Robots have been a staple of sci-fi movies from the very beginning. From the black-and-white silent era to the digital age, ...

Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.

Sadness never lasts long, and neither do the laughs; perhaps that's the human experience it chaotically celebrates, but we got mixed signals here. The 'gangsta robot' half of the movie arguably ...