Video - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" Extra Feature - Matt Smith eats...and eats...

A clip from the special features on the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" blu-ray/dvd has been released - and basically it's Matt Smith eating...and eating.  If they released a film consisting of 2 hours of Matt Smith eating ... I'd be first in the queue:

New Images - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" HQ Stills

A few new HQ stills of Matt Smith in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" have been released - full size images are in the Who-Natic Gallery:

Film Review - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

I need to start with a confession.  I have never read Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" - and I have never watched any of the adaptations. Obviously, a few of the characters are known - Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, of course.  You know that she seems a bit of a snob whereas he seems to be remarkably arrogant.  It's almost as though you absorb some of the knowledge by osmosis.  I have, however, read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and I watched the film with a work colleague who has not only read Jane Austen's original work but prides herself on having seen every single film/tv adaptation.

As for the plot, whereas I was thinking that, in some areas, it deviated quite wildly from the "PPZ" book, my colleague was actually impressed at how much of Austen's original work was very apparent in this film. Essentially though, it does what it says on the tin - it's "Pride and Prejudice"...with zombies.  Set around half a century after a Zombie "pandemic" has essentially cut off London, the well-bred Bennett sisters are not genteelly sewing but happily sharpening swords and cleaning muskets whilst discussing their neighbours or marriage.  They carry on this typically 19th Century obsession with marrying well whilst quite matter of factly beheading and slaughtering zombies - and this juxtaposition works well on screen mainly due to the fact that the cast play it totally straight.  The main strength of the film is definitely the cast.  Lily James and Sam Riley make a great Elizabeth Bennett and "Colonel" Darcy, Lena Headley as zombie slayer and eye-patch wearer, Lady Catherine De Bourg, comes close to stealing the film but the real thief of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" is, of course, Matt Smith as Parson Collins.

Matt Smith really does steal every single scene he's in - his Parson Collins is just hysterically funny.  So much so that, following a dramatic and quite stunning martial arts contest between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, culminating in Elizabeth sitting in a chair and crying, the group of people in the row behind us at the cinema immediately started chuckling when Parson Collins was spied passing the window.  Thankfully, the character of Parson Collins and his storyline is one of those areas where they veer away quite dramatically from the book - and I, for one, am hugely relieved for that.

It's very hard to categorise "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" - is a comedy?  A drama? A horror?  A romance?  Actually, it's pretty much all of them - and it works brilliantly.  I think it's been classified as a "horror-comedy" which is fine...however...there's not exactly a huge amount of gore.  For a film with zombies, it's surprisingly light on the more bloody kind of horror - and that was a disappointment for me.  Probably the only disappointing part of the film but a disappointment nonetheless.

It really is crying out for a sequel - however ... it's not exactly doing brilliantly at the box office.  In fact, some cinemas in the UK have started to pull it already.  See it as soon as you can - or you will miss your chance.

Rating - 8/10 (it lost 2 points for the lack of "bloody" horror...)

Screencaps - Matt Smith Clip - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

A batch of screencaps of Matt Smith from the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" clip released last week (you can watch it here),  have been uploaded to the Who-Natic Gallery. Samples below - right click and open in new tab/window for larger versions - please feel free to take and use.

More in the Who-Natic Gallery.

Video - Matt Smith Clip - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

Lionsgate have released a new clip from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" featuring Matt Smith - and from this clip and the other brief glimpses we've seen so far...I already love Mr Collins...

Screencaps - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" On Set Interview

A batch of screencaps from Matt Smith's "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on set interview have been uploaded to the Who-Natic Gallery.  Samples below - right click and open in new tab/window for larger versions - please feel free to take and use. 

Photos - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" London Premiere

The London premiere of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" took place in Leicester Square tonight.  Matt Smith joined his fellow cast members including Lily James, Douglas Booth and Bella Heathcote on the red carpet.  The photos below are courtesy of the Daily Mail and Zimbio.com and are also in the Who-Natic Gallery:

Video - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" On-Set Interview

"Flicks and the City Plus" have released a five minute "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on-set interview with Matt Smith.  It's good to see that his interview "technique" is still the same as it used to be - he hasn't changed, thankfully!

Images - 2 new Matt Smith images from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

Lionsgate have released 2 new images from "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" featuring Matt Smith as Mr Collins.  Full size versions are in the Who-Natic Gallery:

Source:  Thanks to farfarawaysite.com

"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" - New Poster

Screen Gems have released an unusual and quite stunning new poster for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies".  The poster features a collage of the main characters in a period silhouette portrait - in blood red of course.  The full size version of the poster below is in the Who-Natic Gallery.

Videos - Matt Smith Interviews - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

With the promotional tour for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" now fully underway in the US, video interviews are being released thick and fast.  There are five videos in this update - all, of course, featuring Matt Smith.  "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" opens in the US on 5 February 2016 and in the UK on 11 February 2016.

Video courtesy of Bonnie Laufer Krebs

Video courtesy of We Got This Covered

Video courtesy of ZayZay.com

Video courtesy of DreadCentral

Video courtesy of Flicks and the City Plus

Photos - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" Cast Meet and Greet

The cast of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" took part in a "meet and greet" at Hot Topic in Los Angeles on Sunday 24 January 2016 - this was followed by a screening of the film at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre.  The photos below are in the Who-Natic Gallery and are courtesy of zimbio.com:

Videos - Matt Smith Talks About Steven Moffat's Departure and Terminator Genisys

A couple of short videos this time.  In the first, Matt Smith talks about Steven Moffat's departure from "Doctor Who" and in the second he talks about the cancellation of the "Terminator: Genisys" sequel release date.



Video courtesy of "The Anglophile Channel"




Video courtesy of "IGN" - scroll to about 1 min 18 seconds if you want to skip straight to Matt.

More Photos - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" LA Photocall

Another quite gorgeous batch of photos of Matt Smith at the LA photocall for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" have emerged.  They're also in the Who-Natic Gallery and are courtesy of zimbio.com.

Photos - Matt Smith - "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" - LA Photocall

Matt Smith joined his fellow "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" cast members for a special photocall at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, California yesterday.  The photos below are also in the Who-Natic Gallery and are courtesy of zimbio.com, JustJared.com and the Daily Mail.