Shaun of the Dead (movie)

Book review: 'Zone One'

2011-10-30 00:00:00

Zone One A Novel Colson Whitehead Doubleday: 260 pp., $25.95 Colson Whitehead really couldn't have picked a better time to write a zombie novel. Even looking past its Halloween-adjacent release date, "Zone One" comes at a time when such horrors are...

Simon Pegg will always be a fanboy at heart

2011-06-17 00:00:00

Simon Pegg is as close as you can get to a real-life geek superhero; his special powers include a real affection for Comic-Con culture and stepping into that imaginary world. As a boy, Pegg was swept away by his geek loves: live theater and the...

Preparing for a zombie apocalypse? The CDC weighs in

2011-05-19 11:37:00

Preparing for disasters has always been part of the mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from hurricanes to flu pandemics. It was only a matter of time, then, before they decided to weigh in on another calamity of great concern to...

Comic-Con 2010: In search of the next Christopher Nolan

2010-07-26 00:00:00

When the big studios commit big bucks on their big franchises, the list of directors deemed equal to the task suddenly can grow very small. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: New directors: An article in Monday's Calendar section about studios'...

Flick freaks find a home at Flixster

2009-01-15 00:00:00

Diana Noble, a 32-year-old insurance underwriter and self-described movie freak from Cleveland, joined Flixster.com to make friends with other movie buffs. That's where Nick Montalbano, a 37-year-old Ford salesman and fellow horror film fan from Toledo,...

Marvel is on a mission

2008-03-09 00:00:00

BUILDING a superhero from scratch is noisy and hazardous. "Let's find a place where it's quieter!" The man shouting was Kevin Feige, the president of production for Marvel Studios, the Hollywood start-up that takes flight on May 2 with its first film,...

Former 'Friend' David Schwimmer tries deeper waters

2008-03-20 00:00:00

AFTER the insane fame and wealth of "Friends," David Schwimmer is back to what he considers to be his essence -- trying to make it as a working actor-writer-director, albeit one who never again has to worry about making it. It's a nice life, if also an...

Comic-Con in San Diego: Get your geek on

2008-07-24 00:00:00

IT'S THE Cannes of Capes, the World's Fair for Fanboys, the ultimate Bazaar of the Bizarre. Comic-Con International gets underway today at the San Diego Convention Center and 125,000 fans will attend this frothy celebration -- and hard sell -- of pop...

'Sightseers' takes bloody good camping trip

2013-05-17 00:00:00

"Sightseers" Not rated. At Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: A- Hey, Juliet, what if your Romeo is a serial killer? If you can imagine a mash-up of a Mike Leigh working-class comedy on the order of "Happy-Go-Lucky" (2008) and a serial killer movie...

Summer at the Movies: Here's a rundown of the season's big releases ... and more

2013-05-16 08:04:02

Iron Man has already gotten the summer movie season off to a rollicking start, and this week Captain Kirk and his crew follow suit. So what else can we look forward to on the big screen in the next few months? Here's a week-by-week rundown of the...

Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer find zombie love in 'Warm Bodies'

2013-01-31 13:24:00

The zombies in�"Warm Bodies" lurch, groan and eat human flesh like any others, but horror fans will notice something different about them. "They're romantic," 26-year-old Aussie Teresa Palmer says. "They have feelings and they have personalities. And...

Pop culture's undying affection for zombies

2012-06-09 17:39:00

Daniel Ewald says he's ready when and if zombies ever take over. His Hampden home is fitted with solar panels to provide power in case he needs to be locked away. His partner is a former Eagle Scout with survival skills galore. And the two have honed...

Release date: Aug. 23 Did you love "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz"? Then this is the summer movie for you. Creators of the aforementioned comedies are back in a film that sees friends reunite after 20 years in an attempt to recreate an epic pub crawl they did in their youth.

2013-04-30 12:13:00

Another one that doesn't need a trailer to be judged. Director/co-writer Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz") reunites with stars Simon Pegg (who co-wrote the script) and Nick Frost for a movie about both the apocalypse and a pub crawl. Can't wait. Rating: Very promising

2013-04-29 09:06:00

While zombies may have gotten fun in "Shaun of the Dead" and "Zombieland," the walkers of AMC's apocalyptic drama are anything but funny, scaring the pants off viewers week after week.

2012-10-30 17:16:00