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  • These Transformers Sequels Are… Man, They’re a Lot

    These Transformers Sequels Are… Man, They’re a Lot

    Justin Carter

    The live-action Transformers movies aren’t really what you’d “beloved.” Despite making a lot of money, most of them aren’t especially well-regarded critically, and fans of the original property don’t exactly take to them well. They occupy a weird space in Hollywood wherein those initial five movies actively didn’t care in any fashion about being disliked.…

  • Transformers One’s First Trailer Certainly Looks Different

    Transformers One’s First Trailer Certainly Looks Different

    Sabina Graves

    At last week’s CinemaCon, Paramount unveiled more information about its upcoming animated prequel Transformers One, with Chris Hemsworth—who voices Orion Pax, a young version of Optimus Prime—in tow. Today, the actor and his co-star Brian Tyree Henry introduced the trailer as it was launching into orbit… yes, into space. Really. Today’s special event included a…

  • For Better or Worse, Michael Bay’s Transformers is a Trailblazer

    For Better or Worse, Michael Bay’s Transformers is a Trailblazer

    Justin Carter

    Ever since the late 1990s, we’ve been living in an era of IP-focused filmmaking that’s proceeded to get more elaborate and louder with each year. There are plenty of genre films one could point as being important or iconic in some way, from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films to Batman Begins and Independence Day. And believe…