I didn’t mean to get so “film nerdy” lately, but then one can’t help it when there’s great ones coming out of the woodwork, and one after the other even. Along with the previous documentary posted, these are just a few in a surprisingly hefty list of good movies coming out in the following months. So in an effort to shine a light on some of the better, yet lesser advertised ones, your probably going to catch me posting a couple more within the week.

Here’s the latest from the extremely talented filmmaker Neil Blomkamp. Now if your anything like me, let’s not pretend he’s a household name here. The other day was the first time I’ve ever heard of this guy, but after going through a list of the previous commercial work and short films he’s done, I’m close to a 100% sure that you’ve seen, or have been forced linked to watch one or the other. Off the top of my head, Transforming Citroens, and Adicolor Cyborgs might ring a bell, yes, that’s him, and here’s the latest from this brilliant film maker, this is District 9.

The film is basically what happens when you cross incredibly good short film, Alive in Joburg, with an ideal proponent, shit loads of money. It wouldn’t hurt to throw Pete Jackson in the whole equation as a fail safe. The movie, like the short film it’s based off is about a race of aliens that get stranded on Earth, and having no means to leave begin settling down where they landed, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Now, I know what your thinking, great sci-fi flick yea? Wrong. Please don’t fail to read in between the lines with this movie. A lot of District 9′s beauty comes from the issues that, initially, a dense male human brain might not be able to understand, off the bat. My favorite being this irony on how the people of South Africa are reacting to the newer minority of “non-humans” living in their area. How people, who were once the ones being discriminated quite badly, are so quick and keen to do unto others, once the opportunity presents itself to them. It touches on human nature, again, as to how we deal with things that are different, things that we choose not to understand, things we fear.

With that said, all that is left is to keep our fingers, and maybe even our toes crossed. Hopefully this will be showing in a cinema, near you, soon.