Eleanor Reviews

    ***** In the near future, humanity is on the brink of extinction thanks to a strange fungal disease which has turned the majority of the population into 'hungries' - zombies devoid of the ability to think or feel. Held in an army base, Melanie is thought to be mankind's last hope at finding a cure for the disease. But when the base is attacked, she and a small gang of human protectors must set out into the hostile world.   There are so many zombie films (and TV series) in the world, that to create a new story for the genre seemed somewhat impossible, and yet Mike Carey, in both his original text and adapted screenplay, appears to have managed it. In fact, I would argue that this is not a zombie movie at all, more a love story between a young girl, Melanie (played by newcomer Sennia Nanua) and the only person who has ever showed her kindness, her teacher Helen Justineau (Gemma Arterton). Escaping the army base after it comes under attack, this strange mother

    ****   Based on the top secret mission, Operation Anthropoid, Sean Ellis' eponymous film focuses on the assassination attempt of SS General Reinhard Heydrich, a man at the top of the Nazi hierarchy.   Well, readers, of course you would have expected me to go and see Anthropoid - I am a sucker for war films after all. However, what drew me to this film in particular was that I knew very little of the story surrounding the assassination attempt on Heydrich - indeed, I couldn't tell you the names or the circumstances of the people involved. Eager to boost my knowledge, I went along.   It is safe to say that this film is unerringly grim - there are so few moments of light relief, if any, that you leave the cinema feeling as though you have been bludgeoned for over two hours. That's not to say it isn't enjoyable in it's own way, if 'enjoyable' is remotely the right world. Focussing on two British-trained agents, Czech Jan Kubis (Jamie Dorna