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Displaying all articles tagged:
Real Steel
box office gold
Oct. 23, 2011
Paranormal Activity 3
Sets Record for Horror Opening
Is the box-office slump over?
By
Andre Tartar
monday morning movie club
Oct. 10, 2011
Let’s Discuss
Real Steel
, From Robots Doing the Robot to the Rope-a-Dope Cliche
For example: Isn’t it time to retire the rope-a-dope as match-winning strategy? And why has it taken this long to see a robot do the robot dance?
By
Willa Paskin
Oct. 10, 2011
Your Box Office Explained:
Real Steel
Is for Real
$27.3 million, and ‘Ides of March’ comes in second.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
box office gold
Oct. 8, 2011
Real Steel
Is Yesterday’s Box Office Champ
Earned double what No. 2
Ides of March
did.
By
Andre Tartar
the anticipation index
Oct. 7, 2011
Real Steel
Takes a Beating Against the Heavy Hitters on Vulture’s Anticipation Index
This week’s releases take a dive as Bieber and Rihanna light up the Index.
By
Jillian Goodman
clickables
Oct. 7, 2011
See Hugh Jackman’s Surprisingly Accurate Woody Allen Impression
He even keeps his shirt on.
By
Amanda Dobbins
picture if you will …
Oct. 7, 2011
How Hollywood Could Make Five Other
Twilight Zone
Tales Into Happy-Ending Blockbusters
They did it with ‘Real Steel.’ Why not turn “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” into a Ryan Reynolds action flick?
By
Gwynne Watkins
movie review
Oct. 6, 2011
The Mega-Schmaltzy Americana of
Real Steel
’Real Steel’ has all the ponderous drama of ‘Raging Bull’ when it’s really the best ‘Battlebots’ episode ever.
By
Logan Hill
awfulsome
Oct. 6, 2011
Where Is the Thin Line Between a Good-Bad Movie and a Bad-Bad Movie?
’Real Steel,’ which side will you be on?
By
Willa Paskin
face-offs
Oct. 5, 2011
Droids vs. Cylons, Astro Boy vs. Wall-E: Two Scientists Handicap Vulture’s Ultimate Robot Boxing Bracket
Two great minds from Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute factor in everything from reach to lasers.
By
Amanda Dobbins
chat room
Oct. 5, 2011
Real Steel
Director Shawn Levy on the Societal Implications of Boxing Robots, Suddenly Being in Demand, and Fanning Out on
Lost
’s Evangeline Lilly
“I hesitantly asked, ‘Would it be terrible if I called you Freckles?’”
By
Jennifer Vineyard
clickables
Sept. 20, 2011
Watch a Shirtless Hugh Jackman Pal Around With a Shirted Sugar Ray Leonard
All in the name of ‘Real Steel.’
By
Ray Rahman
trailer mix
Dec. 9, 2010
Real Steel
Trailer: Jackman Rocks ’Em, Socks ’Em
This is the most awfulsome, over-the-top robot-starring, clank-filled movie trailer we’ve seen all day, which is truly saying something.
By
Lane Brown
party chat
Oct. 19, 2010
Hugh Jackman Promises Aronofsky’s
Wolverine 2
Will Be ‘Thoughtful,’ ‘Meaty’
“[Aronofsky’s] going to make it fantastic. There’s going to be some meat on the bones. There’ll be something to think about as you leave the theater, for sure.”
By
Bennett Marcus
jackman
June 15, 2010
First Image From Jackman’s Reality-Grounded Robot-Boxing Drama,
Real Steel
, Everything You’d Hoped For
“When you give an actor a real thing … you get a more grounded reality to the performance.”
By
Lane Brown
welcome back!
May 12, 2010
Evangeline Lilly Unretires
She’ll star in Hugh Jackman’s ‘Real Steel.’
By
Lane Brown
the industry
May 7, 2010
Industry Roundup: Wiig, Dwayne Johnson
Plus: ‘Lost”s Keamy to play another villain.
By
Josh Duboff
the industry
Nov. 24, 2009
Hugh Jackman to Make a Robot Chase a Chicken
Plus: Kat Dennings!
Psych
! Horses!
By
Adam K. Raymond
jackman
Oct. 1, 2009
Jackman to Star in Robot-Fighting Father-and-Son Action-Drama
“Jackman is negotiating to play the ex-fighter whose chances of success are hampered by his access to sub-standard robot parts.”
By
Lane Brown