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 ...

In an attempt to make the franchise financially viable on a wider scale, those behind RoboCop 3 ended up killing the whole thing. The first two films worked so well in part because they were so ...

1987’s RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven gives his brutally honest take on Sony‘s 2014 remake. “The problem there, I felt, was that he was really aware that he lost all his legs and arms. He knows it ...

Here’s the deal in a nutshell – Robocop: Rogue City is, much like the film that inspires it, a work made by a brilliant creative team whose ambition frequently collides with the resources available to ...

I’m not the kind of person who gets misty-eyed and nostalgic over the ‘80s because I lived through that decade and I remember just how awful it was. Bangs were at their crispiest, “Dig Dug” was far ...

The original 1987 "RoboCop," Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's first Hollywood film, isn't so much a movie to revere as a bit of brutalism to behold. It had a grim comic vibe, satirizing the savagery of ...

I'm a huge fan of Darren Aronofsky but when I heard he was going to be helming a new Robocop movie I was as surprised, and unsure as everyone else. I mean surely the guy behind such high minded movies ...

Reddit users are debating their favorite movie by state. The winning Michigan movie is “RoboCop.” Released in 1987, the film is set in a near-apocalyptic Detroit and represents the city as a ...

2023’s surprisingly good homage to 80s classic RoboCop sees Officer Murphy uphold the law in a new standalone expansion with improved graphics. It’s tempting to say that RoboCop is not the kind of ...

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 ...