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From Edvard Munch to Central Cee: Observer critics choose their cultural highlights for 2025
From Thom Yorke’s Shakespearean score to 25 years of Tate Modern, Bridget Jones to Leigh Bowery, our writers anticipate the most exciting shows, releases and events of the year

04, Jan, 2025 @1:00 PM

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Emaciated zombie in 28 Years Later is not Cillian Murphy, sources confirm
Rumour that Irish actor returning as a zombie in Danny Boyle’s new film debunked, as art dealer Angus Neill confirmed to be playing role

Catherine Shoard

11, Dec, 2024 @4:32 PM

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Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer
Zombie movie action soundtracked by the unhinged vinyl screeches of Boots, Rudyard Kipling’s evocation of soldiers in battle? It’s a match made in horror movie heaven

Stuart Heritage

10, Dec, 2024 @4:52 PM

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‘We like it when things fall apart’: heavy rockers Wunderhorse on embracing music’s messy side
Jacob Slater was a surf coach in Newquay when he was cast as the Sex Pistols’ drummer in Danny Boyle’s TV series Pistol, but as the singer’s latest album with his band Wunderhorse confirms, he will always be drawn to chaos

Sasha Mistlin

23, Aug, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Shallow Grave review – Danny Boyle’s Edinburgh noir debut is a triple-crossing treat
Obnoxious flatmates Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston and Kerry Fox get way more than they bargained for with the arrival of enigmatic Keith Allen and a suitcase full of cash

Peter Bradshaw

09, May, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Mark Kermode on… Danny Boyle, a director who defines British pop culture
As his dazzling debut, Shallow Grave, gets a 30th anniversary rerelease, here’s to an extraordinary career that ranges from Trainspotting to Slumdog Millionaire and that unforgettable London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony

Mark Kermode

04, May, 2024 @7:00 AM

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28 Years Later: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes cast in sequel
The new film marks the reunion of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who created 2002’s 28 Days Later starring Oscar winner Cillian Murphy

Michael Sun

25, Apr, 2024 @3:01 AM

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Can Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy’s 28 Years Later take zombie films to the next level?
The recently announced followup will be the first of two films that continue the 2002 story – let’s hope it can avoid Hollywood cliches

Ben Child

02, Feb, 2024 @11:15 AM

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The best theatre to stream this month: Free Your Mind, Harry Clarke and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Danny Boyle’s remix of The Matrix, Billy Crudup’s solo show and the New Wolsey’s Romeo & Juliet

Chris Wiegand

01, Feb, 2024 @6:00 AM

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28 Years Later: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reportedly reuniting for third zombie film
Highly anticipated sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later will be the first in a new trilogy, multiple sources told the Hollywood Reporter

Michael Sun

11, Jan, 2024 @3:27 AM

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Underworld’s 20 best songs – ranked!
30 years on from the release of their seminal third album dubnobasswithmyheadman, we assess the band’s stream-of-consciousness techno epics

Alexis Petridis

04, Jan, 2024 @1:45 PM

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Free Your Mind review – The Matrix triumphantly reloaded by Danny Boyle and co
This dance adaptation of the cult sci-fi movie is a work of breathtaking ambition that fully inhabits Manchester’s stunning new £240m venue

Sarah Crompton

22, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM

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