Pick of the week
28 Years Later
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s zombie-like horror saga returns – 18 years later – with the first in a trilogy set in a Britain quarantined from the rest of Europe. Rather than being all running and dying (though there is a fair bit of that), this one follows humanity as it tries to protect the remnants of civilisation in the aftermath of the raging infection. Spike (Alfie Williams) lives with his mum, Isla (Jodie Comer), and dad, Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), on the fortified isle of Lindisfarne. But forays to the mainland lead all three into danger. And what is Ralph Fiennes’s mysterious doctor up to in the woods? A thrilling, visceral revisit to a dystopia where, despite everything, glimmers of hope remain.
New Year’s Day, 6.30am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
