“Real Steel,” starring Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly, is supposed to be the “Transformers with heart” movie, a feel-good movie you can watch with your family and gain some sci-fi enjoyment out of it as well. But the critics aren’t taking to the film as well as the audience is. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the critics have given the film a 59%, while the audience has given it a 83% rating. Apparently, the audience loves the “Transformers with heart” idea better than the critics, so let’s see why the critics aren’t on board: “Thanks to an admittedly corny script, some amazing fight scenes, and a terrific cast, “Real Steel’s” actually…

Director Shawn Levy talks about his film “Real Steel” by director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hardy Men) and starring Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Butter), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hurt Locker) and Hope Davis (The Weather Man, About Schmidt). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from Real Steel. Synopsis: A future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centered on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants…

We’ve all seen the story before, the down-on-his-luck sports fighter who finds some form of redemption through a miracle you can only find in the movies. However, there’s a lot more than that story line happening in Shawn Levy’s “Real Steel,” and actor Hugh Jackman knew it from first glance, hence why he ended up starring in the robot boxing drama. He plays the unlucky Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who turned into a small time promoter trying to make ends meet by fighting worn down robots in order to make a few bucks. Between spending time with his estranged son Max (played by Dakota Goyo) and uncovering a different…

Title: Real Steel Directed By: Shawn Levy Starring: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, James Rebhorn, Karl Yune, Olga Fonda This is a movie about futuristic robot boxing that’s eager to please the widest audience possible. As long as you don’t walk into Real Steel with your fingers crossed for something that feels as real and gritty as, let’s say The Fighter or Warrior, it’s impossible not to enjoy it. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a former boxer turned robot fighter. In the near future, when human boxing isn’t brutal enough for spectators, the sport displaces those fighters with massive and ruthless robots, offering…

Hugh Jackman talks about his role in the upcoming film “Real Steel” by director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hardy Men) and starring Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Butter), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hurt Locker) and Hope Davis (The Weather Man, About Schmidt). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from Real Steel. Synopsis: A future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centered on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has an 11-year-old…

The studio released two brand new movie trailers for the upcoming film “Real Steel” by director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hardy Men) and starring Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Butter), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hurt Locker) and Hope Davis (The Weather Man, About Schmidt). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from Real Steel. Synopsis: A future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centered on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has…

Night at the Museum, Date Night, Cheaper by the Dozen. See a trend? Director Shawn Levy has a knack for making movies with a particularly wide appeal and his latest, Real Steel, is no different. The film stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a former boxer forced to change with the times, hang up his gloves and get behind the controls of a robot that will do the fighting for him. A series of brash decisions leaves Charlie without a robot and nearly out of the business. Complicating matters further, Charlie’s ex passes away, leaving him with their young son Max (Dakota Goyo). However, what Charlie first sees as a…

First, there was a bit of scared outrage over Baz Lurhmann deciding to put “The Great Gatsby” in 3D. But now, the dust that settled has risen again due to Hugh Jackman saying that 3D is being mulled over for the film adaptation of “Les Miserables.” According to CinemaBlend via Collider, the actor said that Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical is “in discussion” for 3D treatment. “Honestly, that’s probably gonna be part of what the tests are about, to see what that does,” he said. He specified that if they find the technology doesn’t add anything to the film, they won’t use it, but the primary use…

Fans of “Real Steel,” starring Hugh Jackman, can now show their love for the film on Facebook through the use of a “Real Steel” Bot Banner! By going to the “Real Steel” Facebook page, users can drag and drop five images of the main robots into their banner template: “Drag your favorite fighter to start making your banner! When you’re done, your customized images can be found in your REAL STEEL album. Simply tag the first five images in the order in which they appear and they show up at the top of your profile!” “Real Steel” is a story set in the future, where a boxer decides to create…

Check out the latest IMAX movie trailer for the upcoming film “Real Steel” by director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hardy Men) and starring Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Butter), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hurt Locker) and Hope Davis (The Weather Man, About Schmidt). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from Real Steel. Synopsis: A future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centered on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has an…