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Neill Blomkamp: The Road To Gran Turismo

Andrew Dex — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:00:36 +0000

With Gran Turismo racing into the theatres, it’s time to look back at the Neill Blomkamp filmography, which is a writing/directing portfolio that is very Sci-Fi. District 9 Began The Neill Blomkamp Filmography When it comes to modern Sci-Fi movies that you can’t ignore, District 9 is very high on this particular list. It’s a ...

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Review: Elysium

Elliot Hopper — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 23:33:34 +0000

Elysium is a science fiction film, written, co-produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp. The film has a runtime of 109 minutes, is rated R, and was created on a semi-modest budget of $115 million. Most notably it is Blomkamp’s second feature film, following his release of District 9 (2009). District 9 was a low ...

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How is Summer 2013 film wise stacking up for you so far?

Elliot Hopper — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:20:51 +0000

At The Movie Blog, we’re always looking ahead to see what is up and coming each respective week at the box office. It becomes somewhat of a laundry list especially to what we can cover and review, but also just as movie fans ourselves what to watch next. After all we LOVEFilM and it’s ...

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Remember Elysium? here’s the new trailer!

Anthony Whyte — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:08:46 +0000

In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined planet. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the crime and poverty that is now rampant throughout the land. The only ...

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First Look at Sharlto Copley in Elysium

Anthony Whyte — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:29:18 +0000

Here’s the first image of Sharlto Copley in Elysium the film directed by South African sensation Neil Blomkamp and starring possible senatorial candidate Matt Damon. Check out the grisly first photo of Copley in the film and let’s continue to try to piece together just what the hell this film is all about: ...

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Our first new Elysium photo in four months

Anthony Whyte — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:49:04 +0000

Yes, it’s true. It’s been four long months since Erik posted our last image of bald Matt Damon handling a Halo-esque space gun. Four long months and in that time there’s been an absolute dearth of information for a film surrounded in so much secrecy you’d think they were working on something that was ...

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Hey, you remember Elysium? Wanna know what it’s about?

Anthony Whyte — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:55:32 +0000

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard a peep from that Elysium film that south African director Neil Blomkamp filmed between July and December of last year. The one we hoped would be released maybe this year but won’t really be released until like 2013? Yeah, I know it’s ringing some bells in your head ...

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