Chwineka Watches

The dead speak!

  • Scream 3 (2000)

    I know phrases like “this was the most X entry in the franchise yet!” get tiring after a while, but by this point I’ve seen all four Scream movies and can fairly safely say that Scream 3 is the most meta yet. For those who don’t know, “meta” is not just Facebook’s rebranding, but short for “metafiction,” or the idea that a piece of fiction reminds the audience that it is indeed fiction. The Scream franchise has always been a look at the horror genre as a whole, but now the focus goes to examining unnecessary sequels. It’s slightly more…

  • Scream 2 (1997)

    Man, it sure sucks to be Sidney Prescott. If it wasn’t bad enough that her boyfriend tried to kill her–spoilers for the first Scream, I guess, even though I have no idea why you would read this post if you didn’t know the events of the first film–but her life continues to be a nightmare over the next several sequels. The girl just can’t catch a break! And so we continue the franchise with Scream 2, a sequel with some parts much better than the original, but overall just not as up to snuff. It was fine, is what I’m…

  • Centaurworld – Season 2, Episodes 1-7

    Normally when I review a TV show, I watch a batch of episodes and write about them before continuing to the next batch. Sure, I may have seen the show before, but gives a feeling that I don’t necessarily know exactly what’s going to happen next. Well, that’s not the case for Centaurworld’s second season. It’s a shorter one with only 8 episodes, but the last one is longer and wraps everything up. And I watched it before I could write my thoughts on the previous 7 episodes. So let me try to sum up my thoughts on the mysteries…

  • Scream (1996)

    Good heavens, would you look at the time! Why, it’s time for a franchise! And how very topical, since Scream–which is what we’re calling the fifth movie because sure, why not–is coming out this month and I’m… um… hm. Okay, so the original plan for January was to watch movies by Mr. Ulli Lommel, who I fucking hate because he made some of the worst garbage I’ve ever seen. Then I found out that Scream was coming out on the 14th, so I canceled those plans and pivoted to the Scream franchise with the intent of wrapping it all up…

  • Luca (2021)

    The world is–arguably–a more progressive place than it was in the past. People feel safer to be their true selves–although again, that varies from place to place, so just imagine that every positive statement in this opening comes with a little asterisk next to it. And that openness is reflected in media, with queer characters appearing more and more frequently, even in stuff for kids. Enter Luca, a story about coming out and the hostility one may face in living their life.

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