Marc Bernardin runs down the noteworthy releases out today on DVD and Blu-ray, from Godzilla: The Criterion Collection and Paranormal Activity 3 to Real Steel and The Toy.
Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men: First Class, Thor and 12 more are up the Academy Award for Achievement in Visual Effects.
Last weekend’s most successful movie in American theaters? Real Steel. Transformers: Dark of the Moon now the fourth most successful movie of all time? There’s only one thing we can take from these seemingly-freak occurrences: America loves robots. Maybe the movie industry should capitalize on this newfound fad.
Real Steel animatronic robot supervisor John Rosengrant and visual effects supervisor Erik Nash delves into the process of creating the film’s seven-foot-tall mechanical boxers.
Director Shawn Levy’s robot-boxing drama Real Steel delivers an emotional punch as a tale of two underdogs, a down-and-out dad and his sarcastic son played perfectly by Hugh Jackman and newcomer Dakota Goyo.
Real Steel star Hugh Jackman, director Shawn Levy and fight choreographer Sugar Ray Leonard discuss bringing the world of robot boxing to life in the underdog tale, which opens Friday.
Real Steel screenwriter John Gatins and producers Susan Montford and Don Murphy talk with Spinoff Online about the robot-boxing drama, which opens Oct. 7.
Real Steel director Shawn Levy talks exclusively with Spinoff Online about the upcoming sci-fi drama, revealing sequel details and diving into the film’s critique of contemporary boxing.
Spinoff Online pays a visit to the Detroit set of Real Steel, where production designer Tom Meyer discusses the challenges of breathing life into the sci-fi drama’s mechanical powerhouses.
Director Shawn Levy and star Hugh Jackman detail the evolution of robot boxing in the near-future world of Real Steel, and explain how their film differs from the Richard Matheson short story on which it’s loosely based.
The robotic cast of Real Steel was on hand alongside star Hugh Jackman when SPINOFF visited the set of director Shawn Levy’s rock ‘em sock ‘em sci-fi action film.
DreamWorks Pictures has released another poster for director Shawn Levy’s sci-fi film, which stars Hugh Jackman as a washed-up fighter who teams with his son to build and train a giant boxing robot. Real Steel opens Oct. 7.
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