The Criterion Shelf: AI
Surveying the films in Criterion Channel's collection devoted to artificial intelligence in films like A.I., 2046, and Ghost in the Shell.
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Finch Review: Chappie Meets The Apocalypse
Remember Chappie? He's back! In cloying robot form!
Conquering The Empire – Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
Doug Tilley reviews Charles Band's Metal Storm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) as part of his Empire International Pictures retrospective!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review
I will keep it brief since Transformers: Dark of the Moon director Michael Bay can't seem to do it himself. Do you just want to see some shit blow up? If you answered in the affirmative, then you will probably greatly enjoy this film a whole lot more than the second entry in the franchise since you will actually be able to SEE what is happening for a change. Everyone else looking for anything more than that can look elsewhere because that is all you are going to get from this astoundingly pretty, but astoundingly empty, incoherent, nonsensical and excessive film.
Podcast 11: Zombies and Robots
Will and Lucas brave the cold and hordes of undead to talk about what they did around Hallowe'en and to look back and wonder about giant robots in computer games. Will dressed up in red and is always the first to get killed, and Lucas has been investigating and beating up armoured junkies. Will Twilight be discussed? Find out in episode one-one.
