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The Truth About Killer Robots: the year’s most terrifying documentary

In a cautionary film, director Maxim Pozdorovkin lays out the many ways that automation could affect us in the long term from labor to sex to psychology

Assassination Nation review – revenge horror packed with insight

This gleefully gory exploitation film sets out to shock, but smartly dissects our online-obsessed society along the way

Ralph Breaks the Internet review – virtually impossible to enjoy tiresome arcade game re-run

The sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is an overstuffed but weirdly pointless exercise in tech worship that fails to include much that actually connects with the audience

‘A terrible shame’: Jude Law defends Woody Allen film after Amazon shelves it

Actor defends A Rainy Day in New York, shot in 2017 but postponed after cast members denounced the director

Our insatiable appetite for true crime leaves behind a moral hangover

After four years, the peak of the genre’s renaissance has passed, but have we really learned anything?

Rebel Wilson apologises for claiming to be first plus-sized lead in a romcom

The actor faced a media storm as she initially blocked Twitter complaints, before acknowledging other stars including Mo’Nique and Queen Latifah

Backlash over Lena Dunham script for Syrian refugee film

Girls creator is embroiled in a ‘whitewashing’ row after news that she is to adapt the story of Doaa Al-Zamel whose boat was rammed in the Mediterranean

Eco-pioneers in the 1970s: how aerospace workers tried to save their jobs – and the planet

A new documentary recalls the extraordinary but largely forgotten Lucas Plan, which saw British workers attempt to make wind turbines instead of weapons

‘It’s raining facts!’ Metahaven, the YouTube addicts fighting post-truth bots

They’ve explored pollution in the Urals, freight trains in China, and daily life in the world capital of fake news. Now the Dutch art crusaders have imagined Europe’s future – and it’s very medieval

Venom: what is a one-star film like in 4D?

Luckily it hasn’t got a complicated plot – or much sex. Hold the popcorn tight and prepare to get wet

Star Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and ‘political agendas’

Report finds half of negative comments aimed at Rian Johnson’s movie came from Twitter bots or trolls, indicating fan backlash was overstated

Double screening: how Hollywood embraced Instagram

In an expanding set of films, characters are posting, following and tapping as the industry recognises the undeniable importance of the ’gram

Nicolas Cage expresses ‘frustration’ with Cage rage internet meme

Actor says his over-the-top acting style is ‘all very thought out and carefully planned’

‘Screaming nightmare’: William Shatner boldly goes into VR

Star Trek’s Captain Kirk voices concerns about virtual reality after simulating a walk on Mars

Spheres / 1943: Berlin Blitz review – VR becomes reality in Venice

A cosmic trip produced by Darren Aronofsky and an immersive Lancaster bombing raid were highlights of the film festival’s virtual reality strand

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