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Hard on the heels of Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox comes Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are ; another hipster director taking on another beloved children's book.

HOME > ENTERTAINMENT > FILM REVIEW > Film review round-up: Where the Wild Things Are, The Stepfather, Carriers, Unmade Beds FILM REVIEW ROUND-UP: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, THE STEPFATHER, CARRIERS, UNMADE BEDS YOU HAVE to applaud the boldness of director Spike Jonze , adapting the charming but slender children's book Where The Wild Things Are for ...

Star Trek star CHRIS PINE tries to dodge a deadly virus as he drives a car full of people across America in his latest movie.

Co-directed as their feature debut by the Spanish brothers Alex and David Pastor, this watchable, low-budget horror movie is set in a near-future America ravaged by a deadly virus for which there is no known antidote.

Dusted off and given a cinema release following the success of a post- Trek Chris Pine, this grimy little entry into that crowded sub-genre of virus outbreaks and zombiefied beings is at times as infectious as a case of cooties, but equally as irritating.

Occasionally, mankind needs to be taken down a peg or two. Arrogant and conceited by nature, we labour under the illusion that we are masters of the third rock from the sun.

CARRIERS *** DIRECTED BY: ALEX PASTOR, DAVID PASTOR STARRING: CHRIS PINE, LOU TAYLOR PUCCI, PIPER PERABO ANOTHER week, another apocalyptic road movie.

Anchor Bay will release According to Greta on Blu-ray Disc on 19 January. This Hilary Duff comedy will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound mix, a featurette and some deleted scenes.

If you see only one romantic comedy from Kazakhstan this year, try this story of a young man who pursues the only available woman on the Steppes for miles, only to be immediately rejected because his ears are too big.

IN cinemas from Friday, no one is safe from the viral pandemic threatening to wipe out the human race in Carriers , writes Conor Nolan .

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince": Young Harry inadvertently discovers a mysterious book that sheds light on the sordid life of the evil Lord Voldemort.

Author John Searles has only written two novels, but already his second, Strange but True , has been picked up for the big screen treatment.

Pine is being lined up to star in new fact-based drama The Art of Making Money .

REVIEW *** out of **** 'Carriers' Rated: PG-13 Running time: 1:24 Directors: Alex and David Pastor Showing: Orchard Not many reviewers got a chance to see "Carriers," which opens Oct.

Oct. 2 Carriers, PG-13 Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic discover they are more dangerous than the disease.

Unceremoniously dumped into theatres several years after its completion , the Pastor brothers' plague film Carriers is engaging despite its downbeat message and lack of zombie action.

What's playing at the cineplex and in your neighborhood. OPENING "Whiteout" 9 A group of nine doll-like creatures, created by a scientist to carry on life after the end of mankind, battle deadly machines for the future of the Earth in this animated sci-fi adventure.

Motion pictures have depicted threats to mankind in all shapes, sizes and intent.

With the whole world up in arms about the H1N1 virus, "Carriers" provides a dark, suspenseful and heartbreaking tale about a virus that's set to end humanity.

ALL ABOUT STEVE Sandra Bullock stars in another romantic comedy, but unlike many of her movies, she won't be playing the hot, career-driven single.