6 h. ago 28 Years Later plot and ending explained — and will there be another film?

Alphas, Slow-lows and a final twist, here’s the jumpscare-free guide to Danny Boyle’s new horror film

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7 h. ago Danny Boyle: 28 Years Later Covid pandemic parallels were inevitable

Danny Boyle says it was inevitable the Covid-19 pandemic would shape his latest film, 28 Years Later, which premiered in London on Wednesday (18 June).

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16 h. ago 28 Years Later feels like being repeatedly bonked on the head by the metaphor hammer

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return to the zombie-infested world of ‘28 Days Later’ with interesting, if mixed, results

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16 h. ago 28 Years Later review – sprinting zombies take evolutionary leap forward in badass threequel

This tonally uncertain revival mixes folk horror and little-England satire as an island lad seeks help for his sick mum on the undead-infested mainlandHere they are again, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s zombies – though unlike the usual stumbling slow-movers, of course, these things can sprint like Tom Cruise on steroids. Back in 2002, screenwriter Garland and director Boyle had a monster hit with their post-apocalyptic horror thriller 28 Days Later, about a “rage” virus that leaks from a lab and, turning people into aggressive zombies, causes a complete law-and-order breakdown in 28 days; Boyle famously made smart use of then-new lightweight digital tech which let him bring off miracles of unlicensed guerrilla shooting at dawn in the deserted London streets.That was fierce, muscular film-making, though I have never been a fan of zombies whose massed presence (then as now) requires silly, gurning, ketchup-strewn extras who can’t be clearly looked at for any length of time without la...

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16 h. ago 28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s freakshow slaughter fest is a monstrous delight

Jodie Comer, young Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes have a monsters’ ball in this supercharged third outing for the 28 Days Later series

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16 h. ago Danny Boyle: Covid pandemic had ‘inevitable’ influence on new film 28 Years Later

Danny Boyle says it was inevitable the Covid-19 pandemic would shape his latest film, 28 Years Later, which premiered in London on Wednesday (18 June).

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16 h. ago Jodie Comer says being led by Danny Boyle in 28 Years Later was a ‘proper dream’

Comer features in the film alongside Ralph Fiennes and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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17 h. ago Stars attend 28 Years Later world premiere in Leicester Square

Alfie Williams, Jodie Comer, Danny Boyle and Aaron Taylor-Johnson were among the stars at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square

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17 h. ago Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes Talk Danny Boyle’s Genius at ’28 Years Later’ World Premiere: “It’s Horror, but I Was Struck by How Moved I Was”

Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes Talk Danny Boyle’s Genius at ’28 Years Later’ World Premiere: “It’s Horror, but I Was Struck by How Moved I Was”  The Hollywood Reporter

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30 h. ago Voices: Did we learn the right lessons from the Covid pandemic? Join The Independent Debate

As a new Covid variant spreads across the UK, we’re asking: did we learn the right lessons from the pandemic, or are we slipping back into old habits?

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64 h. ago Furniture chain At Home files for bankruptcy and announces plans to close stores

The furniture store listed several factors, including the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump’s tariffs, for its filing for bankruptcy

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69 h. ago West Lothian residents fume 'why do we need to book quiet recycling centres?'

A booking system was introduced during the Covid pandemic for reasons of social distancing.

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6 d. ago Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit saysIn the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lidiane Vieira Frazão, 35, was expecting her second child but, even at 40 weeks pregnant, she was unable to obtain a doctor’s note to start her maternity leave.Her job as a funeral agent – at times handling the bodies of people who had died from the virus – was on the long list of “essential services” that could not be suspended during lockdown, according to a decree issued by Brazil’s then-president, Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Scottish city named best prepared to survive a zombie apocalypse

The latest offering from Danny Boyle, 28 Years Later, is due to be released in cinemas towards the end of the month, with TV shows and games like The Last of Us and The Walking Dead also fuelling interest in 'the undead'.

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7 d. ago Company linked to Tory Peer Baroness Mone should pay back £121m for ‘faulty’ PPE, High Court hears

PPE Medpro is being sued for an alleged breach of contract over the supply of PPE during the Covid pandemic, with the Government claiming the gowns were unusable

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8 d. ago Greece panic as tourists abandon one of its 'most popular' islands

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, Santorini is experiencing a decline in tourists.

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8 d. ago Cillian Murphy will be a ‘very dominant element’ in third 28 Years Later movie, Danny Boyle teases

While the 49-year-old actor won't be reprising his 28 Days Later protagonist Jim in the upcoming horror flick, Murphy will appear in its 2026 sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and now Boyle has revealed Jim will have a much bigger part to play in the third and final entry in the 28 Years Later trilogy

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1 week ago Danny Boyle reveals how his daughter stopped traffic to create that infamous deserted scene in 28 Days Later

The infamous scene from the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film sees Cillian Murphy walking through a deserted London as he discovers a virus has caused the breakdown of society.

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1 week ago Midwife struck off after claiming vaccines ‘attacked babies’ on social media

Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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1 week ago Single Black women on Covid five years later: ‘The pandemic taught me, no regrets’

Three women share how isolation, instability and loneliness led to creativity, family and communityIt was business as usual for Jordan Madison in early 2020. Her commute included taking a bus from Silver Spring, Maryland, to her job in Bethesda. Madison, 25, was working at the time on her license to become a clinical marriage and family therapist, and worked part-time at Instacart to earn extra money. By March 2020, the world had shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.“The first two weeks, I was like: ‘OK, this is nice. I don’t have to leave my house. This is a nice little vacation. We’ll probably go back to work in like a month or so,’” Madison remembered thinking. Continue reading...

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