“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” continues the zombie franchise with new director Nia DaCosta, exploring themes of faith, science and human community. Ralph Fiennes plays an intellectual survivor who builds monuments from skulls in the Scottish Highlands and forms an unlikely bond with an alpha zombie. The film blends absurdist humor with graphic gore, featuring a cult of young killers in blonde wigs and Adidas-shoe masks as philosophical symbols.
Amy Nicholson is the film critic of the Los Angeles Times. She is a current on-air voice at LAist and KCRW, and a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. and the National Society of Film Critics. Her book “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor” was printed by Cahiers du Cinema/Phaidon Press, and her second, “Extra Girls,” will be published by Simon & Schuster. Nicholson also co-hosts the movie podcast “Unspooled.”
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
