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Tag Archives: District 9
Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
The Taking of Pelham 123 Rush hour… Denzel Washington and John Travolta star in this thriller about the hijacking of a New York subway train. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading
Avatar, The Hurt Locker and An Education get loved up by BAFTA
The luvies at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have just announced their nominations for this year’s BAFTAs and surprises are in fairly short supply. James Cameron’s eco-friendly sci-fi blockbuster Avatar looks set to be one of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, News
Tagged A Single Man, An Education, Audrey Tautou, avatar, BAFTA, Carey Mulligan, Coco Before Chanel, Crazy Heart, District 9, Gabourey Sidibe, George Clooney, Ian Serkis, Inglourious Basterds, james cameron, Jeremy Renner, Kathryn Bigelow, Meryl Streep, Nowhere Boy, precious, quentin tarantino, Saoirse Ronan, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll., The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
District 9 Illegal aliens… A bureaucrat’s attempts to relocate a stranded alien species from a refugee camp in Johannesburg go awry in this Peter (Lord of the Rings) Jackson produced sci-fi. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged Christian Bale, District 9, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, inglorious basterds, Philip Seymour Hoffman, quentin tarantino, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, The Boat That Rocked, The Final Destination, the hangover, The Hurt Locker, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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The Best Movies of 2009
Vampires, aliens and wizards fought it out at the box office in 2009, but the year at the cinema wasn’t just about blockbusters. Plenty of fine movies reached the screens with much less hype and from places other than Hollywood. … Continue reading
Out on DVD | District 9 – Satirical sci-fi splatterfest outsmarts Hollywood
Working with a reported budget of $30million, but with invaluable aid from heavy-hitting producer Peter Jackson, first-time director Neill Blomkamp came up with the startling District 9, a sci-fi thriller that combined sitcom-style humour, provocative satire and gross-out horror – … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases
Tagged apartheid, District 9, Johannesburg, Neill Blomkamp, Peter Jackson, Sci-fi, Sharlto Copley, South Africa, UFO
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Win a copy of District 9 on Blu-ray
This competition has now closed. Peter Jackson put on his producer’s hat for the critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller District 9, which comes out on Blu-ray and DVD on 28th December. With Jackson at his back, first-time director Neill Blomkamp came … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, DVD Releases
Tagged Blu-ray competition, District 9, Neill Blomkamp, Peter Jackson, Sci-fi, Sharlto Copley, South Africa
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News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty…
Hollywood studios are feeling the recession as much as any other business and want to move away from accepting the pay demands made by A-list stars on the grounds that the past year has seen small films with unknown actors … Continue reading
Posted in News, News Hound
Tagged avatar, bel ami, Céline Dion, disctrict 9, District 9, Duplicity, Funny People, georges duroy, Hollywood, i see you, james horner, Land of the Lost, leona lewis, my heart will go on, new moon, Robert Pattinson, simon frangle, the hangover, the hunt for gollum, the vatican, Titanic, Twilight, Uma Thurman
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Fame On song… A reinvention of the original 1980 hit film, this musical movie follows a group of talented students at a performing arts school. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases
Tagged 500 Days of Summer, Bruce Willis, Charles Darwin, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, Creation, District 9, Dorian Gray, fame, Gamer, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oscar Wilde, Robert Downey Jr, Surrogates, The Final Destination, The Soloist
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
District 9 Illegal aliens… A bureaucrat’s attempts to relocate a stranded alien species from a refugee camp in Johannesburg go awry in this Peter (Lord of the Rings) Jackson produced sci-fi. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading
