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Thursday, January 7 2010

The Worst Films of 2009

What does it say about the last 12 months that two of the year's biggest blockbusters also find residence near the top of our annual compilation of cinematic abominations? Oh, and the rest are pretty rotten as well.


Thursday, May 3 2007

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.


Reviews

Sunday, October 2 2011

Transforming Opinions of 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'

You may think you know what you're getting by the third installment of the much maligned Transformers series, but Dark of the Moon bests the initial two offerings with a streamlined version of loud, visually bombastic mayhem.


Friday, July 1 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (US Premiere): 28 June 2011 – New York

Instead of splurging for 3-D screenings, it is wiser to use the extra cash to upgrade your concessions. Transformers is 2011’s blockbuster summer popcorn film.


Friday, July 1 2011

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon': Peace, Out

As the Autobots and the human soldiers insist on their worthy cause, people seem incidental.


Monday, June 27 2011

'The Island' Proves That Michael Bay is an Excellent B-Movie Director

Considering the ridiculously low quality of his other movies, how did one of Michael Bay's better films, The Island end up being his only bomb?


Thursday, June 17 2010

'Bad Boys' is Just... Bad

Michael Bay's stealth trademark, what sinks many of his films below even guilty-pleasure level, is his apparent conviction that he knows from comedy, and his accompanying complete ineptitude in the very same area.


Blogs

Monday, July 11 2011

Michael Bay and the Five Tricks Up His Sleeve

Five ways the infamous director gets us to watch his awful movies again and again and again...


Wednesday, July 6 2011

The 10 Insane Lessons Learned from 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'

10 Examples of the Craziest, Most Cracked Concepts Ever Forwarded as "Normal" By a Proposed Mainstream Entertainment.


Friday, July 1 2011

Was Megan Fox Right? The Women of 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is another exercise in the one-dimensional portrayal of women for Michael Bay.


Saturday, April 24 2010

Armageddon (1998): Blu-ray

Armageddon is a movie of iconography. All throughout the film, Bay employs symbolism and imagery that never lets us forget that it’s the U.S.A. that's risking its ass and it's the U.S.A. that is saving the day.


Tuesday, June 23 2009

'Fallen' Fails the 'Transformers' Franchise

In the history of half-baked blockbusters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is raw and runny.


News

Tuesday, July 3 2007

Will the new 'Transformers' film have 'The Touch'?

As someone who spent much of his childhood collecting and breaking Transformers, I'm approaching next week's movie version with a feeling that veers back and…


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