On July 17, 1987, director Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi actioner hit theaters. By Duane Byrge On July 17, 1987, director Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop hit theaters. The Orion Pictures sci-fi actioner went on to ...
RoboCop, in Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film, was originally supposed to drive around in a custom built vehicle, like Batman does. It had several nicknames: "Robo-Car," "Robo-Mobile" and "Turbo-Car." A ...
Director José Padilha's long-delayed RoboCop reboot has arrived, and it’s neither an unalloyed (see what I did there?) triumph nor the travesty that partisans of Paul Verhoeven’s subversive Reagan-era ...
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl and L.A. Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson are joined by the Washington, D.C.-based critic Chris Klimek, a contributor to the ...
Few cinematic properties entertain me as much as Paul Verhoeven‘s 1987 RoboCop. Violent, gritty, and satirical, the classic sci-fi adventure remains a crisply designed and pertinent film. It’s clever ...
The new RoboCop video game RoboCop: Rogue City has a deep reverence for Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 gory action satire movie, from the game’s cast of characters to its authentic re-creation of a dystopian, ...
2023’s beloved RoboCop: Rogue City is getting a sequel later this year. Developer Teyon revealed a follow-up to its love letter to Paul Verhoeven’s original RoboCop on Thursday, and the studio’s new ...