Neil Blomkamp’s new film CHAPPiE, which hits U.S. theaters this weekend, follows the unlikely transformation of a defective robot into a one-of-a-kind conscious machine. The movie goes down in a ...

Troops stationed at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado might notice an odd four-legged robot loping around the base. That’s CHAPPIE. The Space Force has a robot dog that hunts down ...

Chappie is the new film from director Neil Blomkamp about a robot that becomes humanity's last hope. It echoes everything from Dr. Frankenstein's creation to the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz.

“Chappie” tells the story of a robot cop who begins to think for himself. WSJ’s Joe Morgenstern discusses the latest film from director Neill Blomkamp. Photo: Columbia Pictures Neill ...

On Chappie, we didn't shy away from having people touching him or from the robot interacting with things. The more practical, physical interaction, the better. We always obviously had Sharlto or a ...

In Chappie, Blomkamp’s Johannesburg has devolved into an almost Mad Max-level of disorder and violence that’s only been contained by the introduction of an all-robot police force built by the ...

The only plot points Chappie doesn't crib from that spunky Reagan-era classic are the ones it appropriates from Short Circuit, a family comedy about an adorable military robot that becomes ...

It's the more bracing approach to telling a new 'confused robot in trouble' big-screen story. Die Antwoord's presence might be overbearing for some, but it gives Chappie (both the movie and the ...

Because for me, Chappie was just about the perfect mix of dumb, smart, sarcastic, wrong, ridiculous, absurd, and earnest, a movie about flying, rapping, robot ninja star explosion fights that’s ...

South African director Blomkamp ("District 9") reimagines what artificial intelligence could be in "Chappie," which explores what happens when a robot, originally designed to fight crime ...