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"...does have the distinction of starring Peter Weller, aka Robocop himself. As a yuppie attempting to remodel his home..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Very Special Frasier at We Luv Video

130 animators come together for a tribute to the sitcom

"...video collage projects like Star Wars Uncut and Our RoboCop Remake, where fans and filmmakers would take a scene..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Former Fine Southern Gentlemen's Expansive Rebrand to Feels So Good

A more inclusive name for the rising screenprinters/record label/music venue

"...One designer, Nate Sakulich, found a devoted fan community..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Film Festival to Honor Dede Gardner and Stephen Merchant

Awards for Moonlight producer, The Office co-creator

"...(Winning Time), Nkechi Okoro Carroll (All American), Edward Neumeier (RoboCop), Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water), and more. Badges,..."

Aug. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mad God

Phil Tippett's stop motion masterpiece of depravity and the divine

"...stop motion maestro Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, RoboCop, Dragonslayer, Starship Troopers) has been handcrafting a nightmare. One..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Behold! The Mad God, Phil Tippett

The stop motion legend's most personal and bizarre movie yet

"...an AT-AT and brought mechanical injustice to Detroit in Robocop, before applying his understanding of motion to computers to..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tom Noonan Explains What Happened With What Happened Was ...

Revisiting his Sundance-winning dating drama after a quarter century

"...The Monster Squad, the psychotic criminal messiah Cain in RoboCop 2, the ax-wielding Ripper in Last Action Hero, and..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story

The trailblazers fighting sexism and gravity in the film industry

"...praise stuntwomen – Anne Fletcher (Step Up), Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop), and Paul Feig (Spy) – but many of the..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

You Don't Nomi

Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?

"...wrote sleaze. Verhoeven, coming off the blockbuster trifecta of RoboCop, Total Recall, and Basic Instinct, started to loose his..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sword Guitarist Kyle Shutt: Self-Portraitist – By Request!

Out-of-work shredder began re-facing his solo LP for fans

"...of Kyle or whatever. One of my favorites is Robocop. It’s subtle joke, but I tried to make his..."

May 19, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Now Streaming in Austin: Good Feels on Wheels

Watch the Austin stoner comedy free and help Coldtowne Theater

"...OK, so the film is much, much funnier and..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...in the 1980s and 1990s: the Star Wars films, RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Dragonheart. Alongside effects wizards Dennis Muren, Ken..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...straight on the same recycling pile as that knock-off RoboCop we all agreed never to talk about again...."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...of near-future speculative fiction. "You go back and watch Robocop, and they have this device they use to track..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Upgrade

Cyberpunk action thriller has a few hidden features

"...sock 'em slobberknocker off guard. Whannell clearly nods to Robocop in his tale of a man caught in a..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...at the blatant rips from other sci-fi films like Robocop and, I kid you not, Godzilla’s own archenemy, Ghidorah,..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Officer Downe

Slipknot's Clown turns director, plus more home releases

"...wimpy sidekick/unstoppable justice dispenser ever (most notably Hellboy and Robocop), elevator Muzak, and body parts by the bucketload...."

April 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Elle

Riveting yet perplexing, this psychological thriller is a stunner

"...achieving contentious and/or dubious successes with such films as RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Starship Troopers, the..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fede Alvarez Says Don't Breathe

On Detroit, Uruguay, and shooting that scene

"...the city for many reasons. First of all is Robocop, I've got to say. That introduced Detroit into my..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World Announces Mike Tyson

Iron Mike to headline annual pop culture gathering

"...Morena Baccarin, True Blood star Kristin Bauer, the original Robocop Peter Weller, and the man inside the yellow feathered..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Non-Frenzied Feeding of a Large Squalus

The movie Jaws, performed live by Old Murder House Theater!

"...world live-action, goofy-propped, over-the-top renditions of Jurassic Park, Aliens, Robocop, and more. They're back again, hallelujah, this time performing..."

July 1, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Community Cast Talks About Going Digital

Season 6 promises new faces and old faves (paintball!)

"...drastic tonal shifts; but do look forward to a RoboCop-themed episode and another paintball free-for-all in the halls of..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

Chappie

Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect

"...as strange beyond the plot’s plain debt to both RoboCop and Short Circuit (or rather, that one scene in..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

MondoCon

Escape to another fest with nerdiness in a different medium

"...50 exhibitors hocking limited edition art like a doughnut-eating RoboCop print created as a collaboration between Jason Edmiston and..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Interactive Adds Speakers

A chef, a cybernetic man, and a political firebrand walk into a bar

"...If the term biomechatronics conjures images of RoboCop then make sure you get to Hugh Herr's panel..."

Sept. 8, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

RoboCop

The überviolent 1987 action film gets a pointless reboot.

"...The pointless reboot RoboCop is a castrated version of Paul Verhoeven’s grim, überviolent..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Exclusive Peek: Jason Edmiston's Mondo Blacula

Plus a sneak behind Harryhausen's Cyclop's eye

"...new take on ED-209, the eternally unstable robot from Robocop: That piece will become the new box art for..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

'Zero Charisma' Rolls a Double Six on Distribution

Nerdist and Tribeca team up for Austin role playing comedy

"...The movie has been on our radar since we..."

July 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Trek Into Darkness

The Star Trek reboot may be overly familiar, but it's still a hell of a lot of fun.

"...science officer, played by Alice Eve, to spar with; RoboCop (er, Peter Weller, still minus a human heart) comes..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cannes You Dig It?

Vincent Van Horn doesn't hold back the tears

"...And I have less than two weeks to gear..."

May 25, 2012 Screens Post by Vincent Van Horn

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