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April 29, 2021 Backstage at the jam-packed product launch event in Silicon Valley, the CEO walks past a framed copy of Wired Magazine headlined “Our Tech Savior,” with his own mug smiling back at him on the cover. As thousands of smartphone-wielding techies await his every word, fictional big tech executive Mark Bowman asks his device for an update. “Stock price is up, and your rivals are worried. I hacked into their private e-mails,” answers the Alexa-sounding smartphone voiced by Oscar winner Olivia Colman. He questions her in seeming disbelief: “Wait, their private emails? That�...

Review: Family fights robot revolution in 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' Fate of humankind is in the hands of a Michigan family in spirited Netflix comedy Adam Graham It's not just superheroes who can save the world.  An everyday, ordinary family — one hailing from Kentwood, Michigan, in fact — steps up to rescue humanity from enslavement by evil robots in "The Mitchells vs. the Machines," a fun, clever, spirited animated comedy that celebrates the heroism of a mom, dad, daughter and son who are just trying to hold it together the best they can. The Mitchells don't have a single supe...

"The Mitchells vs The Machines," hitting Netflix April 30, 2021. | Netflix “The Mitchells vs The Machines,” the new animated film from Netflix, teaches audiences that in an increasingly tech-saturated world, it’s important to love those right in front of you well and without distraction, the film's stars say.  Hitting the streaming service on April 30, “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” follows an ordinary family who are tasked with saving the world from the robot apocalypse, featuring the voices of Maya Rudolph, Beck Bennett and Danny McBride.  A talented artis...

Humanity's last hope? Or just the last of humanity? THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES (Michael Rianda). 110 minutes. Available to stream on Netflix Canada on Friday (April 30). Rating: NNNNN Family road trips suck, right? Especially when you’re a misfit teenager itching to fly off to film school and reinvent yourself as the person you’ve always known you were, but your dad doesn’t understand you and your mom’s way too enthusiastic and your kid brother is really weird… oh, and also the robot apocalypse just started. Can a bickering nuclear family (and their weird pug) put their confli...

 Much like Toy Story and Wreck-It Ralph and many other animated movies, there is the issue of actually being allowed to reference the names and likenesses of well-known properties, in this case the Furbys. That goes double for this movie, as they don't just reference the Furby, but make it pure evil. When JOE had the opportunity to talk to director and co-writer Michael Rianda, we wanted to know if they faced any problems getting the famous toy into their movie? Rianda told us "That was how we originally wrote it, we were laughing and saying 'This is going to be amazing!' And then the prod...