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Review: The Witcher is the fantasy bobbins you never knew you needed

TV Review | Luke Whiston | 8th January 2020

"Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two." So goes that old maxim of the creative world. I guess what they didn't mean was "pick two things and bludgeon them into the triangle of choice with the nearest rock while screaming at it to make sense" - the two things in the case of Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher being a hollowed out Game of Thrones where we're parachuted into the lore with no explanation and left to fend for ourselves, and blinkered '90s after-school spellcasting greenscreen of death Knightmare. The result being a foul-mouthed mess that somehow defies all cynical attempts to bring it down.

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Cool live-action Halo ODST advert

Movie News | Ali | 5th September 2009

Following District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's live-action advert for Halo 3, a brand new commercial for spin-off Halo 3: ODST has popped up online - and it kicks unholy amounts of Covenant ass.

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The short films of Neill Blomkamp

Movie Feature | Ali | 13th August 2009

~~Embargo prevents me from telling you just how totally awesome District 9 is, so in the meantime,~~ here are director Neill Blomkamp's short films, including Alive In Joburg aka District 8 and a half.

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Spielberg involved with Halo movie?

Movie News | Ali | 8th August 2009

Peter Jackson ditched his take on the Halo movie after realising he didn't have enough Microsoft points to raise the budget. Fledgling director Neill Blomkamp picked himself up, dusted himself off and went and made District 9 instead. But is Steven Spielberg about to give the Master Chief mouth-to-mouth?

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