In the mid-’80s, the decline of Rust Belt cities was a big narrative in many movies. None were quite as over the top as RoboCop, set in the ‘80s poster-child for crime and decay, Detroit. Crime was ...
RoboCop: Rogue City was one of the sleeper hits of 2023 and a near-flawless adaptation of its highly regarded source material. It perfectly captured the satirical cheesiness of the 1987 sci-fi classic ...
(CBR) There are few challenges greater in Hollywood than following one success with another, but remaking a universally beloved movie for questionable purposes has to be one of them. But José Padilha, ...
With more and more 1980’s remakes hitting the big screen every year it was a great surprise for 80’s cult movie followers when the powers that be at MGM decided to re-create the action packed crime ...
A good hero is hard to find. We fixate so heavily on the ones that work, like Kratos or Daenerys Targaryen, that we forget about the thousands that don't. Virtually every story in movies and TV and ...
Like Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future,” moviegoers will feel like they’ve traveled back in time this week. That’s because no fewer than three remakes of ’80s movies will debut: “RoboCop,” opening ...
Robocop returns in a standalone follow-up adventure that understands what made Rogue City so great without being afraid to push things forward slightly. The great thing about making a standalone ...
Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop was the film in my school that everyone under the age of eighteen wanted to watch but wasn’t allowed to. Fortunately for my friend and I, we managed to sneakily watch his Dad ...
Late last week, MGM issued a press release that perhaps unknowingly revealed a new RoboCop movie. The press release, highlighting MGM's forthcoming schedule of movies, contained the following excerpt: ...