were living in a hell hole (Brussels), we were miserable and we were hoping that, some day, we would break free. A year later, we’ve moved to a house in the country and we couldn’t be happier. This year’s Halloween is a bit special for us since it’s also the first weekend that we can enjoy our house, we’re finally done unpacking – even the PCs are back online (more about that later). Soforah has been cooking her traditional pumpkin pastas for this evening and the movies are ready. Tonight, after the neighborhood kids’ trick or treating, we’ll be watching Halloween (1978) and V/H/S Halloween.

Enjoy the gloomiest day of the year, folks.

Ain’t No Party Like A Chandrilan Party

The longer I go between posts, the more important the next one becomes. As if the blog was disintegrating because of a long silence. After almost 20 years of blogging, you’d think that I wouldn’t do this anymore, but here we are.

My brain is still very busy dealing with all the things that happened to us lately. Buying a house, almost getting it, only to see it taken away days before the signature of the deed, twice! Hiring a lawyer, reading a ton of precedents and rulings. In short, doing what I hate most in this world: adulting.

However, we’re now in the eye of the storm and I finally have some time to write about our favorite new song. As we were watching the episode “Harvest” of Andor’s second season, we’ve been stunned by the wedding party scene. Not only is it beautiful cinematography but the music is a total banger. It hasn’t been officially released yet. So, instead of linking one of the covers that were instantly uploaded, I suggest that you watch this amazing scene where Genevieve O’Reilly delivers an incredible performance, portraying Mon Mothma dancing while her entire world is collapsing.

The Monkey

When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. (source: IMDB)

It could have been a good movie. However, the drama between the brothers kind of ruins it. The rhythm of the movie is very bad, each time that something is about to happen, you first have to go through a drama sequence. There’s not much more to say about it. Do yourself a favour and skip this one.

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