In the world of Alita: Battle Angel, robots (or cyborgs) are commonplace. The inhabitants of Iron City regularly undergo cybernetic enhancements, and deal with “hardbodies,” i.e. through-and ...

“Alita: Battle Angel,” directed by Rodriguez and produced ... and whose capture is confirmed by hulking and street-shaking robots that enforce the reign of Zalem. Meanwhile, in moments of ...

Alita: Battle Angel is not without its charms — as you ... in part because Alita is always meant to be a robot. But the visual experience can’t supersede the story — when it’s not building ...

Robots in sci-fi movies have been ruthless killers, curious innocents, efficient seducers, and artificial beings who long to be human – sometimes a combination of these. Dr Dyson Ido and Alita in ...

Absolutely everything about Alita: Battle Angel is unapologetically outsized — there is interplanetary war, there is a sport called “motorball” that’s basically jai alai with robots ...

At the start of “Alita: Battle Angel,” a scientist fishes a robot head out of a trash heap, slaps on a body and treats it like a daughter. By the end of this derivative, heartless mess ...

By Stephen Dalton Twenty years in gestation, James Cameron‘s long-cherished manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel finally reaches ... battered shell of a former robot superweapon, nursing her ...

At a critical moment in Alita: Battle Angel—which airs on HBO tonight ... Kalogridis—are hardly the first offenders in the “robots have big boobies” phenomenon. It is, however, more ...

“Alita: Battle Angel,” produced and co-written by James ... This is why, even now, when cyborg and robot characters are shown on screen, there’s usually a human actor behind the CGI.

When it comes to live-action anime adaptations, Alita: Battle Angel might be considered one ... matters into their own hands and portraying the robot-fighting heroine long before a sequel arrives.