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    Here are the top 8 things to do in Houston this weekend

    Craig Lindsey
    Feb 13, 2020 | 6:00 am
    Beastly Brunch
    Flock to the Beastly Brunch at Houston Zoo this weekend.
    Photo by Daniel Ortiz/Courtesy of Houston Zoo

    It's Valentine's Day Weekend, and there will be many events couples can attend — while the single and lonesome stay home and check out the various OnlyFans pages they follow.

    Cacao & Cardamom will have a chocolate and champagne tasting on Thursday and a hands-on chocolate workshop called A Date with Chocolateon Friday and Saturday.

    The Station Theater will have not one, but two shows centered on love on Friday night. Also on Friday, Rice Village District will have a Valentine's Party on the Plaza, The Health Museum will throw the Love Bugs & Love Bites food event, and 14 Pews will screen The Princess Bride, that beloved love story. On Saturday, The Greater Houston Couples Ball will be a black-tie affair for the relationship folk, but you and that special someone can also check out '90s soul crooner Case for a special holiday show at Grooves of Houston.

    And, of course, there is this:

    Thursday, February 13

    Inspire Film Festival at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
    The ReelAbilities Film & Arts Festival isn't the only uplifting, certain-to-incite-tears-and-cheers film festival happening this weekend. This five-day, cinematic experience is dedicated to entertaining and inspiring audiences with films, speakers and events that celebrate the human spirit. This year's lineup will be centered around visionaries. More than 25 feature-length and short films highlighting local and international visionaries who inspire the world will be showcased. 5 pm.

    Brian McLean at Duncan Recital Hall
    Stop-motion animation house LAIKA has been turning out some interesting, animated flicks over the years, including Coraline, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and recent Oscar nominee/Golden Globe winner Missing Link. (Our personal favorite is the 2012 supernatural comedy ParaNorman — think The Sixth Sense, but more adorable.) Brian McLean, LAIKA's director of rapid prototype, will be here to talk about how 3D printing has helped stop-motion animation. 6:30 pm.

    Friday, February 14

    Texas Home & Garden Show at NRG Center
    The 34th Annual Texas Home & Garden Show is the premier destination for the home and garden needs of all Houstonians — especially those who pride themselves on having domiciles that don't look nasty on the outside. This three-day show covers more than 100,000 square feet, with more than a 1,000 products and services on hand, including experts and innovative home ideas. 9 am.

    Moonrise Kingdom at Landmark River Oaks
    Since the trailer for the new Wes Anderson movie dropped this week, spend this V-Day weekend watching our pick for best Wes Anderson film of the past decade (sorry, Grand Budapest Hotel fans), which will be Landmark River Oaks's midnight movie this Friday and Saturday. Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, and longtime Anderson regular Bill Murray star in the 2012 coming-of-age dramedy as the residents of a New England island town who search for a pair of preteen lovebirds. 11:59 pm.

    Saturday, February 15

    Devon Gilfillian at Cactus Music
    Have you listened to Black Hole Rainbow, the debut album from Nashville-based Devon Gilfillian? If not, you so should. It's an album full of heavy-duty R & B, soul and funk-rock we haven't stopped listening to since we heard about it. (Our favorite track is the let's-just-cut-our-losses-now breakup tune "Thank Me Later".) Of course, we're psyched that he'll be here doing a late-morning performance/meet-and-greet. So, get some coffee and doughnuts and enjoy some music from an emerging talent. 11 am.

    Houston Print Crawl 2020
    Contrary to popular belief, print is alive and well — and this inaugural event is out to make sure everyone knows that. Printmaking studios (Andis Applewhite Studio, Burning Bones Press, The Glassell Print Studio, etc.) will be opening their doors to the public, inviting attendees to explore the art of contemporary printmaking in its many different forms, including screenprinting, relief, intaglio, lithography, and more. And, at 5:30 pm, there will be an afterparty at the Foundation Room with artists and enthusiasts. Noon-5 pm.

    Sunday, February 16

    Beastly Brunch at Houston Zoo
    It's time once again to get yourself a nice brunch and spend some time with the homies in the animal kingdom. This 11th annual feast will have guests feasting on bites and sipping brunch cocktails while celebrating the Houston Zoo's feathered friends. Guests will also hear from the zoo's bird team about their diverse family of avian species and find out how they can help local birds right in their own backyards. The event will go down in the Masihara Pavilion. 11 am.

    The Sade Experience at Chapman & Kirby
    Who doesn't love Sade? Even as we're writing this, we're listening to The Neptunes's remix of "By Your Side" — and we can't stop grooving in our chair. If you've always enjoyed the music of the smooth-soul group led by the gorgeously enigmatic Sade Adu, the event planner known as Channeling Sade is throwing a party/tribute, complete with a live band performing all their greatest hits. There will also be $1000 in giveaways, complimentary drinks for the first 100 guests and a chance to win a BMW for the weekend. 7 pm-midnight.

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    Movie Review

    28 Years Later revives zombie franchise for new generation

    Alex Bentley
    Jun 20, 2025 | 5:00 pm
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams in 28 Years Later
    Photo by Miya Mizuno
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams in 28 Years Later.

    The 2000s brought two of the best zombie movies ever made in 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Both films, despite being made by different filmmakers, featured intense action with fast-moving zombies, harrowing sequences, and real emotional connections with their main characters. Now the original director and writer — Danny Boyle and Alex Garland — have returned with the first of a possible three sequels, 28 Years Later.

    The rage virus from the first two films that turns humans into insatiable monsters has successfully been contained to the United Kingdom, and one group of survivors has managed to band together on a small island off the coast of England. We’re introduced to the group through Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), his wife, Isla (Jodie Comer), and his son, Spike (Alfie Williams).

    Isla is sick with an unknown illness, while Jamie is set to take the 12-year-old Spike on his first trip to the mainland to hunt zombies. That trip not only gives Spike an education as to the different types of feral zombies that now populate England, but also a clue that other people have survived there. When he discovers that one of them may be a doctor, he makes plans to take his mother there in hopes of finding a cure for whatever ails her.

    While the first two films were notable for their brisk pace that kept the potency of the stories high, Boyle and Garland almost go in the opposite direction for much of this film. The first 90 minutes are relatively slow, with only a couple of sequences that raise the blood pressure. The final half hour or so go a long way toward filling that void, so it’s clear that the filmmakers were biding their time for the story to come in the sequel. A bit more balance in this film would have served them well, though.

    What they do show involves some weird, wild stuff that is objectively upsetting, even for fans of the genre. The zombies have evolved in strange ways, giving them a variety of body shapes and abilities to suit the environment in which they live. These storytelling choices may thrill some and have others scratching their heads. Another human character living on his own (played by Ralph Fiennes), appears to have gone the way of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, with a revelation that is bone-chilling.

    Boyle, who’s directed everything from Trainspotting to Slumdog Millionaire, doesn’t have a signature style, and he makes some choices in this film that test your patience. He occasionally employs an odd technique in which the film stutters, for a lack of better term. It’s a bit jarring, especially since it doesn’t seem to improve the storytelling. He also inserts scenes from older films involving medieval warfare that emulate the bow-and-arrow weaponry used by characters in this film, but the exact connection he’s trying to make is unclear.

    The young Williams has a lot put on his shoulders in the film, and he proves to be up to the task of carrying the story. He isn’t precocious or annoying, instead reacting almost exactly like you’d expect a boy of his age to do when faced with extreme situations. Taylor-Johnson and Comer are good complements for him, drawing him out with their polar opposite characters. Fiennes makes a huge impression in the final act of the film, while Jack O’Connell makes a very brief appearance, teasing a bigger role to come.

    It’s difficult to fully judge 28 Years Later because it’s designed to only give you part of the story; part 2, The Bone Temple, is due in 2026, while a third film will follow if the first two do well. This film has its moments and winds up on the positive side of the ledger, but it’s also a frustrating experience that could have used a more stand-alone story.

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    28 Years Later is now playing in theaters.

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