Atlas is a sci-fi action thriller film directed by Brad Peyton from a screenplay by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. The Netflix film follows the story of Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but unsociable data analyst with a deep distrust for A.I. as she goes on a mission to capture a rogue robot that could destroy humanity but when the mission goes and her only hope to save humanity is to trust the robot, she must break down the walls she has built around her heart over the years. Atlas stars Jennifer Lopez in the lead role with Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Mark Strong, Abraham Popoola, and Lana Parrilla starring in supporting roles. If you loved the futuristic visuals, intense drama, and explosive action in Netflix’s Atlas here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

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Upgrade will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 4 via Scream Factory. Special features are in progress and will be announced at a later date. With any luck, maybe the new edition will help get the proposed TV series off the ground.

Produced by Blumhouse, the 2018 sci-fi action thriller is written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Logan Marshall-Green stars with Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, Linda Cropper, and Melanie Vallejo.

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Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions and Goalpost Pictures will co-produce The Invisible Man, a sci-fi horror movie inspired by the classic monster character for Universal Pictures.

Leigh Whannell will script and direct the movie which will start shooting in Sydney in July. Elisabeth Moss has signed to play an as yet unspecified role. Casting is underway for other roles in Australia and Us.

It is the second collaboration between Blumhouse, Goalpost and Whannell following Upgrade, which was shot in Melbourne and starred Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Harrison Gilbertson and Get Out‘s Betty Gabriel .

Whannell serves as executive producer via his company Nervous Tick alongside the producers, Jason Blum and Goalpost’s Kylie du Fresne. He is in Oz on a recce.

No details of the plot have been revealed but the source material presumably includes James Whale’s 1933 sci-fi horror movie The Invisible Man,...

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Richard Anastasios, Melanie Vallejo, Richard Cawthorne, Harrison Gilbertson | Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell

After his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental cure that will “upgrade” his body. The cure–an Artificial Intelligence implant called Stem–gives Grey physical abilities beyond anything experienced, and the ability to relentlessly claim vengeance against those who murdered his wife and left him for dead…

Writer/director, and regular James Wan collaborator, Leigh Whannell puts the reigns of horror on hold and surprisingly turns his attention to the action genre with the effective, intellectual and engaging Upgrade.

This fast-paced, inventive, sci-fi thrill-ride, swirling together RoboCop, Death Wish and The Terminator and numerous Cronenberg body horror influences, is set in the near future, where technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when self-identified technophobe...

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Richard Anastasios, Melanie Vallejo, Richard Cawthorne, Harrison Gilbertson | Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell

Writer/director, and regular James Wan collaborator, Leigh Whannell puts the reigns of horror on hold and surprisingly turns his attention to the action genre with the effective, intellectual and engaging Upgrade.

This fast-paced, inventive, sci-fi thrill-ride, swirling together RoboCop, Death Wish and The Terminator and numerous Cronenberg body horror influences, is set in the near future, where technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when self-identified technophobe Grey Trace is made quadriplegic in a car accident his world is turned upside down. His only hope for closure and possible revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem that allows him to achieve miraculous feats of mind and strength. But then Stem starts to take full control of his body and the true nano nightmares begin.

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Borrowing heavily from Hardcore Henry, David Cronenberg, John Wick, and ’80s B-movies, Upgrade is the kind of picture where story takes a back seat to the thrills and kills. Directed by Saw series co-writer Leigh Whannell, the film delivers exactly what it sets out to, providing an ultra-violent and often fun camp thriller that stops just shy of potential cult classic status.

The set-up is simple enough: Grey (Logan Marshall-Green) is an old school auto mechanic rebuilding classic beauties in his garage while his wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo) drives a sleek automated pod that initially appears to have a better traffic safety record than those Teslas in autopilot mode. Like all things, they can be compromised, and after a date night the hacked car crashes in a shanty-town where, of course, Grey grew up. Asha is executed and he’s left for dead, forced to spent his life in a...

There are good modern B movies – those films that still borrow the old termite-art terminology of back-half programming, because what does "double feature" even mean anymore, but have kept the phrase's shorthand description for guttery, grungy giddiness alive – and then there's Upgrade. There are sublimely ridiculous Robocop rip-offs and bottom-shelf Black Mirror outtakes, and then there's Upgrade. There are sci-fi parables that know how to meld tech-paranoia with body horror, and then there's Upgrade. There are films whose performances run the gamut from unbelievably charismatic to "Unclean! Unclean!", and then there's Upgrade.

Chicago – “We can rebuild him, we have the technology…” Those words from the 1970s series “The Six Million Dollar Man” seems more truth than science fiction these days, as breakthroughs in humans plus robotics get ever closer to rebuilding us. This is all explored in the fun and action-oriented film “Upgrade.”

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, who usually writes/directs horror for the Blumhouse Productions (“Insidious”), this contains the twist of sci-fi, as a mysterious tech mogul wants to regenerate human tissue through a computer chip insertion. While similar in story elements from 2016’s “Ex Machina,” the themes are different, as the beneficiary of the upgrade is seeking revenge. There is a lot of wit and symbolic wisdom in the story (the “control” of the victim’s limbs are facilitated by an inner voice), and the fight action combines martial artistry with comic surrealism. This is Whannell’s...

“Upgrade” is a compact sci-fi action B-movie that wants to be a hip little genre exercise but doesn’t have the chops (or maybe it’s just the imagination) to entirely pull it off. The film isn’t a dud — it “delivers the goods” in a certain reductive, baseline action-fanboy way. Yet “Upgrade” is the sort of movie that thinks it’s more ingenious than it is, starting with the premise, which is a semi-catchy, semi-stupido hoot in a way that the movie couldn’t have completely intended.

In a future landscape that looks a lot like today, except for the occasional advanced gizmo doodad, an analog junkie name Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) — how old school is he? So old school that he refurbishes ’70s Pontiacs and listens to Howlin’ Wolf on vinyl — is riding with his corporate bread-winner wife, Asha (Melanie Vallejo), in their driverless luxury vehicle that resembles a speeding metal honeycomb.

If you were casting a vote for Most Likely to Become an Electronic Killing Machine, Logan Marshall-Green (“Prometheus”) might not be the person you think of first. Low key, lanky, and fairly unassuming, he seems too chill to fit the bill.

And indeed, when we first meet him in “Upgrade,” the latest from writer-director Leigh Whannell, Marshall-Green’s character, a mechanic named Grey, is content to stay home and refurbish vintage cars for a living while his tech industry wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo) brings home the big money that affords them a futuristic smart-manor with elegantly glowing, talking walls that coolly remind them what groceries they need.

It’s the near future, one in which driverless cars are standard issue Lyfts and artificial intelligence permeates daily life. Grey, though, is more or less off the grid. Covered in engine grease, his analog cred is his calling card. So when billionaire...

Something of an ‘80s throwback, Upgrade is a peculiar modernist Frankenstein tale. It’s generally more thrilling than chilling but a fun time-waster and is mostly recommended. Logan Marshall-Green stars as Grey Trace, a working-class mechanic in the near future who restores vintage muscle cars. He has no use for current trends in technology though his gorgeous wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo) is employed by a hi-tech corporation run by Eron (Harrison Gilbertson), a creepy Steve Jobs-type tech mogul. After a self-driving car malfunctions, the couple is ambushed by a gang of scary thugs who somehow shoot bullets out of their hands though they don’t appear to be carrying guns. The attack leaves Asha dead and Grey in a wheelchair, a quadriplegic thirsty for revenge. He agrees to sign on as a guinea pig for Eron’s experimental new computer chip called Stem, which is surgically attached to his...

Leigh Whannell has been one of the leading voices in modern horror ever since Saw arrived on the scene in 2004. For his second time taking the directorial reins, Whannell ventures into the realm of science fiction with Upgrade, his beautifully brutal action flick that turns Logan Marshall-Green into a living, breathing weapon hell-bent on revenge after an accident and a run-in with some hired thugs leaves him paralyzed and grieving his wife, who is killed by the group of unknown assailants.

Clearly influenced by films like The Terminator, Videodrome, The Matrix, RoboCop, and there may even be a little bit of Johnny Mnemonic in there as well (hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?), Whannell transports us into the future where technology has taken over nearly ever facet of our lives, but Grey Trace (Marshall-Green) still clings to his analog-loving existence by working on classic cars and expressing his...

“Upgrade” is a full feature at the service of single great idea, but you’ve got to give them this much: it is a great idea. A five-minutes-into-the-future story set in a world of self-driving cars and smart homes (they’re so committed to this aesthetic, the pre-title credits are spoken by a comforting female voice-over), it concerns a regular Joe whose body gets a high-tech upgrade so advanced, he can turn it over to his Os and handily win every physical altercation – all the while conveying a mixture of brio and wide-eyed amazement.

Of course, such a gimmick requires some explanation, and there’s plenty (perhaps a bit too much) of that. The recipient of said upgrade is the improbably monikered Grey Trace, and seriously, has anyone ever known another human with either of those names? He’s played by Logan Marshall-Green, who’s something of a poor man’s Tom Hardy.

Want a pay rise? Company car? Corner office? Jason Mountney asks the industry’s top negotiators how you can broker the best deals without having them on speed dial.

You know why you deserve an extra 10 grand on your base salary, a no-questions-asked expense account, that schmick corner office with a water view, a new company-paid Beamer to impress impressionable clients, an annual trip to Vegas for a conference, the ability to work from home on Mondays and every Friday afternoon off to ‘liaise’ with sources and customers at the pub.

But how can you convince the person about to hire you to sweeten their offer? Or how can you butter up an existing boss who has been oblivious to your incredible talents during the past three pay reviews?

Markson: A mistake people make during negotiations is to talk

Celebrity agent Max Markson talks money for a living. The brash...

Winners and Losers will return for a second series in 2012. The Australian television drama, which stars Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith and Melanie Vallejo, premiered earlier this year and has had an average audience of 1.36 million viewers each week. Seven Network bosses have confirmed that pre-production for the next season is about to start in Melbourne, with all the leading cast members poised to return. Winners and Losers creator Bevan Lee said: "I'm delighted we are able to continue exploring the lives of Bec, Frances, (more)...

Melanie Vallejo has married Matt Kingston. The Australian actress, who is best known for her role as Sophie Wong in Winners and Losers, exchanged vows with Kingston in front of 50 family members and friends in a top-secret ceremony this week. According to Adelaide Now, the couple were spotted wearing new wedding rings as they headed off on their honeymoon from Tullamarine airport yesterday. Vallejo and Kingston recently threw media and fans off the scent by giving an exclusive interview about their engagement to Woman's Day magazine. She said of her now-husband: "Matt really is the perfect man. I didn't know all of those wonderful qualities (more)...

Melanie Vallejo has revealed that she didn't consider herself the marrying kind before becoming engaged. The Australian actress, who is best known for her roles in Winners and Losers and Packed to the Rafters, said that she has "embraced" the idea of becoming a wife since her boyfriend Matt Kingston recently proposed. Vallejo told Woman's Day magazine: "The idea of actually marrying someone had never really crossed my mind. I'm not a big marriage person and it's never been a big priority in my life. But since becoming engaged, I've embraced it. It feels completely natural." She also said that she feels like a "proper adult" now that she is wearing an engagement (more)...

Melanie Vallejo has announced her engagement to Matt Kingston. The Australian actress, who is best known for her role as Sophie Wong in Seven Network's drama Winners and Losers, said that the past 12 months have been completely overwhelming for her. Vallejo told Woman's Day magazine: "To say it's been big is an understatement. It's been a huge year and things are really great. But, yeah, sometimes it's weird when I stop and actually think about it all. "We've been together about two years, so it's not a huge amount of time. It's funny, because when people say to us, 'How long have you two been together?' and I say, 'Two years,' it doesn't (more)...

Winners and Losers has debuted to great viewer figures. The new Australian drama, which is aired on the Seven Network, gained an audience of 1.6m people for its premiere episode on Tuesday. The show follows a group of 30-something women, played by Melanie Vallejo, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland and Virginia Gay, heading off to their dreaded school reunion. These figures made it the day's most watched programme, followed by reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules, the Seven News, current affairs (more)...

The producer of Winners and Losers has praised the cast of the show. MaryAnne Carroll, whose new drama about a group of girls going to a school reunion debuted on the Seven Network earlier this week, said that main cast members Melanie Vallejo, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland and Virginia Gay bonded very quickly on set. Carroll told The Age: "'The heart of the show is the idea of friendship and the relationship you have with friends that you've known for a really long time. "'There is a different comfort level there than there is with friends you've made more recently in your life. There's the idea that you can be yourself with those people because they truly know you.'" (more)...

Melanie Vallejo has revealed that she thinks her new TV show is very "special". The 31-year-old Australian actress, who has previously appeared in Packed To The Rafters, plays former bullying victim Sophie Wong in new Channel Seven drama Winners and Losers, which is about four women who meet at their high school reunion. Vallejo told National Features: "This feels like a very special show and a great opportunity for me. I feel very lucky as the actress who gets to play her because she does stand out in the first episode. "You see all these layers to her straight away, whereas with the other girls (more)...

Chicago – Lionsgate and After Dark Films’ recently released their third collection of “8 Films to Die For” and this year proved to be the most uninspiring octet to date. With fewer risks taken than the last two years and less extreme failures or successes, “After Dark Horrorfest III” is terrifyingly dull.

Overall DVD Rating: 2.0/5.0 What makes this year’s collection rather forgettable is the lack of extremes on either side of the rating spectrum. The first two years produced some truly excellent genre gems including “Borderland,” “The Hamiltons,” and “The Abandoned.” At the same time, movies like “Dead Lake,” “Undead,” and “Nightmare Man” should be buried in a deep hole and never see the light of day again.

I have to admit that I liked the variety in quality of the last two years more than this year, when nearly every film registered as forgettable more than good or bad. There was one notable standout,...

The Australian production Dying Breed proves that the survival-in-the-woods strain of horror film is anything but. The tried-and-true ingredients are present and accounted for: two young couples, a forbidding wilderness for them to venture into, weird and foreboding supporting characters, cannibalistic killers and plenty of graphic mayhem. And a little bit of based-on-reality garnish always adds an extra frisson, so the movie begins with a flashback involving the notorious Alexander Pearce, a.k.a. “The Pieman.” Back in the 19th century, when Australia served as a penal colony, Pearce escaped imprisonment on the island state of Tasmania and survived by consuming the flesh of his fellow escapees. He was recaptured and hanged for that offense…but could his bloodline have survived into the present day?

That’s not the question zoology student Nina (Mirrah Foulkes) is seeking to answer when she heads into Tasmania’s forests. She’s on the trail of the Tasmanian Tiger,...