In the mid-’80s, the decline of Rust Belt cities was a big narrative in many movies. None were quite as over the top as RoboCop, set in the ‘80s poster-child for crime and decay, Detroit. Crime was ...

A good hero is hard to find. We fixate so heavily on the ones that work, like Kratos or Daenerys Targaryen, that we forget about the thousands that don't. Virtually every story in movies and TV and ...

With more and more 1980’s remakes hitting the big screen every year it was a great surprise for 80’s cult movie followers when the powers that be at MGM decided to re-create the action packed crime ...

Paul Verhoeven’s sophisticated sci-fi fable is rereleased in its original director’s cut, with the gruesome violence and black-comic queasiness restored Paul Verhoeven’s ...

RoboCop is cool. It’s goofy, scathing satire of 1980’s excess never fails to give me a chuckle. It’s one of those “I’m in danger” chuckles. Commentary and satire aside, RoboCop has been ripe for video ...

The RoboCop remake had a turbulent journey from the initial announcement that a reboot of the 1987 classic was in the works. Once production started and the marketing department tried to sell the film ...