September 28, 2012 - 3:46pm
At a theater near you: a touching story of a man and his robot companion.
The very first robot to appear in film was simply called The Dummy, from 1917's A Clever Dummy. This was before the term “robot” even existed – it wasn't coined until 1920. Arguably the first famous robot in cinema was the dastardly Maria in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent...
September 21, 2012 - 11:33am
Cronenberg's new adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel.
I love David Cronenberg. I truly do. His films are twisted, bizarre, and a lot of fun. Crash is a favorite; this isn't the 2005 Oscar winner, but an exploration of sexual deviancy through the eroticism of car wrecks, and a metaphor for humanity's obsession with technology. Videodrome...
September 14, 2012 - 10:36am
Stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia makes his big-screen debut.
The romantic comedy is a tired genre. How many movies have been made about long-time couples pressured into marriage by well-meaning family members who are convinced that something must be wrong since they've been together for so long? And how absurd is that premise, really? I mean, I'm...
September 14, 2012 - 10:18am
The story of a young boy setting out to make his dreams come true.
Childhood is full of little superstitions. It's easy to believe in magic when you're young – the world is a place full of wonders you can't yet comprehend, and it is all incredibly fantastical. (In fact, one could posit that the same wonder exists as adults, and that childhood...
September 10, 2012 - 2:36pm
The true story of a terrifying example of how people will submit to perceived authority.
In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments in order to test to what degree people will submit to authority. The test subject (given the designation of “Teacher”) was to ask questions to a person they could hear, but not see (they were behind a wall). If...
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