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Forbes
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
What Format Should You Choose For The Movie ‘28 Years Later'?
To promote the movie, Sony has been projecting the Rage logo onto several locations around the UK, ... More including Gibside in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, which was the ruined hall used in the film. And also, not far from the local Dolby Cinema, where you can watch the film. How perfect. 28 Years Later, starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes, is the new post-apocalyptic infection sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 film 28 Days Later. An Iconic Original The original was iconic for several reasons, but primarily because it was credited with revitalizing the Zombie genre. While it wasn't the first film to do it, it's scary fast-moving 'Rage'-filled infected zombies were very different from the traditional slow, lumbering creatures that most people knew from the movies. Secondly, it's iconic scenes of a deserted, abandoned central London were astonishing when first released, though, proving that truth is often stranger than fiction, during the Covid lockdowns, the same sights were eerily recreated in real life. To capture these scenes, Danny Boyle used the guerrilla-filming technique of shooting in the very early hours of the morning, which was helped by the third innovation on this film – it being one of the very first to use digital cameras. As they were so light and could be set up quickly, it meant the shots could be set up quickly to make the best use of time before the traffic arrived. Another reason that the digital camera used was that Boyle wanted to use the consumer-level Canon XL-1 MiniDV cameras to provide a raw, gritty, and handheld look, as if the film was documented rather than stylistic. On a recent rewatch, however, I had forgotten this and had to pause the film, as I wondered why it looked, to use a phrase made popular by social media, as if it was filmed on a potato. After reminding myself of the reason for the incredibly low-resolution images, I carried on with the movie. In a similar vein, the sequel, 28 Years Later, is also filmed on contemporary digital cameras; in this case, an iPhone 15 Pro. However, as documented in detail here, an array of additional equipment was used to ensure the captured images are cinema-grade quality, which, considering the poor image quality of the original, is welcome news. Which Format Should You Choose? With all that, let's have a look at the various formats you can choose for 28 Years Later. The choices are made simpler by dint of the fact that there is no IMAX release. With a slate of more IMAX-friendly movies there, with How To Train Your Dragon currently occupying the space, and F1: The Movie, about to take it over, there was likely no chance it was going to be released in that format. HDR by Barco This, then, makes the HDR by Barco format at the top of the tree for image quality for 28 Years Later. Again, considering the very low bar of the original is somewhat ironic, as the iPhone sensor is capable of 4K resolution, and the various lenses that have been applied to the iPhone should ensure that we get the most out of it. It is normally accompanied by Dolby Atmos audio as well, so it should be an excellent way of experiencing the movie. However, Barco's HDR format is only available in a handful of US theaters, but, as per its recent announcement, 25 more are on their way by the end of the year. Dolby Cinema Should you not be near only one of those five theaters, which is quite likely, the next premium format to choose is Dolby Cinema. This offers an extended dynamic range, high-brightness pictures, Dolby Atmos audio, and a specially customized layout and seating for an optimal view. This makes it the highest-quality format that currently has wide availability, with around 150 in the USA (and set to extend to 200 by 2027). In the UK, there are now seven Dolby Cinemas (with Liverpool and Newcastle as recent additions). If there are no Dolby Cinemas you can get to, then look to regular premium larger formats, which offer a large screen, usually floor to ceiling, 4K laser projection, so high-brightness and clear, and, again, Dolby Atmos audio. Look for Prime at AMC, Regal RPX, Cineplex UltraAVX, and Cinemark XD, and in the UK, Cineworld Superscreen, Odeon iSense, or OmniplexMAXX. 4DX The only other specialty format is 4DX, which involves moving seats that punch you in the back, so you feel every impact, and smoke, air, water, and flashes of light. Yes, it's theme park meets cinema, and, for the right movie, it's hilarious fun. I've now had more hits than misses with 4DX, so I'm a fan, but sadly, the focus on more on the shenanigans rather than image quality, so the screen tends to be smaller than the premium formats and the audio is just standard surround. That said, I could see it working for 28 Years Later. Standard Digital Finally, there's a regular digital screen, which may or may not be any good. If they have an ageing lamp-based Xenon projector, you'll get a dim picture—so get to know your local cinema, and if it isn't good enough, vote with your feet and go elsewhere.
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
28 Years Later review: Zombie franchise pushes boldly into new terrain
28 Years Later ★★★★ MA 15+, 115 mins It is 23 years since writer Alex Garland, director Danny Boyle and producer Andrew Macdonald unleashed the Rage virus upon the world and redefined the zombie genre in 28 Days Later (despite insisting their film wasn't a zombie flick at all). And in the first of a projected new trilogy, they prove there's plenty of life in them old bones yet. The filmmakers claim no prior knowledge of the franchise is necessary (Garland and Boyle were only executive producers on the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later) in order to enter the latest incarnation of the hellscape of England after the outbreak. And while it undoubtedly adds a little something to have seen the earlier films, they are largely right in that. As The Walking Dead made perfectly clear, you don't need an origin story when the world you've created is as fully fleshed out as this. Even if the flesh is in a horrible state of decay. We start here on the island of Lindisfarne, off the coast of north-east England. That gives our leads – Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie, Jodie Comer as Isla, and Alfie Williams as their son, Spike – the chance to do some cracking Geordie accents, something we just do not hear enough of on screen, if you ask me. Isla is bed-bound, racked by a mystery illness that at first glance could be mistaken for early-onset Rage. Jamie is a hunter, a leader of the gated and so-far secure island community that seems to have clung to a version of civilisation fashioned some time between 1830 and 1940. He's taking Spike across the causeway – accessible only at low tide – that connects the island to the mainland, to hunt for slow-moving infected, and to dodge the fast-moving variety. It's a coming-of-age ritual, with a rather higher degree of risk than a bar mitzvah or a blue-light disco. Of course, things unravel pretty quickly, as they encounter a horde led by an oversized, more intelligent leader, known as an Alpha. Boyle is masterful at creating an almost unbearable sense of tension in these scenes. His use of jump-cuts, of varied focal lengths and exposures, above all his use of music and sound design (think Trainspotting, times 10) all combine to create and sustain a state of high anxiety in the audience. The mission is a turning point for Spike, but not quite in the way his old man had anticipated. His experiences, and the aftermath of them, open his eyes to the way myth is used to reinforce a particular version of the world. It causes a rift between father and son, and sets in train the second part of the film, in which Spike leads his mother back to the mainland in search of a doctor who is rumoured to be there, and who might provide a diagnosis and a cure.
The Age
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
28 Years Later review: Zombie franchise pushes boldly into new terrain
28 Years Later ★★★★ MA 15+, 115 mins It is 23 years since writer Alex Garland, director Danny Boyle and producer Andrew Macdonald unleashed the Rage virus upon the world and redefined the zombie genre in 28 Days Later (despite insisting their film wasn't a zombie flick at all). And in the first of a projected new trilogy, they prove there's plenty of life in them old bones yet. The filmmakers claim no prior knowledge of the franchise is necessary (Garland and Boyle were only executive producers on the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later) in order to enter the latest incarnation of the hellscape of England after the outbreak. And while it undoubtedly adds a little something to have seen the earlier films, they are largely right in that. As The Walking Dead made perfectly clear, you don't need an origin story when the world you've created is as fully fleshed out as this. Even if the flesh is in a horrible state of decay. We start here on the island of Lindisfarne, off the coast of north-east England. That gives our leads – Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie, Jodie Comer as Isla, and Alfie Williams as their son, Spike – the chance to do some cracking Geordie accents, something we just do not hear enough of on screen, if you ask me. Isla is bed-bound, racked by a mystery illness that at first glance could be mistaken for early-onset Rage. Jamie is a hunter, a leader of the gated and so-far secure island community that seems to have clung to a version of civilisation fashioned some time between 1830 and 1940. He's taking Spike across the causeway – accessible only at low tide – that connects the island to the mainland, to hunt for slow-moving infected, and to dodge the fast-moving variety. It's a coming-of-age ritual, with a rather higher degree of risk than a bar mitzvah or a blue-light disco. Of course, things unravel pretty quickly, as they encounter a horde led by an oversized, more intelligent leader, known as an Alpha. Boyle is masterful at creating an almost unbearable sense of tension in these scenes. His use of jump-cuts, of varied focal lengths and exposures, above all his use of music and sound design (think Trainspotting, times 10) all combine to create and sustain a state of high anxiety in the audience. The mission is a turning point for Spike, but not quite in the way his old man had anticipated. His experiences, and the aftermath of them, open his eyes to the way myth is used to reinforce a particular version of the world. It causes a rift between father and son, and sets in train the second part of the film, in which Spike leads his mother back to the mainland in search of a doctor who is rumoured to be there, and who might provide a diagnosis and a cure.
Time Out
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Where was ‘28 Years Later' filmed? The locations behind Danny Boyle's zombie sequel
It has been more than two decades since director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland unleashed sprinting zombies on the world with 28 Days Later. That film's gnarly opening with Cillian Murphy wandering around empty streets of London still caters to our apocalyptic, past-pandemic anxieties. Now, the duo reunites for 28 Years Later, replacing urban decay with guerrilla warfare in the forests. What is 28 Years Later about? Set nearly three decades after the Rage virus outbreak, 28 Years Later follows a band of survivors who have set base on a windswept tidal island. But when seasoned scavenger Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), his preteen son Spike (Alfie Williams), and, later, mum Isla (Jodie Comer) embark on a journey to the mainland, they get exposed to the true extent of the infected. Where was 28 Years Later filmed? If the first film found Boyle's crew using Canon digital camcorders to capture action in concrete dystopias, 28 Years Later relies on an inventory of iPhone 15s and drones capturing the Gothic ruins and forested interiors of north eastern England. Expect sleepy parishes, Gothic monasteries, mist-shrouded forests, and the towering lines of the bone temples. Where is the Bone Temple located? An intriguing attraction of 28 Years Later is the Bone Temple site, a grim wasteland marked by pillars of human bones and skulls that carry ritual importance for the survivors. These stacks of bones were meticulously arranged at Redmire, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire. Production designer Carson McColl added that after scouting several locations, the team settled for Redmire because 'there was something about that location that felt that it's remained unchanged for a long, long time'. Construction of this bony monument took no less than six months, with the production design team using over 250,000 replica bones and 5,500 skulls. Is the island in 28 Years Later real? The centre of the action is the remote island that harbours survivors like Jame and Spike. Much like the survivors in A Quiet Place and the Seraphite community in the new season of The Last of Us, these islanders are always on the lookout for any potential outsider attacks. They also have their own set of cultish post-apocalyptic rituals and customs, which makes the island's real-life setting all the more crucial. The island in 28 Years Later is Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, which lies off the coast of Northumberland. Lindisfarne's recorded history dates back to the 6th century AD when it emerged as an important centre of celtic Christianity in Britain. Before the clash between zombies and survivors, the island bore witness to Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England. While CGI was used to recreate aerial views of Holy Island, most of the film's island sequences were shot on location. Kielder Forest, Northumberland As the survivors move from the island to the mainland, 28 Years Later is heavy on some fast-paced forest action. The 250-square-mile Kielder Forest stood in to provide some dense foliage for such scenes. Dotted with conifer trees and one of the UK's largest artificial reservoirs, the forest's Northumberland location makes it conveniently near Holy Island. Sycamore Gap The historical Sycamore Gap tree also features in two scenes, either filmed before its illegal felling in 2023 or recreated with CGI help. The 150-year-old tree was a legendary symbol of the north east, enamouring the country's photographers and filmmakers for decades. Dramatically standing next to Hadrian's Wall, the tree featured in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, leading to it being nicknamed the Robin Hood tree. The tree stump, which experts estimate will take 150 years to return to its former glory, is immortalised in 28 Years Later. The Sycamore Gap's presence remains tragically ironic in a dystopian film, especially one that runs with the tagline: 'Time didn't heal anything.' Cheddar Gorge This serenely historical Somerset gorge is the location used for the polarising final scenes. Cheddar Gorge's inclusion in a film about forest survival and Bone Temples seems apt, given this is where archaeologists discovered Britain's oldest human skeleton. 'Cheddar Man' is estimated to be 9,000 years old. Other atmospherically haunting attractions include narrow stalactite caves and many more bones over 12,000 years ago. Lord of the Rings fans also flock here for good reason, as the Gorge's caves inspired the Glittering Caves of Helm's Deep. Where else was 28 Years Later filmed? 28 Years Later also filmed in Northumberland villages and parishes like Bellingham and Rothbury, the North Yorkshire parishes of Melsonby and Ripon, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Waskerley in County Durham. Other locations include the 12th-century monastery Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, and the Aysgarth Falls, a set of waterfalls carved by the River Ure. Who stars in 28 Years Later? Apart from Aaron Taylor-Johnson and newcomer Alfie Williams starring as Jamie and his son Spike, 28 Years Later boasts an ensemble cast spearheaded by Ralph Fiennes and Jodie Comer. Fiennes plays outbreak survivor Dr Ian Kelson, while Comer is Isla, Jamie's wife, who is suffering from an unknown illness. Fresh off his acclaimed turn as an Irish vampire in Sinners, Jack O'Connell also stars as Sir Jim Crystal, the eccentric leader of the self-titled cult 'Jimmies'. Erin Kellyman (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Emma Laird (The Brutalist) play other members of Crystal's cult. Swedish actor Edvin Ryding (Young Royals) features as a NATO soldier washed up on the British mainland. When is 28 Years Later released? It's out in UK, Ireland and Australian cinemas now, and released in US theatres on June 20. Read our review here.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and wife swoon over each other at 28 Years Later premiere
Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his director wife Sam Taylor-Johnson looked as loved up as ever 13 years later from their wedding at the 28 Years Later film premiere Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director wife Sam Taylor-Johnson had their arms around each other as they attended the glitzy world premiere of new zombie sequel 28 Years Later. The horror is the third film in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic series - with 35-year-old Aaron taking a leading role in the threequel. He is playing a character named Jamie, who is a scavenger that is married to Jodie Comer's character Isla. However, the actor only had eyes for his real-life wife as they attended the premiere at London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Wednesday night. The actor, who is among those said to be in the running to play James Bond, wore a pinstripe waistcoat and trousers along with a dark coloured shirt. He was joined by his 58-year-old wife who looked radiant in a white dress as she joined him on the red carpet. Aaron and Sam have been married since 2012 and they met on the set of her 2009 film Nowhere Boy - a biopic about John Lennon. Casting of the film began in September 2008 - and Sam and Aaron began dating soon after they wrapping filming the project. They tied-the-knot in 2012 and became parents together when they welcomed two daughters, born in 2010 and 2012. Aaron is stepfather to two further daughters that Sam shares with her ex-husband, 61-year-old art dealer Jay Jopling. She looked proud of her husband as he led fellow cast members and director Danny into a screening of the hotly anticipated film sequel. The first in the series, 2002's 28 Days Later, followed Cillian Murphy's character Jim who awakens in hospital to discover the world has fallen to a zombie virus. A sequel followed in 2007, 27 weeks later, but none of the original stars returned. This new sequel is tipped to be the beginning of a continuing trilogy of films, with Cillian due to return as his character, Jim. Jodie Comer was also at the premiere on Wednesday night and shimmered in a glamorous, silver, summer gown. With her hair styled in a sleek bob, the Killing Eve star was spotted joking and laughing with her co-stars on the red carpet. She was mirrored by actress Emma Laird, 28, who plays a character named Jimmima in the new movie. Emma also opted for a shimmering silver dress for the premiere. And fellow stars Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes, who are playing characters named Spike and Dr. Ian Kelson respectively. An official synopsis of the new film paints an enticing plot for the new film. It reveals: "Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus escaped a medical research laboratory, survivors have found ways to exist amidst the infected. "One group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When a father and his son leave the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, they discover the secrets, wonders and horrors of the outside world." Screenwriter Alex Garland, who wrote the first two films in the series, has previously explained that he turned to a classic British film for inspiration while writing the third installment in the 28 franchise. He told Screenrant last year: 'I ripped off this film called Kes, a very unexpected thing to rip off in a zombie movie. The script I delivered and Kes, both focused on the experience of a young lad and because I am ripping it off, I wanna direct people to the source material." He added: "It's a very wonderful film, very moving film, and I've stolen from it.' Kes was a 1969 British coming-of-age drama directed by Ken Loach and based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by Barry Hines. The story follows a working class teen called Billy who finds and cares for a fledgling kestrel which he trains in the art of falconry. The tragic story ends, however, with Billy's half-brother killing the bird in a fit of rage - leaving Billy bereft and devastated. There are plans for 28 Years later to lead to two further films, with a sequel titled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple already set for release in January 2026.
