The best robot movies, actually, do both, marrying the spectacular with the profound. It’s not an easy task, but Real Steel , Hugh Jackman’s robot-boxing movie that opens in theaters Oct. 7 ...

Movie review: 'Real Steel' a piece of scrap metal. ... "Real Steel" dresses up a bad idea – robots boxing – with all the computer effects and heavy-metal action that Hollywood can buy.

So, perhaps “Real Steel” — which was shot entirely in southeastern Michigan — is this generation’s “Over the Top,” but, you know, with robot boxing instead of Stallone arm wrestling.

"Real Steel" dresses up a bad idea — robots boxing — with all the computer effects and heavy-metal action that Hollywood can buy. But that doesn't cover up the fact that it's a bad idea.

"Real Steel" is a middle-of-the-night Oreo binge of a movie. Attempts at educational value and serious drama are half-hearted. The filmmaking is relentlessly straightforward, as if machines were ...

And so, unexpectedly, the most believable thing in “Real Steel” are the scenes in which two robots throw punches at each other. I guess Serling was right, in a way: You can’t outpunch machinery.

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. The set-up is nothing new. We’ve got hard-luck ex-boxer Charlie (Hugh Jackman), a robot-boxing promoter who’s living on ...

A new alternate reality game for the Real Steel movie launched at PAX last week introduces participants to a world where big personalities in sports are overshadowed by the bigger robots they ...