District 9 movie screenings tonight

With all the buzz going on about sci-fi thriller, District 9, Atlanta theaters have announced midnight screenings including Regal Atlantic Station, Phipps Plaza and Regal Hollywood. Tickets are still available at most locations.

District 9 documents life after an alien ship appears on Earth, hovering above Johannesburg, South Africa in 1985. Not sure if this is a first contact scenario or an invasion, a military investigation later discovers the inhabitants of the ship are in need of assistance.  The rescue mission is a success and temporary housing is set up in an area later dubbed, “District 9.” Twenty years pass and nothing has changed; the massive alien ship still sits above the city, South African citizens grow weary of their new neighbors (nicknamed the Prawn) and want them gone. The Government alien task force, MNU who liaise between humans and Prawn are charged with facilitating the move. The film chronicles what happens when a newly promoted MNU field officer, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), sets out to begin the eviction process, moving the aliens to a new refugee camp outside the city, “District 10.”

You can read more about the movie and what makes it so good in this week’s Entertainment Weekly.

Intown theaters showing District 9

AMC Phipps Plaza 14
12:01AM 12:01 AM

Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16

12:01 AM

Regal Hollywood Stadium 24 @ North I-85
12:01 AM, 12:15 AM

Check out CL’s Movie Showtimes for a complete list of theaters and times.