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Based on poet Ted Hughes' 1968 children's book former SIMPSONS producer Brad Bird's adaptation proves to be a work of art the family can enjoy together--simple and visually captivating enough for kids and sharp and touching enough for adults. Hogarth is a young boy in 1950s Maine. When he finds a kind and very large robot of unknown origin a strong bond of friendship is formed between the two. It isn't long however until a government agent is on their trail wanting to destory the robot. A beautifully rendered fable.

Tenants of a slum building need all the help they can get when their evil landlord threatens to evict them and raze their building in a fit of 1980s-style greed. Unexpected help arrives in the form of small extraterrestrial robot-like creatures who come to town and cleverly join the battle. Real-life husband and wife team Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy lead the tenement dwellers in a Capra-meets-Spielberg touch. Directed by Matthew Robbins co-writer of Steven Spielberg's first film THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS and 1997's MIMIC. Co-writer Brad Bird went on to work on THE SIMPSONS. Produced by Steven Spielberg.

Michael Crichton's directorial debut WESTWORLD is the direct precursor to JURASSIC PARK as the story of a technological amusement park gone out of control with tourists becoming victims. For 1000 a day patrons can visit high-tech recreations of historically based mythical settings controlled by lifelike androids and synthetic environments: a Roman world that recreates tales of ancient Rome; a medieval world that recreates the legends of the Middle Ages; and Westworld which recreates the myth of the classic Western. Two Chicago businessmen Martin Richard Benjamin and Blane James Brolin spend their vacation in Westworld where they live out their fantasies of the Old West mythology: chaotic barroom brawls random love with beautiful prostitutes and a violent jailbreak during which they shoot the local sheriff. But the complex technology that supports these fabricated worlds develops complicated syndromes faster than the scientists behind the scenes can resolve them. Soon the entire resort breaks down into chaos a

Andrew Martin Williams is a household android whose intended function is thrown for a loop when he begins to feel genuine human emotions. Over the next two centuries the resulting dealings with his adopted family and new acquaintances provide the film with ample opportunities to raise important questions about individual human existence as Andrew seeks to become human. Based on the Isaac Asimov story of the same name.

This computer animated film picks up where the Playstation FINAL FANTASY VII video game left off. Cloud the hero of the game has retired into seclusion but when a mysterious and lethal disease known as Geostigma begins to spread across the planet and three powerful villainous children appear he reluctantly emerges to face the new and mysterious threats. Featuring some of the most spectacularly lavish computer graphics ever created ADVENT CHILDREN continues the complex and compelling tradition that has made the Final Fantasy series one of the most popular games of all time.

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A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David Haley Joel Osment the first mecha a futuristic term for a mechanized human being designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally things do not go as planned and David is forced to leave the mother Frances O'Connor he's been "imprinted" to love and make his way in the world. Traveling with Teddy a hi-tech stuffed bear David escapes the Flesh Fair where angry humans destroy mechas to "purge artificiality" and unexpectedly befriends Gigolo Joe Jude Law in a wry performance a robot designed to pleasure women. Joe agrees to help David in his quest to become human. Director Stanley Kubrick originally developed A.I. at one point asking Spielberg to direct it. When Kubrick passed away Spielberg took the reins. Using a treatment and thousands of drawings commissioned by Kubrick Spielberg wrote his own screenplay his first since 1979's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Osment perhaps th

Loosely based on the novel from Isaac Asimov I ROBOT is an action-packed CGI-laden thrill ride from director Alex Proyas THE CROW. Set in 2035 Will Smith stars as Chicago law enforcer Detective Del Spooner. Called upon to investigate the mysterious suicide of scientist Dr. Alfred Lanning James Cromwell Spooner deduces that Lanning didn't kill himself but was in fact murdered. Lanning worked for the US Robotics headquarters where he constructed friendly robots designed to help humans with mundane tasks. Lanning's creations are prevalent all over the city and have been fully integrated into the culture. They are allegedly programmed not to harm humans but as Spooner digs deeper his investigations lead him to a new type of robot that Lanning was working on before his death and one of these models--the highly charismatic Sonny--becomes the prime suspect in the case. Spooner bears a grudge against robots due to an unfortunate incident so his case against Sonny is met with shrugs of indifference from colleagues who

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