Zombocalypse now

The defining image of World War Z, according to director Marc Forster, is not a zombie biting into someone’s flesh but the wildlife montage that plays behind the opening credits, which might best be summed up in the words of one of his characters: ”Mother Nature is a serial killer.

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The Screening Room’s top 10 movie shoots from hell

Budgets spiraling out of control; cast and crew on the verge of collapse; sets destroyed: Just a few of the catastrophes to afflict the ill-fated productions in The Screening Room’s Top 10 movie shoots from hell. From “Cleopatra” to “Apocalypse Now,” these infamous productions have all been struck by extreme weather, tragedy, illness and sometimes death.

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London prepares for ‘unprecedented’ G-20 protests

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived for early morning talks at Downing Street Wednesday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as London braced itself for massive protests ahead of Thursday’s G-20 summit. The summit brings together leaders and financial chiefs from the top 20 industrialized and emerging economies, along with leaders from non-G-20 nations

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