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Neill Blomkamp is the best thing to happen to the Alien franchise in decades

Back in January Neill Blomkamp, the director of District 9, Elysium and the forthcoming Chappie posted online some intriguing fan/concept art for an as-yet-announced project related to the now floundering Alien franchise. The art featured some very intriguing illustrations of not only Sigourney Weaver as an almost fully evolved Ripley/xenomorph hybrid but also Michael Biehn as a battle scarred Corporal Hicks. At the time nobody knew what they were for:

ELYSIUM Trailer

Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming movie Elysium is themed with the fear of the other and the poor. Matt Damon takes on the battle for equality in an exoskeleton.

GRAN TURISMO: A Decently Built Racing Drama

There’s a lot of hard work under the hood of Gran Turismo that narrowly crosses the finish line of a compelling racing film.

DEMONIC Trailer

A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are revealed.

Sheffield Doc/Fest Part 3: Five Gems From The Doc/Player

Now that Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 is behind us, Musanna Ahmed takes to the fest’s Doc/Player and reviews five of the films on the streaming platform.

Interview With Jason James, Director Of ENTANGLEMENT

We spoke with Jason James, director of the upcoming comedy-drama Entanglement, which will be released on February 9th.

Staff Inquiry: Director’s Cinematic Worlds We Want To Inhabit

In our latest collaboration, we discuss cinematic worlds we want to live in, ranging from John Ford’s Westerns to Jacques Demy’s musicals.

So-Bad-It’s-Better-Than-Mediocre: On The Craft & Language Of Trash Films

If we can accept aesthetic subversion as a form of commentary or aesthetic, why do we still consider trash films as some sort of failures?

Movies Opening in Cinemas On March 6

Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Chappie, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Unfinished Business.

CHAPPIE Trailer

Technology in the last few decades has grown by leaps and bounds. Very few could fathom the thought of a wireless telephone or even a smart phone during the lifetime of Alexander Graham Bell. Now we have the internet, various devices that require the internet, and soon enough, replacements for those who use the internet and related devices.

What’s Your Favorite Film Theme And Which Movie Did It Best?

Every month, the team of Film Inquiry is posed a question. This month, the question is “what is your favorite film theme, and which movie did it best?” You can read the answers of the individual team members who chose to participate below!

ELYSIUM Is Much More Than a Brainless Action Movie

In Elysium, the world has gone to shit. It is heavily polluted and poverty has risen to extremely high levels – the ghettos stretch as far as you can see. This is where the poor working class lives.

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