Tag: District 9
Box-Office Review: August 28-30, 2009
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.30, 2009, under Box-Office Review, Movies, Quentin Tarantino
As I recall, I predicted that Halloween II and The Final Destination would not both have good opening weekends, and in that, I was correct.
However, I was dead wrong about which one would be an achiever and which would be a loser.
Fresh Out of the Oven: August at the Movies
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.29, 2009, under Movies, Quentin Tarantino
Somehow, I’ve managed to not write many reviews lately, so let’s take some time and play a moderately quick game of catch-up, with brief reviews of Ponyo, District 9, (500) Days of Summer, Inglourious Basterds, and Rob Zombie’s Halloween II. No spoilers to be wary of.
Box-Office Review: August 21-23, 2009
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.24, 2009, under Box-Office Review, Movies, Quentin Tarantino
Say, uh … remember last week, when I suggested that it might be a close battle between Inglourious Basterds and Shorts?
Box-Office Review: August 14-16, 2009
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.18, 2009, under Box-Office Review, Movies
A fairly bustling weekend for this part of the summer, it was a good time to be in the sci-fi business, with four out of the top five films falling into that genre.
Box-Office Review: August 7-9, 2009
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.10, 2009, under Box-Office Review, Movies
All writer/directors who are now three-for-three at the box-office, please take one step forward.
Where you goin’, Judd Apatow?
District 9’s unique advertising campaign
by MadWatchStudios on Jul.15, 2009, under Movies
District 9 has launched a great “guerrilla marketing” campaign to advertise the new movie. Most of the advertisements emphasize that the location you’re in is a “human only” area and that “non-humans” are restricted. This is pitch perfect advertising in my opinion. It’s always better to create some curiosity about something and let the audience look into it further. Here are some of the advertisements that have been seen in major cities:
Executive-Shaming New Trailer for “District 9″ Sure to Make Your Willy Wobble
by Honk Mahfah on Jul.09, 2009, under Movies
First, watch this, the full trailer for director Neill Blomkamp’s District 9:
Then, amuse yourself by thinking about the various studio executives who are – probably right at this very moment — weeping in bathrooms, hoping nobody will walk in and catch them shedding tear over having scuttled Blomkamp’s Halo movie for fear that the director was an unproven quantity.
Well, if that trailer is any standard of measure, it looks like producer Peter Jackson was right all along (big surprise): Blomkamp was, in fact, the dude that project needed.
New Poster for District 9
by The Dark Defender on Jul.06, 2009, under Movies
Sony Pictures has debuted a new poster for their new sci-fi/pseudo-documentary film District 9.
The film is scheduled to be released August 14. A new trailer is scheduled to be released with Bruno this week.
“District 9″ Teaser Trailer Debuts
by Honk Mahfah on May.03, 2009, under Movies
The first teaser trailer for District 9 – the Peter Jackson-produced, Neill Blomkamp-directed flick about refugee camps for aliens in South Africa — has been released by Sony.
Scheduled for release on August 14, the film is the first feature for Blomkamp, who is possibly best known as the director Jackson chose to helm the never-produced Halo movie.
