As it happens, “Real Steel’s” most endearing character isn’t human at all, but an obsolete second-generation robot named Atom. With neon-blue eyes glowing behind what looks like a mesh ...

Max and Atom become a fan favorite, dancing into the ring, and, of course, performing the robot dance. Real Steel is a movie about the very opposite of real. A movie with no heart, with the humans ...

In the role of 11-year-old, newly motherless Max, he is the saving grace of “Real Steel,” helping not only to bring out the humanity in Atom — Max just knows the bot has the circuitry of a ...

An Airbus A320 from the company’s fleet was christened “Real Steel” Friday, sporting a picture of the character Atom on its fuselage. Inspired by Richard Matheson’s short story “Steel ...

Real Steel”’s most laughable component is a pseudo-philosophical suggestion that Atom may, possibly, be sentient. A long, still shot holds on Atom as his unblinking blue eyes stare and stare ...

The robot fighting scenes in Real Steel are exciting and interesting because of the organic relationship that exists between Atom and his human controllers, Charlie and Max, whose emotional ...

Real Steel is a throwback film ... scavenging for pieces to try and put together a new robot, when Max discovers Atom. Atom is the ultimate underdog. He is an obsolete fighting robot that was ...

It's sort of amusing, watching "Real Steel" contort itself into sports movie tropes that you wouldn't think would be possible in a movie about boxing robots. I understand why Atom would need to ...