Tag: district 9

8: ‘Elysium’ Starring Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley

Posted: August 12, 2013 at 1:02 pm   /   Film, Local, Reel Spoilers

This week on Reel Spoilers we bust out our flux capacitors and travel forward in time to 2154 for Neill Blomkamp’s latest work, Elysium. Blake and Dan were gone this week, so we brought in intrepid Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa Steve to discuss the film. He does such a fine job, you won’t even notice […]

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Movie Review: ‘Elysium’ Excels in the Hands of ‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp

Posted: August 9, 2013 at 7:51 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Author: Kevin Brackett Neill Blomkamp took Hollywood by surprise in 2009 with his independent Sci-Fi thriller Distict 9. The film, which starred Sharlto Copley, was based on his 2006 short film Alive in Joburg. The $30 million dollar indy flick, produced by Peter Jackson, would go on to make $210.8 million worldwide and score a […]

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Movie Review: ‘Elysium’ Starring Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley, Jodie Foster

Posted: August 8, 2013 at 7:00 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Unless you’re South African or were a huge fan of Nike’s Crab commercial, there was probably a pretty good chance that before 2009, you’d never heard of Neill Blomkamp. Hell, I still had to Google his name to make sure I spelled it right. After the release of District 9 though, one of the biggest sleeper hits […]

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Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley to Star in Neill Blomkamp’s Next Film “Elysium”

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 10:55 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie News

Would a studio pick up the follow up film from the director who made District 9?  A film from the director who took a mere $30 million and made a film that took in over $115 world wide.  A film that would be a follow up to District 9 which was loved by critics and audiences […]

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Matt Damon to Star in Neill Blomkamp’s Next Film?

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 10:55 am   /   Film, Local, Movie News

Matt Damon is one of my favorite working actors today.  This is mostly due to the Bourne trilogy, partly due to The Departed.  The man has picked some great projects in his career.  Not all of them have been great, but he has been pretty smart lately.  So what film is he looking to work […]

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New “Battle: Los Angeles” Poster

Posted: December 20, 2010 at 2:50 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie News

When I first read about Battle: Los Angeles, I was very skeptical.  It seemed like another film jumping on the coat tails of District 9.  I love District 9, but I don’t want to see this overload of films about alien invasion made on a meager budget.  I saw the posters released during Comic-Con and […]

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“District 9” Director and Star, Neill Blomkamp and Shartlo Copely Reunite for “Elysium”

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 1:52 am   /   Local, Movie News

Three years ago if you had asked someone who Neill Blomkamp and Shartlo Copely, it would have been quickly greeted with, “Who?” Although, many people on the street might still utter the same response, I wouldn’t expect it to stay that way. The two have now become a hot Hollywood commodity with the surprising critical […]

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Skyline

Posted: November 12, 2010 at 12:39 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

When I first saw the trailer for Skyline I was actually pretty excited.  District 9 was one of my favorite films of last year.  Similar to that film, Skyline boasts some impressive visual effects on a meager budget.  But the last shot of that first trailer brought me two steps back in my excitement level.  […]

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Karl Urban is “Judge Dredd”

Posted: August 16, 2010 at 11:47 am   /   Local, Movie News

Kiwi actor Karl Urban has been cast as Judge Dredd in the upcoming filmby producers Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich, who are supervising the adaptation of the comic book. The film is not a remake of the Slyvester Stallone film of the same name, but instead is based off of the original property. “The main […]

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First Look at “Battle: Los Angeles”

Posted: August 3, 2010 at 10:21 am   /   Local, Movie News

District 9 was one of my favorite films of last year.  One of my favorite parts about the film was how you really didn’t know that much about the story going into it.  The marketing team on the film did a great job.  It seemed that both critics and the general population loved it as […]

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