I’m still rather surprised we haven’t been flooded with romance films yet, what with yesterday being Valentine’s Day and all. Instead, we’ve only got one remotely sappy film to suffer through this week.

A passion project years in the making. Revolutionary fully CGI characters. Deep world-building. Spectacular action. Clumsy fumbles with the script. Ah yes, it’s another James Cameron sci-fi blockbuster.

If there is one movie that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible, its Alita: Battle Angel.

Meticulously crafted based on the appearance of Alita from the film, the movie-accurate collectible figure features a newly developed head sculpt with separate rolling eyeballs, her highly detailed body which displays the complicated mechanical design, beautifully tailored outfit with fine textures, a blade, a heart attachable to the body and multiple interchangeable hands and feet to match with the cyborg body. Along with the figure, it also comes with an elaborated diorama figure stand inspired by the battle scenes.

Normally when a director takes on a new movie project, they want to have control in crafting their own vision for it. After all, film direction is like art and no one wants to visualise something that they feel is someone else’s. You want to pave your own original path and not imitate others. However, when that other person is …

One of the movies that was supposed to light up our December cinema experience was Alita: Battle Angel. That movie was eventually pushed out to February – probably a good thing considering the amount of competition it would’ve faced from the likes of Aquaman, Bumblebee and Mary Poppins. However just because it was pushed out, doesn’t mean it was going …

New behind the scenes footage and interviews reveal just how effort has gone into bringing the incredible visual effects of Manga adaptation Alita: Battle Agent to life.

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories.