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Why do they keep doing this?
What have they done to Michael Caine? Leave poor Bruce Willis alone. No wonder he looks so sad.
Why do they want us to believe that big celebs are obsessed with holding birthday cakes that reveal their age?
Catie and me haven't been on a date for ages (though we're doing two this week), but we had another bit of afternoon delight today, going to Wagamamas for lunch and then to see 28 Years Later at Cineworld. Who says Stevenage doesn't have it all?
It's actually quite hard to tell the 28 Years Later world apart from Stevenage and the entertainment of the town was full of lumbering, dead-eyed people on a Monday afternoon. We were sat at the top of the stairs (top Cineworld hack - you get more leg room there) but every time someone walked up in the dark I did a little jump and feared I was about to be eaten by a zombie (or have to interact with someone from Stevenage).
I enjoyed the film. We'd watched 28 Days Later last night, which I had enjoyed when it came out, but now seemed a bit light - and though it owes a lot to Day of the Triffids, there have been many similar and higher budget films since and so some of my memories of 28 Days are actually from the Walking Dead. I would say the soldiers turn into feral rape monsters rather quickly. They're only been without female company for a month. I think if they'd just been patient and nice they'd have got better results. Mainly by being still alive.
There's some top actors in 28 Years and the lad who it centres around is excellent. It's a bit of fun. It's weird. It's scary. It's disturbing. It's like Stevenage, but there's no Wagamamas.
And if becoming a zombie makes your dick that big, then bring it on.
The last scene has attracted some attention, but I was too excited by the fact that it was filmed in Cheddar Gorge to really notice anything else. And to be fair, Cheddar is also full of zombies or people in dodgy track suits, so again true to life.
I am glad Cheddar Gorge is a film location, just sad that none of my Gorge filmed ideas have ever made it to screen.
I did not fall asleep during it, which is the best I can hope for for a cinema trip these days. I just wish cinemas were open all night and then I might finally got a proper night's sleep.
Zainab Johnson will be my guest on 31st July at 2pm at Stand 3 in Edinburgh.
BOOK HERE.Guest for Sheffiled RHLSTP on 5th July now announced in Badgers secret area and for paid subs on Substack. Will reveal soon enough, but show nearly sold out, so
BOOK NOW! Has potential to be an all-time classic!
