In 2009, writer/director Neill Blomkamp got the film world’s attention with District 9, a powerful sci-fi allegory that examined the vagaries of Apartheid that plagued his native South Africa. Inventive, uncompromising and a reminder that the best futuristic fiction deals with issues of today, the movie ended up scoring an Academy Award nomination for Best […]
haves and have nots
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Purge lacks the strength of its flimsy convictions
James DeMonaco’s The Purge hints – and I mean hints – that it might be a socially relevant film that imagines that today’s divide between the “Haves” and the “Have Nots” will develop into a blood sport in the near future. Its premise of Social Darwinism in action is an intriguing one and, in braver […]
