28 Weeks Later... makes for scorching horror. Like the original, it offers a perfect blend of well-drawn characters, political allegory, grand guignol, flesh-crawling tension and very fast-moving zombies.
Six months after the events of 28 Days Later a US-led force begins a tentative attempt to repopulate Britain.
Alfie Williams is tremendous. In a cast that includes figures like Ralph Fiennes and Jodie Comer he more than holds his own.
A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
This was clearly a family affair for Delpy and a labour of love, but this film inevitably is taking a risk reheating the five-year-old meal that was 2 Days in Paris.
Trouble brews for a New York couple when French relatives come to stay.
In the first part of the film, the script zips along with plenty of laughs but the biggest problem is that the characters, in particular Marion, become increasingly difficult to like.
A couple try to hold their relationship together on a weekend in Paris.
It feels like a two-hour descent into Mordor that makes Gladiator look gay.
An adaptation of the Frank Miller comic about the real life struggle of 300 Spartan soldiers to hold a pass against the full might of the Persian army.
Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Scenes don't run fully to their end or don't quite start at the beginning, the drama often whisked somewhere else as we're about to reach what more mainstream films would consider the small moments of climax.
There is a solid certainty amongst its crosses and doubles and that's that it isn't very good.
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
This photographic formula may sound as restrictive as it is perscriptive but Thamrongrattanarit has a light approach to his ideas of memory and recollection, weaving moments of comedy and poignancy into his sweet if slight drama.
A location scout who loses her digital library discovers she has also lost her memory of a young man she met one of her trips.
Two things that save this cowp of a film from utter banality are the cinematography, which is technically competent, and the quality of the actors and their performances.
A dynamic, star-studded study of love in the 21st century.
3670 is particularly perceptive about the tragedy of not having one’s own native marginalised community.
Cheol-jun has become close friends with many people, but he conceals the fact that he is gay from them. Contending with feelings of isolation and longing for deeper connection, he summons up the courage to explore Seoul's vibrant gay community.
History has been kind to Hitchcock’s film, something which is a testament to the director’s immense talents, and it is remarkable how well The 39 Steps holds up.
A well-intentioned gentleman finds himself in trouble after getting involved in counter-espionage.
The comedy and thriller aspects of the film don't always gel but the character work is generally strong enough to carry us through it.
A retired secret agent facing terminal brain cancer is persuaded to take on one last job, but has to try and look after his estranged teenage daughter at the same time.
Erik's story is not in itself an extraordinary one, but it's his determination to share it and to tell the stories of the people he met, to talk about both suffering and the generosity he encountered, that marks the film out.
A documentary about a stuntman arrested for drug smuggling and imprisoned in Pakistan.
It establishes the genre in spectacular style, breaking boundaries of perspective, camera technique, dance as spectacle and of choreography as written especially for the screen.
A chorus girl understudy steals the show on Broadway after the leading lady is unexpectedly incapacitated.
On a vibrant Dominican street, dancers and artists chase stardom while battling police oppression. Their raw expression and rebellious spirit create an electrifying clash of culture, authority, and artistic freedom.
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