Articles Tagged Shaun of the Dead

REVIEW: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Forget Tarantino! When it comes to postmodernism, Edgar Wright is the true prince of pastiche. As director of the television series Spaced (1999-2001) and the feature films Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007), Wright has pursued projects that demonstrate a particular passion for popular culture. Where others have mined the past in […]

REVIEW: 28 Weeks Later

Every so often a sequel comes out of Hollywood that successfully challenges audience expectations; breaking a generic mould, or fleeing the formulaic cage of a worn out franchise. Sadly, 28 Weeks Later is no such film. That’s not to say the film doesn’t at least attempt such transgressions. The opening sequence in particular is marked […]

REVIEW: Hot Fuzz

Describing his cult TV show Spaced which ran between 1999 and 2001, director Edgar Wright reportedly remarked, “It’s a show by geeks, for geeks”. For many, the comment would’ve been an equally apt description of his successful 2004 zombie-horror-comedy, Shaun of the Dead. In what may prove to be music to the ears of men-children […]