This straight-to-video remake of George Romero’s Day of the Dead is an oddity among B-movie horror films in that it has more than one recognizable Hollywood actor, looks like it has a decent budget and has pretty good direction and visual effects. The only real downside is the lackluster writing. Still, most zombie movie aficionados will most likely be pleased by this offering provided they make a few concessions.

The tie-in to Romero’s Day of the Dead is very loose here. Most of the story takes place topside instead of underground and it focuses more on the zombie action rather than the human interaction. In this version, a small town has been quarantined by the U.S. military and the townsfolk are suffering from some kind of virus. Those infected turn into flesh-eating zombies and it’s up to a few survivors to get the hell out of dodge. Fans of Bub, the learning zombie from the original, may be disappointed to find Bud, the loving zombie here, but at least it’s something.

I’m not a parent, but my ability to empathize is pretty good. With that said, I’m continually impressed by mothers. For nine months they’re carrying this child inside them, which distorts their figure, loses them sleep and in just about every single way makes life a chore. Then the mother has to endure labor, which [...]

I can’t be sure if it’s my medical problems, lack of inspiration or pure laziness that’s caused me to stop writing, but the end result is the same. I just can’t seem to write more than a few paragraphs before I lose steam and do something else. I’d like to believe that I’m the type [...]

Leading the way for the 2008 Summer Blockbusters is Iron Man, a beautifully crafted film based on the Marvel comic book by the same name. The film is well-paced, the actors make the most out of their characters and it’s nice to see a superhero fighting real-world villains and not just outlandish costumed freaks. Also, the PG-13 rating makes Iron Man family-friendly and proves that a film can show real-world death without real-world gore and still be enjoyable.

The story follows wunderkind weapons developer Tony Stark who is a remorseless and flippant war profiteer. When the film begins, he’s ambushed during a weapons demonstration in the Middle East and captured by terrorist insurgents. Stark is forced to create a super weapon out of a cache of armaments that his company designed that have fallen in the hands of America’s enemies. Stark has a change of heart and builds the Iron Man suit to wage a personal war.

Not to be confused with writer’s block, writer’s paralysis is it’s own animal. It may very well be unique to me, actually. Writer’s paralysis has nothing to do with not knowing what to write or how to write it. It’s not necessarily caused by lack of inspiration, either. For me, it’s having too many things [...]