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...race between a bunch of zombies and three stars who are also directors - Ricky Gervais, Michael Moore and Drew Barrymore - the humans never stood a chance. The horror-comedy Zombieland won the weekend in North American theaters by scaring up $25 million, according to early studio estimates, which is more than the $23.6 million it cost to shoot the thing. This spawn of Shaun of the Dead helped Hollywood rebound from a lethargic frame a week ago; the industry's total take was nearly as burly as the same weekend last year, when the multiplex was ruled by Beverly Hills...
...creators of Zombieland - writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and director Ruben Fleischer, all of whom have worked for MTV - know this. They start with a premise that sounds like a horror-comedy remake of National Lampoon's Vacation. In a world where a pandemic has fatally infected virtually everyone, an improvised family of four drives cross-country to find refuge in a reputedly zombie-free California amusement park. Then the filmmakers bend this into a coming-of-age love-story road-movie quest epic. With many sharp laughs. And characters rich enough to occupy any movie that doesn...
...gone to Russell Crowe's." Murray does materialize - playing a solitary star like Adam Sandler's Funny People character, but in a gentler reading - in a cameo that's wonderfully written and played and boasts one of the funniest exit lines in zombie-movie history. (See the top 25 horror movies of all time...
...Arne Duncan ’86 reiterated President Obama’s belief that curtailing the length of summer breaks for public schools would be an important way to keep American students competitive with their counterparts in Europe and Asia. While shrinking summer might make fifth graders gasp in horror, it is also could be an important step in revitalizing American public schools. We hope that the Department of Education acts on the proposal but keeps in mind that, while lengthening the school year is a step forward, it should not occur at the expense of fixing the more fundamental...
...After moving to Hollywood, he made his first U.S. feature, Rosemary's Baby (1968), a now classic horror film adapted from Ira Levin's best-selling novel about a woman who discovers she has had a demonic child...