Screening Room: "9" and "The September Issue"

Published Sept. 12, 2009 at 11:35 a.m.


In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf takes a look at the animated movie "9," which seems to pay more attention to video game marketing than plot line, and a documentary about Vogue and the world of high fashion entitled "The September Issue."

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Metcalf's Screening Room: "District 9"

Published Aug. 15, 2009 at 11:32 a.m.


South African director Neill Blomkamp based this movie on a short film of his called "Alive In Joburg." It has no known stars in it, unless South African audiences know them. Peter Jackson, who directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong," produced. That alone may be enough recognition to market the film to the broad audience that it deserves. The script is wonderfully layered, the concept both frightening and funny, with all kinds of political and sociological connections. The execution is great.

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