Very spoilery on what happens, plus I talk about those threads left hanging. This is long but not as long as Zack’s movie. Click down to the bottom if you simply want a list of deaths in order… (My four star review is here.) And if you don’t want to read the whole thing, TL,DR:… Winner or dinner? Army Of The Dead: who dies, who survives, what we know and what we don’t Read More
Army Of The Dead 4 stars
With zombie-infested Las Vegas walled up and due to be nuked in 32 hours, casino boss Bly Tanaka offers zombie war veteran Scott Ward a slice of the $200 million in the vault under Bly’s casino if he can assemble a team and retrieve it. This review is not massively spoilery. If you are in… Army Of The Dead Read More
NEW Army Of The Dead character posters unleashed — and yet not one of Zombie Tiger?
*** Read my 4-star review and article about the film *** Zack Snyder’s Vegas-set zombie thriller Army Of The Dead is out in May, and you can check out the 12 new character posters below. Sadly zombie tiger, the clear breakout star of the trailer, is not one of them. Maybe they’re saving that for… NEW Army Of The Dead character posters unleashed — and yet not one of Zombie Tiger? Read More
Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer
*** Read my 4-star review and article about the film *** “A simple in-and-out,” he said. But really, who pays $50 million for that? Las Vegas has been sealed off with its zombies, when zombie-war hero Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is offered that huge sum to break in and “rescue” $200 million from a vault… Easy, undead tiger: Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead gets a trailer Read More
‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord… 4 stars
Sorry but if you set a WW2 film in a French village or town, Brits of a certain age will see every blond Nazi officer as Herr Flick. Naming the film’s hero Boyce also means that unfortunately many of us will immediately think BOYCIE! (hehehehehehehe). Which is a shame as Boyce is a topnotch hero:… ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord… Read More
The dead don’t drive (I hope) in new trailer for zombie horror The Driver
They’re fast. And deadly. And DEAD. Mark Dacascos is back – yay! – as another hitman – double yay! – in The Driver, alongside his real-life wife Julie Condra and daughter Noelani Dacascos, as the family of the film. As someone who would only drive fast when (a) pursued by zombies or (b) the farmer’s… The dead don’t drive (I hope) in new trailer for zombie horror The Driver Read More
TRAILER: entrails galore and a message about colonialism in zombie flick Blood Quantum
A film about a virus has had its release schedule changed because of a virus – with horror streaming service Shudder opting instead for a surprise release a few days ago. Blood Quantum, from First Nations indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, is a zombie flick with a twist. Set on the Mi’gMaq reserve in Quebec, the… TRAILER: entrails galore and a message about colonialism in zombie flick Blood Quantum Read More
Blood Quantum 3.5 stars
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Watching zombie movies in lockdown is a rollercoaster business. On the one hand, phew we’re safe at home! On the other, oh shit the fuckers are breaking in…. Blood Quantum Read More
Get your ukulele out, Little Monsters now has a UK home entertainment release
Little Monsters, the zomcom starring Lupita Nyong’o as a super-capable kindergarten teacher caught up in some slow-moving monster mayhem with her class, is out on DVD, digital and blu-ray in the UK on 10 February 2020. Check out the official synopsis: “LITTLE MONSTERS follows Dave (Alexander England), as a recently dumped washed-up musician who volunteers… Get your ukulele out, Little Monsters now has a UK home entertainment release Read More
Zombieland 4 stars
A contaminated burger infected with mad cow disease has turned into mad person disease which has turned into mad zombie disease, and the United States of America is now the United States of Zombieland. Yet despite the millions of fast-running, virus-ridden, blood-drooling zombies, a few uninfected are managing to scythe out a space for the… Zombieland Read More
Little Monsters (London Film Festival 2019) 3 stars
Little Monsters is a great advert for teacher excellence, if not much of a recruiting tool – as multi-talented kindergarten teacher Miss Caroline has to save her class of small charges as they face down an attempted zombie apocalypse. I say attempted; it does feel a little half-hearted, as the world’s slowest undead hordes stagger round… Little Monsters (London Film Festival 2019) Read More
“Zombieland – Double Tap” trailers and does the family that slays together stay together?
Zombieland was a bit hit ten years ago, and now the four – Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), and Wichita (Emma Stone) – are back. The threats are different now: evolved zombies. Fractious family relationships. Hippies. Elvis. Here’s the synopsis: “Through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and… “Zombieland – Double Tap” trailers and does the family that slays together stay together? Read More