Zombie movie financed by a remortgaged house hits cinemas this week

Glasweigen couple, Kieran Parker and Arabella Croft, who remortgaged their house to make a zombie film will see its release in cinemas across the UK from today.

Outpost is a zombie horror shot partly in Govan and Dumfries and Galloway. The film, which features Ray Stevenson and depicts nazi soldiers coming back from the dead, cost the Scottish couple £870,000 to produce.

Kieren and Arabella have won a Bafta Scotland award for the best first-time producers and the film has already been snapped up by Sony Pictures and has been released on DVD in the US.

The couple are considering a sequel depending on the success of Outpost over the coming weeks.

See the full story at BBC News.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

A brilliant film from the producers of The 40-Year-Old-Virgin and Knocked Up, it's guaranteed to be a hit with fans of American comedies everywhere.

Take a look at my full review of this movie at MovieRiot.


...and if you're still not convinced and haven't yet seen the trailer then take a look below, it's sure to sway your opinion.

Take a trip to Fraggle Rock

Rumour has it that hit kid series, Fraggle Rock, is due to hit the big screen with their first ever movie.

Empire online write: "the Weinstein Company is planning a live-action film for the Fraggles and their friends, with the Jim Henson company also producing"



The movie will see the return of the mischevious and wacky creatures from the 80's as they venture into the human world.

No official announcements have been made about the cast, release date or actual plot line but, I'll keep you posted.

Meet the Spartans

The creators of Epic Movie, Friedberg and Seltzer, bring us another Hollywood spoof Meet the Spartans, focusing on boxoffice hit 300.

The film tells the story of Leonidas (Sean Maguire) who leads 13 Spartans into battle to defend their homeland against the Persians, whose misfit army include Ghost Rider, the Transformers, a hunchbacked Paris Hilton and Rocky Balboa.

Meet the Spartans is an entertaining watch, although a little silly at times but, the comedy doesn’t always hold out.

It cannot compare to the success of their original spoof hit Scary Movie.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky is a cheerful and up-lifting film about a 30-year-old primary school teacher from Camden, North London.

Poppy, played by Sally Hawkins (Vera Drake and Layer Cake) is an irresponsible but, loveable character who is always laughing, joking and trying to make other people smile.

The plot is very simple but, very effective as we follow Poppy through her day-to-day activities of teaching, socialising and learning to drive.

Through these activities, Poppy unknowingly finds herself on a path of self discovery and realisation.

She decides to learn to drive after having her bike stolen and her driving instructor couldn’t possibly be more different in character to her.

Scott (played by Eddie Marsan, Vera Drake, The Illusionist) is an unstable, slightly psychotic man with opinions and a life style that completely oppose Poppy’s. Poppy tries her best to engage with him, make him smile and make him happy but, she realises that she can’t help everyone.

Happy-Go-Lucky is a beautiful representation of London life and the varying people that live there.

It is a wonderfully British film full of laughs and British humour, it should not be missed.

You will leave the cinema with a smile on your face and the idea that everyone should have a friend like Poppy.

Diary of the Dead

George. A. Romero, director of The Night of the Living Dead, brings us yet another zombie movie with the release of Diary of the Dead.

The film takes us with a group of film students as they film a horror movie and capture more than they bargained for as they run into some ‘real-life’ zombies.

Hand held camera techniques are used a lot throughout the film, which is fine if you want to add realism but, this is a zombie movie we’re talking about so the effect doesn’t really work.

The plot is rather silly and the zombie attacks are quite ridiculous, which would be fine for a 1960’s horror but, as a modern audience we expect more from our zombie movies.

There is only so much you can do with a cast of zombies and Romero has taken it to the limits.

Train drivers to protest at British film premiere

TRAIN DRIVERS have reacted badly to the upcoming release of British film Three and Out starring Mackenzie Crook, and plan to protest at the UK premiere.

Crook (I Want Candy, Pirates of the Caribbean) stars in the comedy as a train driver looking for a volunteer to commit suicide under his train so he can claim compensation.

Aslef, the train drivers union, has criticised the film for its focus and union members plan to hand out leaflets outside the premiere in London’s Leicester Square.

The leaflets will read: “We hope you enjoy the movie tonight, but please remember that for train drivers like ourselves, deaths on the railway are never funny.”

They say they have received strong support from the public over their opposition to the film. General secretary Keith Norman said: “These incidents can mean life-changing traumas for drivers.”

The film’s distributors have defended and say that the issues were “handled sensitively”.

Crook said that he was disappointed that people were jumping to conclusions.

“They’re imagining we’ve made a very distasteful, bad-taste film, which we haven’t,” he said while promoting Three and Out in central London.

“Hopefully those people who have objected will go and see it and realise they have got the wrong end of the stick.”

The film is due for release on 25th April.