Alex Garland
28 Years Later first trailer seems to reveal dark fate for Cillian Murphy’s hero

28 Years Later first trailer seems to reveal dark fate for Cillian Murphy’s hero

It’s all anyone who has seen the teaser is talking about. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated 2025 movies is 28 Years Later – director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland’s return to the zombie-infested world of 28 Days Later. In recent months, casting updates for the horror blockbuster hit the web, with […]

1 year ago

One of the best action movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

One of the best action movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

Its writer currently has another acclaimed action film in cinemas now so it’s a great time to catch up with this 2012 flick. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 13 April) is Dredd, the acclaimed 2012 sci-fi action film based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd. Karl Urban stars as the title […]

2 years ago

28 Days Later is getting new sequel with Danny Boyle returning to direct

28 Days Later is getting new sequel with Danny Boyle returning to direct

The hope is reportedly to launch a new trilogy. A new sequel to 28 Days Later is reportedly in the works, with Danny Boyle returning as director and Alex Garland back as writer. The pair wrote and directed the original 2002 horror which focused on a man named Jim (recent Golden Globe winner Cillian Murphy) […]

2 years ago

WATCH: The trailer for Men is one of the creepiest things we’ve seen in ages

WATCH: The trailer for Men is one of the creepiest things we’ve seen in ages

It stars recent Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley. A teaser trailer has been released for upcoming horror movie Men and boy, is it bone-chilling. The movie comes from filmmaker Alex Garland, who wrote the screenplays for 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Dredd, on top of writing and directing the acclaimed movies Ex Machina and Annihilation. It also […]

4 years ago

Annihilation features the single scariest scene we’ve seen in any movie in years

Annihilation features the single scariest scene we’ve seen in any movie in years

Horror fans should be delighted. Jump scares are easy. Sometimes they can be fantastic – we’re thinking of the that bedroom scene in Enemy, or that cop-car scene in The Bay, or that head-in-the-boat scene in Jaws – when they’re used effectively and can cause whatever you’ve been holding at the time to become embedded in the […]

8 years ago

A remake of one of the most iconic movies of the ’00s is in the works

A remake of one of the most iconic movies of the ’00s is in the works

The real test will be getting a soundtrack half as good as the original. Back in 2000, Alex Garland was “just” a novelist. In the years since then, he has moved on to being a much-sought after screenwriter (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, Dredd) and director (the Oscar-winning Ex Machina). He is […]

8 years ago

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