This is a short and hard hitting sci-fi from Neill Blomkamp. Mankind is suffering badly at the hands of cruel alien invaders. The South African director is already well established thanks to titles like District 9 and Elysium. Watch out for Sigourney Weaver as a bad-ass human boss. Rakka is the first project from Blomkamp’s […]
Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie trailer is loaded with feels
Is Chappie the new Johnny Five? Short Circuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXwichuGW28 Neill Blomkamp (Distict 9) is back with another sci-fi. Chappie follows the story of a human coming to terms with people and people coming to terms with it. It stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver and Hugh Jackman. The marketing I’ve seen […]
A review of Elysium: The Art of the Film
Elysium: The Art of the Film is a glossy hardback from Titan Publishing and Sony Pictures. The book has a forward by writer/director Neil Blomkamp and then Mark Salisbury takes over. The movie is set in the future, in 2154, when two classes of people exist; the very wealthy who live a life of perfection […]
Elysium trailer
We’ve been waiting a while for Neill Blomkamp to follow on from District 9. Now we have the first trailer for his Elysium. You’ll see similar themes. The movie stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Set in 2159 the movie follows an attempt to try and bring equality to the very different worlds […]