Love and Monsters Offers Post-Apocalyptic Escapism Directed by Michael Matthews
Starring Dylan O Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Dan Ewing
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Post-apocalyptic fiction has taken on new resonance during lockdown, but there s something wonderfully un-topical about
Love and Monsters vision of a dystopian future in which humanity is newly wiped out by super-sized monsters. A brief animated intro explains that the world was about to be hit by an asteroid that humans destroyed with an asteroid, resulting in a chemical fallout that mutated bugs and cold-blooded animals, tuning them into enormous monsters. After that, we re off to the races.
Seven years since the monsterpocalypse, Joel (Dylan O Brien) is living at an underground colony in a bunker. He s not much of a fighter, acting mostly as a cook in a colony where everyone else is coupled up and the hopelessly single Joel pines for his before-times girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick). He makes contact wi
A nominee in this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar category,
Love And Monsters is an unheralded treat. Michael Matthews’ enjoyable romp comes from no previous existing IP, features no A-list talent and comes with a modest price tag, but rises above the pack through smarts, invention and a neatly judged tone. Denied a cinema release by Covid (the plot has echoes of the pandemic, with a whole world frightened to go outside), it’s a crying shame, as its imagery merits the big screen and its sense of adventure deserves a full house.
The premise is laid out in voiceover and nifty illustrated sketches. To prevent giant asteroid Agatha 616 from destroying the Earth, scientists devised a series of rockets that blew the rock to smithereens. The downside is that the chemical compounds employed to launch the missiles fell back down to Earth and turned the animal kingdom into the kind of mutant monsters beloved by Ray Harryhausen (why it didn’t affect humans is never addressed). Under
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Check out the new DVDs, Blu-rays and streaming shows (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, Disney+, Acorn TV and more) coming out this week, including two new comedy series:
Frank of Ireland starring Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson, and
Made for Love starring Cristin Milioti and Billy Magnusson.
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Frank of Ireland – Frank (Brian Gleeson), 32, lives in Dublin with his long-suffering mother, who wishes Frank would just get a job and move out. Newly single, Frank considers music to be his career, even though he hasn’t written a song or played a gig in years. His ex-girlfriend has just found a new boyfriend, and Frank is finding that difficult to deal with. Luckily, Frank has a loyal best friend, Doofus (Domhnall Gleeson), who is always available to clear the debris left in Frank’s wake. Debuts April 16 on Amazon Prime Video.
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