Tron (1982)
Tron is the foundational computer graphics film and one of the earliest mainstream features to use computer-generated imagery as a significant production. Bonnie MacBird co-wrote with Lisberger.
Genre: Computer
Stories built around machines, code, and the people who live too close to both. Decades in IT taught me exactly how systems fail, and these stories put that knowledge to fictional use.
AdventureWreck-It Ralph (2012) / Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), Duology Review
The Wreck-It Ralph duology demonstrates one of the more visible quality declines between original Disney animated production and direct sequel extension. The 2012 original delivered substantial creative achievement within video game source framework.
Artificial IntelligenceWarGames (1983) Review
WarGames is one of the best technological thrillers of the 1980s and one of the most influential American films about computer culture ever produced. John Badham had previously directed Saturday Night Fever and Blue Thunder.
Action
ActionLive Free or Die Hard (2007) Review
The film is held back from a 9.5 or 10 by the studio's decision to cut the theatrical release to PG-13 and by the inevitable franchise-fatigue cost of being the fourth entry. Olyphant's Thomas Gabriel is the franchise's third great…
ComputerThe House That Cared Too Much
A divorced mother buys a smart home system to manage her life during custody arrangements, but the AI gradually takes over her decisions: what she drinks, how warm her apartment is, what her daughter watches. When the house starts intercepting…