In the split universe that is Neill Blomkamp's summer action movie "Elysium," the 'haves' live, quite literally, a world above the 'have-nots.' And what the 'haves' have, on their pain-free ...

Elysium is a movie with a lot of aspirations to greatness, but it fails miserably to live up to its promise. Still, it has some incredible scenes and ideas. Here’s the breakdown. There are major ...

It's an important, fun, gutsy film (see my "Elysium" movie review on SPACE.com). But to this longtime space enthusiast (read: "geek"), Blomkamp’s appropriation of a ring-world as an icon of evil ...

By Todd McCarthy A politically charged flight of speculative fiction makes an exciting launch, only to tailspin into an ungainly crash landing in Elysium. Coming in the wake of After Earth and ...

“Elysium” is a heavier lift. Like some of the best sci-fi movies, it draws strength from a great idea. Then it settles for crunching battles and predictability. Like Max, it loses what made it ...

“Elysium” isn’t just a movie with a message. It’s a movie with a thuddingly obvious political perspective and agenda. It is also, however, a first-rate action movie, as well as a one of ...

But Elysium is inaccessible to foreigners - that ... problem,” said Foster about the character she plays. Blomkamp’s movie is an allegory about many of today’s problems: poverty and ...

For his follow-up Blomkamp was given a hefty $100 million dollar budget and an A list star in Matt Damon for his dystopian Sci-Fi epic Elysium. Elysium is set in 2154 and once again Blomkamp has ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you're a sci-fi fan, then you're really going enjoy the new movie "Elysium." But let's be honest, if you're expecting something as good as "District 9" then you might be ...

And believe me, “Elysium” is the movie that everybody needs to see. Everybody! Granted, critics were right about “Elysium,” but they were right in the wrong way. “Elysium” is a bad ...

The film is called Elysium and it is set way in the future in 2154. In this new future the world is divided into the haves and the have-nots, with the poor living in slum-like conditions on the ...