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While everyone is busy throwing their panties, sharpening their fangs and causing a ruckus about New Moon, there’s another monster movie worthy of your affection. Thankfully this one doesn’t focus on the sex appeal of an ethnic temptation werewolf and a broody vampire, but rather a zombie apocalypse.

Ahhh, zombies, though they might be an excellent source or eye-gouging, flesh-tearing horror, Shaun Of The Dead taught us the undead can also be bloody funny (pun intended). But like Paris Hilton and a recording studio, horror and comedy can be toxic mix unless executed properly. Zombieland follows a rag-tag group who are trying to survive in a world overrun by zombies. There’s the central character Columbus, played by Jesse Eisenberg in another amicable turn after Adventureland, Whicta (Emma Stone), Tallahasse (Woody Harrelson) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). While everyone cast is decent, Harrelson owns this movie as the Twinkie-addicted, bad ass that kills zombies with literally everything from a chainsaw to a banjo. Eisenberg’s wry, Michael Cera-esque comedic timing hits all the right spots and along with Harrelson, they make a highly watchable onscreen duo. There’s also an unforgettable cameo from Bill Murray, of which I can’t go in to too much detail without spoiling, but lets just say he’s awesome.

You’ll be laughing from the opening credits onwards and there’s plenty of gore here to satisfy horror fans and aficionados of the zombie sub genre. Director Ruben Fleischer has mad a slick and stylish film, utilising slow motion for some of the chase and attack scenes with impressive results. When Eisenberg explains the rules for surviving Zombieland (“the first rule of zombieland: cardio. When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go, for obvious reasons... were the fatties”) the rule appears in text on screen at some of the most unexpected moments, but rather than annoy it adds to what is a ridiculously hilarious ride. With a hasty running time, Zombieland is some of the most fun I’ve had in a cinema this year and I can’t fault it.

Zombies want to get in on the New York Lottery Mega Millions in this new TV ad. Zombies takeover the streets of New York as a few civilians fend a their chance for the big prize. Listen for the best line in the ad ".....make room for the living".
The ad also features original music by Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne.

Credits:
Ad Agency: DDB New York
CCO: Matt Eastwood
Client: New York Lottery
CD: Rich Sharp and Mike Sullivan
Head of Production: Ed Zazzera — Exec. Producer: Walter Brindak
Assistant Producer: Katy Fuoc0 — Prod. Co.: O Positive
Director: Jim Jenkins
Exec. Producer: Ralph Laucella
DOP: Larry Fong
VFX: Light of Day
CD: Colin Stackpole

Watch the official Call Of Duty "The Replacer" Black Ops 2 trailer featuring Peter Stomare. The Revolution DLC Map Pack will take up a lot of your time soon. Luckily, the Replacer is here to solve all of your problems.

One of the most robust and diverse DLC offerings in Call of Duty history, Revolution includes four all-new Multiplayer maps, a new Zombies Co-Op map, a brand new Zombies game mode and a bonus Multiplayer weapon...if this is your kind of thing.

Credits:
Creative Ad Agency: 72andSunny, USA

In recent years, the zombie population has multiplied on a global scale. Zombies now make up a significant part of society, starring in countless video games, movies and popular television shows. Though they love to feast on human flesh, we havewhole-heartedly embraced the zombie community, turning them into a culturalphenomenon.

Recognizing a massive opportunity in the marketplace for a dating service that catered to zombie singles, Noise developed ZombieConnect, the first official mobile dating app for the walking dead- available on iTunes, and coming soon to Android.

Not a zombie? Zombie Connect allows everyday people to zombify themselves, browse profiles of fellow flesh-eaters and connect via Facebook.

Whether you’re looking for long-term love, a casual date or just someone to eat brains with, Zombie Connect is the perfect platform for bringing decomposing corpses together. Testimonials are pouring in fromzombies like Gorey Gretta, who used Zombie Connect to meet her now husband Bloody Barry. As they celebrate their first wedding anniversary she could not be happier, explaining:

“Eeeeeiiiibllllaaaaaahhh! Baahhh! Baaahhh! Fhhhpphhhh, ddaamumumum- kebbbblluuh, fluuh, fluuh. Kaaaaaahh!!!” — Gretta

You can get the Zombie Connect app for free at the iTunes App store. Get it Here.

With so many zombie-related cultural festivities coming up this month (Halloween), there’s no better time for you to find your slowly rotting soul mate.

Credits:
Creative Ad Agency: Noise, Vancouver, BC. www.noisedigital.com

Official movie trailer for "ParaNorman" in theaters August 2012. From Laika, the makers of Coraline, comes ParaNorman, a stop motion, ghost-filled zombie comedy in 3D. A film about a small town that is invaded by zombies, where the local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead and the zombies, takes on ghosts, witches and the grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
The ParaNorman trailer features the music of Donovan and his 1966 song, "Season of the Witch."

ParaNorman will feature the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, John Goodman, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Elaine Stritch, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Jeff Garlin.

From S.W.A.T to Zombies, Domino's Pizza is delivering the movies.

Back to reality, a more realistic look at who is delivering your Domino's Pizza via the "Hero" ad.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: Big Communications, London, UK
Creative Director: Dylan Bogg
Art Director: Tim Jones
Copywriter: James Cross
Director: Jake Wynne
Production Company: Live and Breathe London
Producer: Nicole Sloane

A short film written and directed by freelance copywriter Jon Murray. The dystopia in this short film doesn't involve a barren post-apocalyptic wasteland. There is no alien race harvesting human bodies for energy. Or turning us into pets. There are no cannibal gangs. No zombies. No robots with AI that go rogue. And no deathmatches for the purpose of population control and/or entertainment.

Credits:
Written, Directed & Produced by Jon Murray
Cinematographer: Robert Lyte
Editor: Steve McGregor
Motion Graphics: Steve McGregor
Executive Producer: Michelle Rich
Colourist: Conor Fisher
Costume Design: Casey Dutfield
Starring the wonderful Daniel Stolfi and the lovely Jen De Lucia
Special thanks to Posterboy Edit & Alter Ego
via: Glossy

Everyone loves a good biff, especially when it has absolutely nothing to do with The Footy Show. Here, I’m speaking about the one and only Brisbane International Film Festival also known as BIFF. The Gold Coast, being the cultural vacuum that it is, us film geeks eagerly await the annual BIFF where a selection of films from around the world are screened over the course of one and a bit weeks. This year I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the BIFF crew by putting together articles on various films for the website and daily newsletter. With dozens of movies crammed into the 11-day event it would be easy to miss some of the real gems. The good news is I’ve taken a look at the complete line-up of films screening at this year's festival and even watched some of them early. So, the following is my list of the films you MUST SEE or die at this year's BIFF.

For you international readers this can be a handy guide of limited release films you should keep an eye out for in the coming weeks/months.

• An Education — the opening night film starring Peter Sarsgaard and set in the 60s. The Sars-man in a film with romance, drama and intrigue sounds like too rare an opportunity to miss.
• BALIBO — the notorious tale of five young, Australian journalists who were executed while reporting on Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 75. An impressive Aussie cast including Gyton Grantley, Nathan Phillips and Anthony LaPaglia expose the Australian and Indonesian governments shameless efforts to cover-up this important story.
• Coraline — has been covered extensively on this blog given its beautiful visuals and dark storyline. Directed by Henry Selick, director of the classic Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline follows the adventures of a young girl who discovers a secret door leading to an alternative reality.
• 500 Days of Summer — a last minute addition to the festival line-up, this quirky, nontraditional love story deserves to be seen purely because it features the talents of my favourite Joseph Gordon Levitt. It also stars everyone’s favourite indie film star Zoey Deschanel.
• CHE: Parts One & Two — director Steven Soderbergh’s stunning two-part opus based on the life Che Guevara and starring Benicio Del Toro in the title role. You’ll be hard pressed to catch this screened back to back anywhere else in Queensland.
• Away We Go — highly peculiar, yet, interesting film which looks at the journey of two thirtsomethings who discover they’re going to have a baby. Instead of settling down and preparing, the couple take to the road to visit old friends. This is the latest thing from the amicable Sam Mendes and marks a return to his off-beat indie roots.
• The September Issue — one of the most anticipated documentaries of the year, this film delves into the life of legendary Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in the lead-up to the massive September issue.
• Jules And Jim — this French film from the 60s is a classic love-triangle with arguably the most recognisable face in French cinema — Jeanne Moreau.
• Moon — one of the films I’m most looking forward to, this sci-fi thriller i s the debut feature from David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones and stars Sam Rockwell in what is said to be the performance of his career.
• The Missing Person — a private detective is hired to follow a missing person but what started as a simple job rapidly develops into a complex mystery. Full of double-crosses and classic noir moments, this is a film not to be missed by lovers of all things noir.
• The Strength of Water (below) — having Maori parentage, I like to pay special attention to films from indigenous New Zealand filmmakers. The Strength of Water is definitely worth the gaze. A unique look at the complexity of grief through the eyes of a 10-year-old living in an isolated Maori community. Beautiful, naturalistic, creative and moving. A must-see.
• Van Dieman’s Land — the infamous tale of Australia’s very own Hannibal Lecter gets the big screen treatment from a filmmaker heading for the stratosphere.Subdivison — Brisbanite Ash Bradman (from Nova radio fame) wrote and stars in this appealing comedy set in semirural Hervey Bay. Fans of Aussie films like Crackerjack, The Castle and Kenny are likely to enjoy this.
• The Cove — along with Cathy Henkel’s The Burning Season, this has to be one of the most important documentaries of the year and looks at the culling of dolphins in the picturesque town of Tokyo, Japan. Part horror film, part espionage thriller and part environmental documentary, The Cove is all part's essential viewing. It Might Get Loud — there’s no time for air guitar in this documentary which takes the audience on a candid trip into the world of three of rock’s most iconic electric guitarists; Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin), the Edge (U2), and Jack White (The White Stripes).
• Black Dynamite — if I even have to explain to you the plot of this film, given the sheer volume of posts about it on this blog, then you deserve to be pimp-slapped into a China cabinet. Here’s your chance to see what all the fuss is about.
• Dead Snow — Tarantino and Rodriguez fans, like myself, are likely to adore the work of the Norwegian lads behind this low-budget, horror slapstick about Nazi zombies. Writer/director Tommy Wirkola and writer/star Stig Frode Henriksen have been pipped for big things since their debut short Kill Buljo and their first feature doesn’t disappoint. Catch their work before it explodes as their next film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters has been picked up by The Weinstein Company (bada-boom).
• Storage — a tense, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller from Brisbane filmmaker Michael Craft and starring Gold Coast actor Matt Scully in the lead role. An impressively clever debut from Craft who shot the film in storage facilities in and around Brisvegas. Creepy.
• The Horsemen — containing what is said to be one of the `most amazing fight scenes captured’ is there really any other reason to see this?

Ticket prices are cheap as chips compared to a normal outing at the movies and BIFF is running a series of workshops where you can meet the director, producer, writer and/or stars of some of the films.

Why do zombies make everything cooler? I mean, seriously, first we had the fabulous Jeffrey Thomas’ zombified version of classic Disney princesses and now Scooby Doo has been given an undead remake. Travis Pitt has come up with this post-zombie apocalypse version of the Scooby gang, complete with a bloody and bad-ass version of Velma. Hot damn! Gone is the orange turtleneck and shy demeanour, she rocks that machete. Scooby has also made a vast improvement from the Scooby-snack addict to fierce hell hound.

I dig the fact Velma, along with Scooby, is the only member of the gang to survive the zombie (and possibly vampire) apocalypse as she would use her smarts to adapt to the situation. And like all internet crazes, you can now buy this as t-shirt here. Woo.

So "How to Make a Car for an Unsafe World"? Safe from a falling piano, safe from a giant lizard with laser beams and of course zombies, well these two TV ads for the 2013 Dodge Dart will explain it all for you. Above is the How to Make a Car for an Unsafe World spot and below "How to Make a Great Car Interior" commercial with a flame throwing guy and kissing crash test dummies.
Credits:
Ad Agency: W+K Portland.