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Everyone loves a good zombie movie, right? And thanks to Shaun of the Dead, we also know that everyone loves a good zombie comedy. Zombieland, coming out in October, looks like it’ll be a solid entry in the second category.

The trailer just came out on Apple Trailers. At lot of the time with comedies, I feel like all the funny bits are in the trailer and there’s no point to watching the movie (looking at you, Semi-Pro). With the Zombieland trailer, though, I get the feeling that this is just the tip of the undead iceberg.

File this under “just plain awesome.” Remember all the great music from Battlestar Galactica? The brilliant fusion of rock and ethnic traditions? If you move fast, you can experience it in person.

July 23-25, during Comic Con, Bear McCreary is putting on a concert performance of the music he wrote for BSG. It will take place at San Diego’s House of Blues. If you’ll be in the area and have the cash, this will definitely be a concert you want to catch.

Every good fan loves debating which movies are the best or worst of a particular category. For reference, see the Empire vs. Jedi debate in Clerks.

With this in mind, check out the list of 2009’s best sci-fi over at GFR. You’ll find what you expect (Star Trek) and a few surprise entries, like Crank: High Voltage.

I normally don’t go in for analyzing and re-analyzing photos, trailers, and everything else used to drum up anticipation for a movie (especially one that’s a year from coming out). But /film has found some interesting links between the two Iron Man 2 photos we have so far.

If you’re starving for Iron Man 2 information, you might check it out. For me, the most interesting aspect was how much a modern digital photograph from a movie’s PR department can be zoomed-in and still be sharp and clear.

The trailer for The Road (based on the book by Cormac McCarthy) is available at Apple Trailers. Having read the book recently, it’s not exactly what I was expecting.

I read The Road in February, in hopes that the movie would get a release date soon. It was very good, but I remember thinking, “if they make a faithful adaptation, it will be the most depressing movie ever.”

Based on the trailer, it looks like the filmmakers dealt with this (at least partially) by playing up any action scenes in the book. Sometimes this works well for adaptations and sometimes it destroys the heart of the work.

I’m also wondering what they did with the story’s end. I don’t think that they need to be 100% faithful to the book to have a good ending, but it will have to be strong to make the rest of the movie work.

The Road (currently) has a release date of October 16, 2009.