Welcome to Zombieland, a post-zombie-apocalyptic America caused by a bad case of hamburgers. First-time film director Fleischer takes audiences into a not-too-distant future where the culture you know (and perhaps love) is gone, leaving behind abandoned cars, empty theme parks and ever-elusive Twinkies. A dark rollercoaster ride combining the best parts of zombie horror films and buddy-comedies, who knew the collapse of civilisation as we know it could be so much fun?

College student Columbus (Eisenberg) is on his way back home to Columbus, Ohio, to see if his parents have survived (the characters refer to themselves by hometowns, not names). Surviving the initial outbreak by adopting special zombie-survival rules (e.g. #1 Cardio, #3 Beware of Bathrooms, #22 When in doubt, know your way out, etc.) he encounters tough guy Tallahassee (Harrelson) and this unlikely duo quickly join con-sisters Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) on a road trip across Zombieland. Their goal? The Pacific Playland theme park in L.A., rumoured to be one of the few zombie-free places left.

An always-entertaining romp, Zombieland proves that the horror genre can still be relevant and often hilarious. Although not as witty as Shaun of the Dead, the Hollywood approach adds fantastic action sequences and unexpected cameos instead, fleshing out three-dimensional characters placed in surprisingly not-always-hopeless situations. It may not be a masterpiece of cinema to an auteur, but it’s charming, clever and escapist approach just confirms rule #32: Enjoy the little things.

Sam Bell (Rockwell) is an engineer on a long-haul contract as the sole human operator of an automated mining base on the moon. His sole companion is the robot A.I. that runs the base, GERTY (voiced by Spacey). The live communication feed to Earth has been cut off for months, slowly driving Sam stir-crazy.

Heading out for a relatively routine repair on one of his harvesters, Sam has a terrible accident. After awakening back at the base, he starts to doubt that he is alone. Something is definitely amiss and finding out what will completely change his perception of life.

Rockwell pretty much plays the whole film alone, doing a wonderful job of capturing the deteriorating mental condition of his character. His tight performance makes this story, which hinges entirely on the one character, come off perfectly.

Moon is a brilliant debut feature from director Duncan Jones, who manages a huge amount with an obviously limited budget. Excellent and cleverly done effects are one of those successes. Touching on mental fragility and ethics with some purely mind-bending storytelling, Moon is a modern science fiction classic.