Catch a zombie (or three) on Thursday

We're still a couple of weeks away from Halloween, but local movie theaters are already showing trick-of-treat spirit. Case in point: At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the Garland Theater will screen the 2009 comic-horror flick "Zombieland."

Here's how IMDB describes the film: "A shy student (Jesse Eisenberg) trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie (Woody Harrelson), and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park (Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin) join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America."

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: "For rambunctious laughs, you can hardly beat Zombieland, a pedal-to-the-metal mix of ghoul gore, smartmouth humor and filmmaking savvy."

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: "Let's just say that if laughter distinguishes humans from zombies, then you'll know just how human you are after the quartet's visit to a mansion in Los Angeles."

Claudia Puig, USA Today: "The humor is vicious and the supporting cast is viscous. But underlying the carnage in Zombieland is a sweetly beating heart."

The treat, though, is that the film will be introduced by Nathan Weinbender, Music and Film Editor for the Inlander (and my partner on the Spokane Public Radio show "Movies 101"). Make sure to ask Nathan if he's going to hold a post-screening discussion.

Oh, and costumes are optional.