Dawn of the Dead

It's hard to keep a good zombie down

"...Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly and Lindy Booth. Initial reports of a remake of George A. Romero’s 1979 zombie epic..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.

"...Kathleen Munroe, Julian Richings, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick and Athena Karkanis. Remember the scene in Romero’s original Dawn of..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...Penelope Wilton. You don’t have to be a fan of the zombie epics of George Romero (Night of the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.

"...Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy and Eugene Clark. The first thing you see after the opening credits is..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Army of the Dead

Latest zombie flick should just stay buried

"...Notaro, Samantha Win, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi and Hiroyuki Sanada...."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reviving 'The Dead'

Fantastic Fest 2010 zombie horror returns this weekend

"...The revenant have risen again! Fantastic Fest 2010 fave The..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

When There's No More Room in Hell, the Dead Will Go Skating

Blood Over Texas's '4th Annual Zombie Skate' this Sunday

"...Rarely if ever do zombies get the chance to strap on a pair of roller skates..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'Frankenstein's Army'/'Hammer of the Gods'

Two different historic takes on the 'squad on a mission' tale

"...Ten-hut! War, as the saying goes, is hell. And that's why some of..."

Sept. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five

AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa

"..."In the first place, to make films is a criminal act..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

He-Man Returns From the Dead in New Trailer for Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Second season of the Austin-made Netflix series coming this month

"...Wait, he still has the power? At the end of the first season of..."

Nov. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last of the Dogmen

"...Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith, Steve Reevis and Dawn Lavand. Beautiful scenery, a somewhat intriguing story, and weak..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...There are two kinds of vampire. Sexy and pained, or..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Zone

Sony sponsors Red 7 for SXSW

"...Three years ago, January 2009, Red 7 celebrated the New Year with a makeover from Stalin. Free Week..."

Jan. 5, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...If you've never seen the UK poster for Witchboard, it may just have been..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

When the album becomes Immersion

"...Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (Capitol)..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Anikulapo-Kuti's funeral procession to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...photograph courtesy of Photofest As the Austin Film Society begins a new..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

The Human Factor

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost on romantic zomedy 'Shaun of the Dead'

"...In these salad days of the reanimated zombie genre, who'd have..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Signal

The Signal is an audacious horror film that nonetheless veers on occasion into surreal black comedy.

"...Christian and Scott Poythress. An outright horror film that nonetheless veers on occasion into surreal black comedy, The Signal..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Exorcism

This faux documentary pulls few punches in its fresh look at what happens when religion and the secular world collide.

"...Jones, Tony Bentley and Shanna Forrestall. Every generation gets the devil it deserves, and this faux documentary pulls few..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...producer Liddell and co-screenwriters John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine the Beelzebubs of the banal thanks to this frighteningly dull..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crow: City of Angels

"...Starring: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner and Iggy Pop. More often than not, film sequels are inferior things, pale shades..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Dusk Till Dawn

Vampires, whiskey, sex, and Hayek's famous snake dancing color this film.

"...sums it up for Rodriguez's new film, but what the hell, I'll expound. Written by and co-starring Hollywood's other..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Everything Went Black: I Was Dead Before Dead Was Cool

Shoot him in the head. He's dead, he's all messed up

"...I have watched the zombie media apocalypse overtake American pop culture with a..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Army of Darkness

Horror/humor hybrid is the weak third of Raimi's trilogy.

"...brief 77 minutes, this final installation in Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy is, well, a letdown of almost biblical proportions,..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Good Golly, Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley writes and directs her second film, 'Take This Waltz'

"...Take This Waltz, the second film written and directed by Sarah Polley, opens..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...Our most read film review of the year was also our most commented on, complete..."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Fog

This hazy remake pales in comparison to John Carpenter's original fogbanks from 1980.

"...Serbedzija, Kenneth Welsh and Adrian Hough. Poor Rufus Wainwright. The son of singer-songwriting dad Loudon Wainwright III and mom..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bonds of Filth

The boys behind Hot Fuzz dish the dirt

"...Justice totters atop her sensible jackboots, scales pinwheeling from the seemingly endless affronts to both Britain's primal sense of..."

April 20, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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