Movies out today: Sci-fi, fantasy and false identities
Three new films open in South Africa today, offering a mix of escapism and special effects. Last Updated: August 30, 2013
We review Elysium – Not bad but uneven second sci-fi effort from writer-director Neill Blomkamp
When writer-director Neill Blomkamp burst onto the scene in an explosion of bloody alien gibs and “fooking prawns” with District 9, two things happened: 1) Hollywood, and the world, was introduced to a brave new filmmaking voice that wasn’t afraid to take some violent, visceral risks while still engaging the ol’ grey matter; and 2) the bar for his next …
Badass new trailer for ELYSIUM is here! Elevated heart rate detected!
And Trailer Thursday spills over into Trailer Friday! And while that doesn’t have quite the same alliteration zing, we don’t really care, because when you kick off Trailer Friday with this ridiculously good looking new trailer for Elysium, which features more story details and a hell of a lot more action, then grammatical devices suddenly don’t seem so important any more. …
Get your mech on with these new ELYSIUM photos
So, after months of waiting, and with the complete film getting pushed back to a better time for Sony to make ka-ching onomatopeiah, the trailer for Neil “Blerry prawns” Blomkamp’s Elysium finally found itself a decent release window to begin teasing us with. And you know what? I like what I see. Sure, it’s only a trailer, but holy hell, …
Matt Damon is hunted to the edge of the Earth in this amazing first trailer for Neil Blomkamp's ELYSIUM
The trailer for Elysium – ex-local boytjie writer-director Neil Blomkamp’s second film after the amazing District 9 – is finally here. Some lucky folks saw snippets of this at Comic-Con 2012 and promptly lost their minds. The rest of us have had to wait for that honour as despite the fact that the film has been done, sitting on a shelf, for a …
Extras! Everybody Steps Up,Jodie Foster's Golden Globes speech, A drum battle into Oblivion, Arnold talks Conan, Meet the Wizard and friends and Michael Fassbender has a really big……. plastic head! Plus much more!
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: January 14, 2013
And the Golden Globe goes to…
…Tina Fey and Amy Poehler! The SNL funnywomen killed it as hosts at the Golden Globes this morning, proving that pretending to be wasted on stage is a lot funnier than actually being wasted on stage. You taking notes, James Franco? But faux-drunk comediennes are not why we’re here (well some of us at least), so hit the jump for …
Fookin' Prawns! First look at a villainous Sharlto Copley from ELYSIUM
News on Neill Blomkamp’s second sci-fi film, Elysium, has been very hush-hush and besides a plot synopsis and a few stills of Matt Damon from the film, there is quite a lot we still don’t know but finally, we can put a face to one of the antagonists of the film. Last Updated: January 7, 2013
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