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District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Talks Sequel Possibilities

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District 9 has only been in theaters for two weeks, but critical buzz combined with sizable box-office returns has made everyone, including director Neill Blomkamp, mighty excited about the possibility of a sequel to the summer's sci-fi success story. Folks who haven't seen the movie yet should tread no further. Here there be spoilers:...  read more

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The 11 Best Villainous Species in all of Science Fiction

Whereas your typical Bond villain only wants to take over the earth, most of the dreamed-up civilizations below eat planets like earth for lunch—though our homeworld itself usually lies just beyond their grasp, thanks to often unappreciated heroic maneuvers of the good guys. When we imagine the great beyond, it's not the benign creatures out there that get the blood flowing, but the monstrous, treacherous aliens that would enslave or destroy the galaxy. Science fiction allows us to take up the banner of Us Against Them, where we are free to see Them without humanity, pity or compassion. We long...  read more

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Halo Trilogy soundtrack previews Halo Wars

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With Halo 3 having been released last fall and Halo: Wars...  read more

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Halo 3 spin-off announced for Fall 2009

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Another Halo game for the Xbox 360 was a given; it is Microsoft's killer-app, mega-selling franchise, after all. So it certainly came as no surprise when Bungie, makers of all things Halo, announced a spin-off called Halo 3: Recon that will star a main character who isn't Master Chief....  read more

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