Elysium is the new science fiction film from South African writer, producer and director Neill Blomkamp. His last film was the excellent District 9 which was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2010 ...

Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) delivers his science-fiction film, "Elysium". The film portrays Earth as a dirty, poverty-dominated land with citizens scrambling for food, water and shelter.

Elysium is Neil Blomkamps big budget Hollywood movie. It was released in August, the part of summer that is usually the risky business month for Hollywood. I viewed this movie opening weekend after ...

'District 9' writer-director Neill Blomkamp delivers a less dazzling but absorbing and intelligent bit of futurism. Expectations can weigh heavily on a young director (Blomkamp is all of 33) who comes ...

The film is visually amazing. The majority of it takes place in a raw, dark-looking, ruined environment. When we witness the futuristic elements of this world, including the robots, the set design, ...

Movie stars shouldn’t be subject to the rules of gravity, as we mere mortals are. One of the great pleasures of watching actors is to see them move, and when yesterday’s youngsters start creaking, we ...

Though many pin the blame on the whiz-bang success of Star Wars, Hollywood science fiction films (or, more despairingly, Syfy movies) have long had a preoccupation with spectacle over ideas. Social ...

Set in the year 2154, where the extremely wealthy have taken refuge from a polluted and ruined Earth, a man reluctantly takes on a mission that could bring equality to the two worlds. Director Neill ...