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...providing the rare gift of a compelling back-story, “The Crazies?? allows the audience to understand why Iowans are becoming insanely violent zombies (for the record, the infected are not technically zombies, but ultimately there’s no difference). Too often screenwriters and directors are given free passes to avoid presenting any exposition, but here, director Breck Eisner (whose last wide-release was box-office bomb “Sahara”) treats the audience to a story with such plausibility and intelligence that it evokes a very realistic fear. The film is also...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Crazies | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...Crazies?? is an intense, enjoyable, and surprisingly clever vision of a zombie apocalypse in rural America that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do; raise your blood pressure, clench your teeth, and make you high-five the stranger next to you. Maximizing its low-budget special effects, “The Crazies?? successfully remakes the 1973 George A. Romero cult classic of the same name by stringing together a series of frightening and gory situations while simultaneously—and unexpectedly—presenting uncommonly deep themes for the genre...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Crazies | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...without its plot twists and necessary in-your-face gore, it improves upon typical genre fare by creatively turning everyday situations into brutal nightmares; no viewer will ever, ever go through a carwash again without checking for crazies. One thing is for sure: “The Crazies?? will please and scare both newcomers and the zombie-genre faithful...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Crazies | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

Harvard is certainly capable of taking down Cornell. It has the best player on the court in Lin, the hottest player in the league in Casey, and a raucous home crowd that is finally earning the “Crimson Crazies?? moniker...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teams Ready For Ivy Rumble | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...Harry Potter? If wizards can do it, surely Bill Gates can, too!)This, my friends, is how you cheer. I’ve seen many students coming out to the recent home football matches. They sport their fancy new, ‘Crimson Crazies?? T-shirts, get into the stands, and then…do nothing.I mean, nothing. Like zilch. Minus zilch. Which equals? Zilchy zilch.And I’ve been known to raise my voice a time or two or million to do my best to get the crowd going to support our teams?...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Are We Really All That Crazy? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

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