Transformer

Transformer

A world champion powerlifter’s transition from male to female is documented in Transformer. Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski was a world record holding bodybuilder and marine veteran, who was outed as transgender by a 2015 YouTube video. The outing effectively ends Kroc’s powerlifting career, though she begins the process to transition into Janae Marie Kroczaleski. However, with Janae sporting…

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson returns with the stop motion Japanese adventure Isle of Dogs. 20 years in the future, all the dogs of Japan are afflicted by a virus and Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) of Megasaki City decrees that all dogs be deported to nearby trash island. One day, the five alpha dogs of Chief (Bryan Cranston), Rex…

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Pacific Rim: Uprising

The war between the Kaiju and Jaegers resumes in Pacific Rim: Uprising. A decade has passed since the end of the war and Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) lives in the shadow of his war hero father and has fallen into a life of crime. After being apprehended along with teenage genius Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) following a…

Flames

Flames

Two artists film the events that lead up to the end of their relationship in Flames. Josephine Decker and Zefrey Throwell are New York based multidisciplinary, who are passionately in love with each other. On a whim, they decide to take a spontaneous trip with each other, which marks the beginning of the end for their love…

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

The cult classic manga and anime series is adapted into live action with Ghost in the Shell. Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson) is a cyborg with a human brain in her cybernetic body, designed by Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche). She is a Major of the anti-terrorist bureau Section 9, where she works alongside operatives Batou (Pilou…

Turbo Kid

Turbo Kid

A young man becomes a superhero in a post-apocalyptic society in Turbo Kid.  It is the year 1997 and civilization has crumbled and is run with an iron fist by Zeus (Michael Ironside) and his henchman Skeletron (Edwin Wright). The Kid (Munro Chambers) lives on his own in the wasteland, scavenging for supplies and reading…

Ex Machina

Ex Machina

A computer programmer is assigned to test an artificial intelligent being in Ex Machina.  Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) is programmer working for the world’s largest search engine Bluebook.  Caleb wins a company lottery and is flown to the isolated home of Bluebook’s CEO Nathan (Oscar Isaac).  Nathan has developed an artificial intelligent robot named Ava (Alicia…

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The team of Marvel superheroes reunite to face a new threat in Avengers: Age of Ultron.  The Avengers raid a Hydra base in Eastern Europe and recover the scepter previously held by Loki.  Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) finds that the staff has the capability to create artificial intelligence and he uses it to complete…

Chappie

Chappie

From director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) comes this story about a police robot, which becomes a sentient being.  To combat the high crime rate, the police force in Johannesburg has been replaced by artificially intelligent robotic scouts, who were designed by Deon Wilson (Dev Patel) for the weapons manufacturer Tetravaal.  Tetravaal CEO Michelle Bradley (Sigourney…

Wild

Wild

From director Jean-Marc Vallée (Café de Flore, Dallas Buyers Club) comes this drama based on the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.  Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) is a young woman desperate to escape her troubled life of drug use and promiscuous sex.  As her way to find herself,…