Intelligence, artificial or otherwise, is one of the major casualties of “Chappie,” a robot-themed action movie that winds up feeling as clunky and confused as the childlike droid with which it shares ...

NEW YORK - What happens when artificial intelligence thinks for itself? That's the basis of Chappie, a film set in the near future in Johannesburg South Africa, where robotic police droids are keeping ...

When a robot is the best actor in a movie, the movie's got troubles. "Chappie" certainly does. Director Neill Blomkamp's latest sci-fi film imagines a near future in which crime has grown out of ...

Chappie Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yolandi Visser. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Rated R. Now playing. The title character is one of the police robots known as Scouts, which in the film’s future ...

After doing brisk business through the first several weeks of 2015, the box office cooled off considerably last week, with the arrival of Will Smith's mildly successful NOLA-shot caper film "Focus." ...

It’s rare for filmmakers to admit that a movie they directed didn’t work. But that’s what Neill Blomkamp just did in a fascinating interview with Den of Geek, in which the director admits that ...

Neill Blomkamp’s new film Chappie has been given a release date. The robot gangster film will hit theaters on March 27, 2015. Blomkamp, most recently directed the sci-fi film Elysium starring Matt ...

Neill Blomkamp is full of good ideas. He’s a visionary. With three features now under his belt the South African filmmaker has quickly become one of the most recognized names working in the sci-fi ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...