Calendar: Film & TV

“28 Days Later”
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Today, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Title aside, this isn’t a movie about February. It’s a
scary zombie movie from Britain. While zombie films have
historically been B-rated fare, this one is truly scary. If you
want to have a Halloween-y night to get you ready for the real
thing, British zombies may not be the first things that come to
your mind, but they’ll do the trick. Tickets are $2 at the
door.

“The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horrors
XIV”
FOX
Nov. 2, 8 p.m.
XIV means there have been 13 treehouses we’ve already seen.
Have the years really gone by that quickly? In this year’s
annual “Simpsons” Halloween spoof, Homer takes over for
the Grim Reaper, sparking comic mayhem as only “The
Simpsons” can. You know you’ve seen the commercials,
and you’re going to watch it, proving FOX right in saying
that Halloween doesn’t really end until Matt Groening and
company say it does.

“Elf”
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Nov. 4, 8 p.m.
Just to prove that Christmas comes earlier every year,
“Elf,” the first holiday movie of the season, will be
released just a week after Halloween. Catch a free sneak preview by
picking up passes in 319 Kerckhoff Hall, and don’t forget to
leave your cell phones at home if you go, because they won’t
let you take them into the movie. Nobody wants any documentation of
Will Ferrell wearing that costume. No charge.