The Electric State may have been one of the more disappointing film releases of 2025 (IGN scored the Russo Bros.' latest a 4 out of 10), but the novel on which that film is based is widely regarded as ...

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A few months ago—what feels like years in 2020s time—I sat through Netflix’s The Electric State. It was probably one of the most miserable film experiences I’d ever had the misfortune of enduring.

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“The Electric State” is a crisis of tone, its circuits fried by shockingly clichéd writing. In a fictionalized 1990, humanity suffered massive casualties in a war that began when robots rebelled ...

THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR MONTHS NOW, I’VE SHOWN YOU HOW GAS, HEATING BILLS EXPLODED THIS WINTER, THANKS MOSTLY TO SKY HIGH DELIVERY FEES. A BIG PART OF THOSE DELIVERY ...

Two science-fiction epics released in the past month punctuate the current state of filmmaking and cinema-going. Folks, I am not going to lie: they tell an ugly story in dueling parts. Bong Joon Ho’s ...

Directing duo Anthony and Joe Russo’s latest film, “The Electric State” (2025), continues their recent trend: badly written, poorly acted, astonishingly expensive and not even given a theatrical ...

Netflix's recent release, The Electric State, based on Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel, has generated a wave of polarizing reactions, largely due to its significant shift in tone for a broader, family ...