Tag Archives: Transformers

‘Beast Wars’ tear up the screen, Hasbro announces its cinematic universe

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh Transformers movie since the franchise got underway in 2007 and the second not to be directed by Michael Bay, is a good time if predictable to a fault. Brooklyn, 1994- it’s revealed … Continue reading →

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The long, strange walk down the hall from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ to Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’

Posted on April 14, 2022 by reelentropy

On Feb. 14, 2020, Paramount Pictures dumped Sonic the Hedgehog into theaters, a movie-product it handled for Sega, the video game company that developed Sonic in the early ‘90s. After an elongated marketing campaign highlighted by the character’s horrifying initial … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Ambulance, COVID-19 crisis, Michael Bay, Paramount Pictures, Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Transformers, Universal Pictures | Leave a comment

Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ nobody’s baby

Posted on April 6, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 When a movie is advertised as “from the imagination of Tim Burton,” you tend to go into it expecting a real blue-blooded Tim Burton passion project, one that he really took ownership of and fought hard to get the … Continue reading →

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‘Bumblebee’ isn’t actively offensive, which is apparently enough now

Posted on December 30, 2018 by reelentropy

4/10 It’s 2018. The Transformers series was met with poor critical reception pretty much on arrival, but last year brought with it the first indication that audiences might be growing tired of it as well. Franchise director Michael Bay, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #john cena, #michael bay, 1987, aquaman, baby's first five-paragraph essay, Bumblebee, Hailee Steinfeld, Michael Bay wants to have sex with underage girls, monomyth, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight | Leave a comment

‘Ready Player One’ is pure blockbuster magic

Posted on April 5, 2018 by reelentropy

9/10 Ready Player One is a blue-blooded blockbuster, a brass bonanza of nostalgia, special effects and action. In 2045, overpopulation has turned Earth’s major cities into desperate slums. Most of the population regularly escapes to the OASIS, a massive multiplayer … Continue reading →

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