A lot of people paid a lot of money to hate Transformers 2. The movie made enough money for Michael Bay to bathe in the blood of supermodels every hour, for the rest of his life. But people loathed it.
Are superpowers a blessing or a curse? Are mutants more like ethnic minorities, or queer people? For too long, TV shows and movies have been asking these same old questions, without really finding any interesting answers.
Anime series Evangelion has mesmerised Japanese audiences since the mid-1990s with its story of angsty teens who fight Earth-destroying “angels” from the cockpits of giant robots. With Evangelion 2.0, its blend of teen drama, techno-action, and apocalyptic mysticism hits Stateside.
Inception is a big movie about flexible dreams and stubborn minds, but it is also a sorting hat. Try it on and you will know if you’re a gamer, or if you’re not.
It’s been 15 years since Pixar Animation Studios ushered in the age of the CGI movie with Toy Story, a candid look at the secret lives of toys. Are we too old for one last trip inside the toy box?
In one of the most roundabout and expensive methods in history, James Cameron’s new movie, Avatar, proposes that those of us who have honed our video game skills in the 21st century could become the world-saving diplomats of the 22nd.