If you were disappointed that Lupita Nyong’o was not cast in the new Charlie’s Angels movie, don’t be. One, the movie looks bad. Two, she’s in a new movie fighting a much cooler battle: zombies!
Don’t let the ukulele fool you: in Little Monsters, she plays the sweet kindergarten teacher Miss. Caroline, who must keep her cool when a school field trip is sidetracked by a zombie invasion. And while Nyong’o knows how to lead a terrifying horror film, having just starred in Jordan Peele’s Us (her throaty voice as Red still haunts me), Little Monsters is definitely a comedy. “Who remembers how to play Tag?” she asks her clueless pack of kids, pointing to zombies ambling over to feast on their flesh. “Well, those people out there are it.”
