Michael Chaves - The Conjuring. Last Rites (2025)

Now, this one is a really funny one. A really good mixture of senile Christian fundamentalism and good old horror slapstick that scares maybe demonic gold hamsters. The more appropriate title would have been rather: 

The Conjuring. Yikes, my mirror is possessed.

The good thing first: this film is only four hours long. Or at least it feels like this.  A good length for little a cinematic nap. Don't be afraid to miss something. This film was conceived for wooden posts. And have the handkerchiefs ready. The chief excorcists are retiring. But relax: there is a super cute couple ready to take over. The nearly stillborn daughter and now a supergirl medium and her Ex-cop husband are there to inherit mummy and daddy's business. Thanks heaven, that we still have the Holy christian family.

When will The Conjuring. The Revenge of the demonic Tomatoes be released. The Idea: maybe this time tomatos are possessed and they are about to infiltrate the Burger and French Fries Industry. Where is the Holy Mustard to save us?

And of course everything is based on true storys.

 

My Reading Traces - Jacques Derrida - Voyous

Mike Tyson talks ...

“I don’t believe in legacy. It’s just another word for ego. I’m just passing through. I’m gonna die, and it’s gonna be over. Who cares about legacy after that? We’re nothing. We’re just dead. We’re just dust. We’re absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing. Who the fuck cares about me when I’m gone?”

- Mike Tyson (2024)

in an admirably good mood.

Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza - Warfare (2025)

Do yourself a favour and leave out this film. And put it on your black list. It is a really despicable film.It is the all too transparent attempt to generate compassion for the agents of black ops. But at the same time it is a hymnic and tearful praise of toxic masculinity. Just watch the first three minutes and you knew in what misogynous world the films wants to force you in.

Next major flaw: There is not even an explanation given for the context of the Irak-War. There is only a pseudo-authentic background since one of the soldiers was co-author of the script. Hence the military slang you are forced to listen too. What was again the idea and the purpose of this mission? Close to zero informations in this film either. But enjoy your time with the civil hostages. 

The film erases its maybe sincere motives by using the trite formulas of action and or western cinema say of John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13"(1976). The film also reproduces the simple military friend/enemy dualism and invests severly into the dehumanization of the foes.

The celebrated sound design is only the mean and brutal attempt to force the audience into a war like atmosphere. Oh, how cute!

My Reading Traces - Jacques Derrida - Voyous

 

My Reading Traces - Jacques Derrida - Voyous