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The Real District 9: Cape Town's District Six

newsweek.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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Science fiction has always provided the best metaphors for isolation and anomie, and District 9--the two-week-old box-office hit from South African di...

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Delayed Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (08/23/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shorts, Scott Mendelson, Julie and Julia, Movies, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Robert Rodriguez, Box Office, District 9, Brad Pitt, Post Grad, Harvey Weinstein, Alexis Bledel, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.

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Looking For District 9

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Jackie K. Cooper

District 9 is one of those movies that comes to the screen out of the blue with no name actors and no real appeal except in this case it is produced by Peter Jackson.

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Q&A: Sci-Fi Director Neill Blomkamp Describes Life in District 9 As No Picnic

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Brad Balfour

"I felt like half of my mind wanted to make some serious film about these topics and the other half wanted to make a bloody genre film, "said Blomkamp. "And then I thought maybe I'll be able to do both."

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District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Will Menaker

Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

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Warren Holstein

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

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'District 9' Wins Weekend Box Office At $37M

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — The first-time director and cast of unknowns of the acclaimed sci-fi thriller "District 9" have given Hollywood a late-summer box-...

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Science Fiction Double Feature: District 9 pops, Time Traveler's Wife flops

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Time Traveler's Wife, District 9, Philippa Boyens, Eric Bana, Audrey Niffenegger, Richard Taylor, Prawns, An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, The Fly, Rachel McAdams, David Cronenberg, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

What we're seeing with movies such as these is not the literal manifestation of remakes, but a sort of cinematic cannibalism, rather than invention.

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Movie Review: District 9

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

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Marshall Fine

The "wow" factor in Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is huge -- so much so that it would be easy to overlook what a soulful, tragically heroic story it is.

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