In 2020, at a time when people were stuck at home amid a global pandemic, endlessly scrolling through streaming platforms for a distraction, Real Steel came back to the zeitgeist in a significant way.

Action drama. Starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo and Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Shawn Levy. (PG-13. 127 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Real Steel" is a middle-of-the-night Oreo binge of a movie.

“Max Steel” is a movie sprung from a children’s action figure: a slick Mattel toy from the late 1990s that varies in length, width and style, depending on which model you picked up. For any ...

“Real Steel” ‘s idea of innovative storytelling is welding the elements of generic boxing films with a science-fiction setting. Yet, even with its laughable premise — robots in the future who box in ...