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George A. Romero Will Be Getting a Star on the Walk of Fame!
George A. Romero, the “Godfather of the Dead”, is being awarded a star on Hollywood’s infamous “Walk of Fame”! The 76-year-old director shocked and terrified audiences when he brought us 1968’s Night of the Living Dead, a film that many claim as the beginning of the zombie craze in the horror genre. The film generated several sequels, including the revered Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead as well as the lesser loved but still highly entertaining Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and Survival of the Dead.
Outside of the zombie genre, Romero was responsible for films such as The Crazies, Martin, Monkey Shines, Bruiser, and a segment of the anthology horror film Creepshow.
TV producer Vin Di Bona told an audience via a livestream hosted on Walk of Fame’s website as well as an in-person crowd that the iconic horror director will be getting his own star alongside folks such as Amy Adams, Goldie Hawn, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, and more. The announcement of names begins at 17:50.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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