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The screenlife genre gets a buggy update in Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy, a rapid-action thriller in which a man accused of murder must prove his innocence to an AI judge within 90 minutes or be put to ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Welcome to a new era of courtroom dramas. If you’re thinking, “Hey, that’s what the stupid new War of the Worlds movie with Ice Cube was!”, then you’re right! That’s exactly what ...

Timur Bekmambetov is essentially the sensei of the screenlife film movement, which traditionally incorporates the use of screens—such as computers, phones, and others—as part of its storytelling. It ...

"Mercy" is built around two hooks that feel destined to inspire a lack of enthusiasm among critics. The first is that it stars Chris Pratt, who has not exactly found favor in the twelve years since he ...

Chris Pratt plays a man accused of killing his wife in this witless action-thriller where harsh justice is dispensed by artificial intelligence. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

"Minority Report" but dumb, this screenlife thriller about a cop who has 90 minutes to prove himself innocent of murder to an AI judge isn't terrible, but you can tell everyone's putting half effort ...

Mercy opens in IMAX and 3D theaters on January 23. The screenlife genre gets a buggy update in Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy, a rapid-action thriller in which a man accused of murder must prove his ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

“Mercy” is a surprisingly suspenseful techno-thriller. The cyber whodunnit is the latest example of screenlife, a genre that tells its stories through the various screens that make up our daily lives.