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9 best sci-fi movies on Prime Video for a world-rattling escape

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In 2009, writer/director Neill Blomkamp broke through with his feature debut by bringing an extraterrestrial premise to Earth in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. Rather than invasion-focused horror, Blomkamp empathized with the resident aliens, who are ghettoized and terrorized by humans/government agents.

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Reading List: 50 Scifi Books Featuring AR and VR Technology

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher in the South Africa of tomorrow, realizes something is wrong on the network. He and the other wizards form a cabal to keep their true identities — their True Names — secret to avoid prosecution by their “Great Adversary” — the government of the United States. Upload , by Mark McClelland.