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In the wake of widespread criticism of the second live action Transformers movie, Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay admitted dissatisfaction with the screenplay and blamed it on the writers' strike. So what's the excuse this time? If any...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-06-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Leonard Nimoy (voice), Peter Cullen (voice), ...
Michael Bay has often said how he loves to "blow things up real good." Well, if that's his desire in life, there's little doubt that he tops himself in Transformers: Age of Extinction. This is as excruciating a movie as is likely to be experienced ...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Painful Dialogue)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, ...
Call me old fashioned, but I like a little side story and character to go along with my order of big, loud special effects. Apparently, I'm in the minority, though, because the original Transformers made more money than I'd see in 300 lifetimes. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Ramon Rodriguez, ...
In all fairness, I think I might have enjoyed this film if I was nine years old. As a much older man, however, “enjoyment” is far from what I experienced while enduring the two-hour slog of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. “Boredom” and �...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Science Fiction
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominque Fishback, Dean Scott Vazquez, ...
Is it pointless to write a review of Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment of Michael Bay’s celebration of all that’s wrong with Blockbuster Cinema? Bay’s response to his critics is to flash his winning smile and point to t...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, ...
I don't have a lot to say about Transporter 2. It's a sequel that outdoes the original in terms of flair and outrageousness, but it will appeal to much the same audience. If James Bond is too tame for you, Frank Martin (Jason Stratham) is your ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, ...
The Transporter is cinematic extravaganza for everyone who disdains wimpy movie elements like "plot" and "character development". This balls-to-the-walls action/adventure makes the average James Bond film look like something by Eric Rohmer. It’s...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Corey Yuan
Cast: Jason Stratham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, ...
At its least, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life is an ambitious slice of cinema by a major filmmaker. Striving for no less than the pinnacle of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Tree of Life falls short of masterful but retains a power ...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-05-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, ...
Tremors is one of those rare motion pictures that fails during its theatrical run but finds new life on video. Examples of this can be found dotted throughout the VHS/DVD era of cinema (post-1983) but few are as dramatic as in this case. It's not ...
U.S. Release Date: 1990-01-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR/COMEDY
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, ...
In movie theaters, January can be a month of surprises - most of them unpleasant. (I'm still trying to wash away the lasting stink from Grandma's Boy.) Fortunately, Tristan & Isolde bucks the trend, offering a tragic love story so involving that ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-01-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Nudity)
Genre: ROMANCE/ADVENTURE
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, ...