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THE WALKING DEAD: Season 1: episode 1Director : Frank DarabontScreenplay: Charlie Adlard, Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Tony MooreCast: Andrew Lincoln, John Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie HoldenRunning time: 66 minutesThe Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Itfollows a small group of survivors, traveling across the desolate UnitedStates in search of a new home away from the shuffling hordes of theundead. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a sheriff’s deputy in asmall Georgia town before the zombie outbreak. As their situation growsmore precarious, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to thebrink of insanity. At every turn they are faced with the unspeakable horrorsthat come from having the dead walk again, as well as facing hostility fromthe scattered remains of a struggling human populace who are focused ontheir own survival, now that the structures of society have collapsed.When rumors were confirmed that director Frank Darabont (The ShawshankRedemption, The Green Mile, The Mist) was working with producer GaleAnne Hurd (The Terminator movies) on an television adaptation of thebestselling zombie comics by Robert Kirkman, the series soon became oneof the most anticipated shows in TV history. And you will not bedisappointed. The first season of The Walking Dead was hailed by criticsnot as one of the best horror series in recent years but simply as one of thebest TV series in recent years, period ! Darabont has captured Kirkman’soppressive world in breathtaking detail and with a cinematic and emotional scope that far exceeds the littlescreen. Now the Bifff, in collaboration with Be.Tv, will give you an exclusive preview by screening the pilotepisode of season one. Do not miss this unique opportunity !THE WARDA John Carpenter filmScreenplay : Michael & Shawn RasmussenCast : Amber Heard, Lyndsy Fonseca,Danielle Panabaker, Jared Harris, Mamie Gummer,Mika Boorem, Sydney Sweeney, Laura Leigh, Milos Milicevic, Sean Cook, Jillian Kramer, Sali Sayler, D.R. Anderson, R.J. Hampton,Susanna Burney, Tracy SchornickRunning time: 88 min1966. Kristen, a scantily clad young woman, runs through the woods, with thepolice hot on her heels. She manages to reach an abandoned farmhouse, whichshe promptly torches before the cops can arrest her. She wakes up in a psychiatrichospital without any memories of how she got there. Kristen is put under the careof Dr. Stringer, who places her with a group of four other traumatized girls andsubjects them to a new kind of therapy. Of course they’re supposed to get better,but the thing is that no one has ever left the ward; at least not officially, becausemany former residents simply vanished without a trace.The Ward is Master of Horror John Carpenter’s first feature since 2001’s Ghosts ofMars and it looks like the director of Halloween, The Thing and Escape From NewYork is still capable of delivering the goods. It even feels like a relief to see anatmospheric horror flic of the kind they used to make in the 70ties, but providedwith top notch contemporary camerawork and sound design. And Carpenterdemonstrates that he can still use his considerable arsenal of horror and shock effects to maximum effect.With scream queen Amber Heard (All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, Drive Angry) as Kristen and Jared Harris(Tv’s Mad Men and The Fringe) as the sinister Dr. Stringer.56