Written by Mike Shaw
Published on 20 Dec 2009
Directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, District 9 is a gore-packed explosion of a million different ingredients. Part documentary, part balls-out action spectacular, D9 has comedy, tragedy, horror, action, great CGI and superb acting.
The extra-terrestrial reimagining of apartheid is available on Blu-ray and DVD and we have a copy to give away along with a top-notch Sony Blu-ray player.
Bonus materials on the Blu-ray and DVD include commentary with director/co-writer Neill Blomkamp, deleted scenes and the three-part documentary The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log. Meanwhile the Blu-ray version also has four exclusive featurettes.
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District 9 is available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD from December 28, 2009.
Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 17 Dec 2009
More than 15 years in the making and reportedly the most expensive film ever made, Avatar is not so much the most eagerly awaited movie of the year as the most eagerly awaited movie *event*.
Director James Cameron does not do small or modest, his movies tend to be lavish affairs. They also tend to be overly long and a good half hour could have been shaved off the 161 minute running time without losing any of this film’s momentum or plotline. That said, what is actually up there on screen really is cutting edge stuff; 3D CGI takes you right to the heart of the alien world of Pandora giving you a ringside seat into the action. But this isn’t any old sci-fi movie, this is an eco-warrior sci-fi action movie, with a powerful message about the environment.
Continue reading “CINEMA: Avatar, part 2” »
Written by Mike Shaw
Published on 17 Dec 2009
We don’t usually do this, but the execution of this trailer for Daybreakers is too cool to ignore.
The film itself looks pretty meh (dear Hollywood, we’re over vampires), but click on the picture below, and then tell us it’s not a super-cool way of promoting a movie.
Written by Mark Cappuccio
Published on 15 Dec 2009
One of the perks of being an Oscar-winner and self-proclaimed ‘king of the world’, is that you can take a 12 year holiday and then return with something that heralds the next generation of filmmaking.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 15 Dec 2009
It’s time to embrace your inner child (if that inner child just happens to be a hyperactive nine-year-old boy with an attitude problem) in Spike Jonze’s hugely imaginative, if not always entirely successful, adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s much-loved book.
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