South Africa

Invictus (review)

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Hoorah! Nelson Mandela united South Africans, black and white, and overcame their long-held suspicions and hatred and bigotries in the postapartheid upheaval by getting them to refocus their hate on Australia and New Zealand. Or at least on their stupid rugby players. Hoorah!

more from Neill Blomkamp on ‘District 9’

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I’m totally obsessed with District 9, and I don’t care who knows it. I haven’t been this gripped by a movie in years: it’s almost like being in love: I can’t wait to see it again. (I’m gonna have some time to kill on Thursday evening before my midnight show of The Final Destination, and … more…

trailer break: ‘District 9’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… What a truly intriguing trailer! It teases you into thinking it’s gonna be a documentary about racism and segregation in South Africa… and then it turns into a trailer for a science fiction film — perhaps one that’s done in a documentary style — about specism and … more…