The new trailer for Monsters, Gareth Edwards' giant mutant monster movie, is out, and it really reminds me of District 9. Not only in terms of the "alien culture has invaded Earth and this is the cultural/societal fallout" set-up, but also in the level of anticipation I have for the movie after seeing it.
Man alive last week was a busy one on the movie front.
The other day I read an interview with Terri Tatchell, the co-writer of District 9, in which she mentioned that she was thinking of adapting a short film for her next project. The film is called Terminus. It’s on YouTube.
It wasn’t all that long ago that we dared to speculate that 2010 might be the year when sci-fi finally returns to a place of prominence at the Oscars ceremony.
The National Board of Review just released its list of the top 10 films of 2009 – an announcement that matters only because they are the first every year to proclaim the best films. So, in theory, they have some influence when it comes to giving frontrunners momentum.
Dear Academy:
DISTRICT 9, Johannesburg (AP) — In the wake of its recent Nigerian ban, the film District 9 has also been banned in District 9. Citing images of the district’s alien inhabitants as “filthy, violent, cat food-eating bug-monsters,” Hive Drone Overseer Prime Martin Anderson forbid the film’s showing within the perimeter of the penned-off home of [...]
Next week Time is going to run a piece about District 9. I won’t be writing it, because I’m not a movie critic. But I did have a chat with the director, Neill Blomkamp, and the piece will be using quotes from that conversation. I was going to chop the interview down into manageable bits [...]
