Forbidden Planet News

The Other Worlds Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with "Forbidden Planet" a 1956 science fiction film in CinemaScope and Metrocolor directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen.

If you are familiar with the classic movie Forbidden Planet then you will recognize Robby to the left.

Forbidden Planet 1956 // 99 Minutes // Rated G The Time Machine 1960 // 103 Minutes // Rated G 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 // 148 Minutes // Rated G Soylent Green 1973 // 97 Minutes // Rated PG Released by Warner Bros.

It's hard to interview Leslie Neilsen and keep a straight face. The spoof-master general simply won't allow it.

With the Christmas gift giving season rapidly approaching, stores have already started their holiday promotions and sharp robot fans are adding to their wish lists.

Greetings. Have you ever gotten a, well, creepy feeling when downloading data from a third-party source? Ever sort of stared at the boxes, the cables, and the blinking lights and found yourself wondering if all that data flinging by almost impossibly fast was totally on the level? I've known this feeling a number of times over the years, with more ...

Little George was all eyes, mouth agape, as the 4-year-old came face to face with his favorite thing in the whole world.

Optimus Prime and his fellow Transformers might be the big 'bots on the block, but they're hardly the only memorable movie machines with personality and transistors to spare.

Maria, Gort and Robby will share the spotlight with their less-exotic robotic siblings Saturday when the $3.5 million exhibition roboworld opens in Pittsburgh.