paul verhoeven
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11 Better Movies and Shows About Robots to Watch Now Westworld Has Been Axed
HBO has cancelled Westworld after its fourth season. But it’s not all bad news.
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RoboCop Returns Has A New Director Who Knows A Thing Or Two About Bringing People Back From The Dead
Terminator: Dark Fate didn’t exactly set the box office on fire, but its tactic of ignoring certain franchise entries and calling itself a direct sequel (see also: 2018’s Halloween) still holds tons of promise. Now RoboCop is moving forward with its own long-teased attempt at this, with an intriguing new director.
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This Video Explores Starship Troopers’ Messy Satirical Relationship With Fascism
Starship Troopers is a seductive satire. Let’s dig into why, and how.
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The Original Robocop Was A Christ Allegory
The original Robocop, released in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, was not only one of the best science fiction films of the last three decades — “a brilliant comedy operating in the guise of an ultraviolent action movie,” as Tom Scocca described it on Gawker — it was also a Christian allegory. At least…