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Displaying all articles tagged:
Transformers
vulture lists
Sept. 25, 2024
An Unimpeachable Ranking of Every
Transformers
Movie
Our rigorous assessment of a movie franchise made to sell toys.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
fall preview 2024
Aug. 28, 2024
14 Animated Films and Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall
Welcome your new viking, robot, Gremlin, and Lego overlords.
By
Daniel Dockery
vulture lists
Sept. 29, 2023
The 17 Best Robot Movies of All Time
Ever since the early years of cinema — even before the term “robot” was coined, in fact — the movies have been obsessed with them.
By
Bilge Ebiri
vulture lists
June 10, 2023
A Guide to the (Surprisingly Big) Hasbro Cinematic Universe
What does the ending of
Transformers: Rise of Beasts
mean for the toy company’s future movies?
By
Nick Allen
movie review
June 9, 2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Is Ready to Be Consumed and Forgotten
Fighting robots are back, but does anyone really care?
By
Bilge Ebiri
more than meets the eye
Mar. 5, 2023
Optimus Prime Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Kids’ Choice Awards
He got political with his speech.
By
Bethy Squires
quar amor
July 15, 2021
Machine Gun Kelly Had a Megan Fox Poster in His Teenage Bedroom
And reportedly once told a classmate he would marry the movie star.
By
Justin Curto
movies
June 23, 2021
Transformers
to Roll Out
Rise of the Beasts
The seventh installment of the franchise.
By
Charu Sinha
sexploitation
June 23, 2020
Megan Fox Clarifies She Was Never Sexually ‘Preyed Upon’ by Michael Bay
“Please hear me when I say I thank you for your support.”
By
Devon Ivie
i’m upset
Dec. 28, 2018
I’ve Had Enough of Hollywood’s Farcical Representation of California Geography
Movies and TV shows have too long played fast and loose with the size and topography of California.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
movie review
Dec. 18, 2018
Bumblebee
Is a Surprisingly Restrained, Modest
Transformers
Movie
But in the end, I found myself missing the gonzo, go-for-broke bravado of the earlier movies — we’re all still here for the exploding robots.
By
Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix
Sept. 24, 2018
Bumblebee
Trailer: Hailee Steinfeld Joins the
Transformers
Universe
See it in theaters this Christmas.
By
Hunter Harris
transformers the last knight
June 27, 2017
Did You Know Harriet Tubman Was Friends With Transformers?
According to
Transformers: The Last Knight
, the famous abolitionist was in cahoots with the Transformers.
By
Hunter Harris
mythology
June 23, 2017
Here’s Your Guide to the Very Complicated Mythology of the
Transformers
Universe
Refreshing your memory on everything from Energon cubes to to Dinobots.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
movie review
June 23, 2017
Review:
Transformers: The Last Knight
Is Utterly Ridiculous, and Knows It
The Last Knight
is barely coherent, but it’s more fun than
Age of Extinction.
By
Emily Yoshida
June 23, 2017
Michael Bay Characters, Ranked by Sweatiness
The director’s movies are unnervingly obsessed with human sweat.
By
Ethan Sapienza
spin-offs
June 1, 2017
Hailee Steinfeld Might Join the
Transformers
Cinematic Universe
She’d star in the spinoff
Bumblebee
, set for June 2018.
By
Hunter Harris
calling bay bae
Apr. 8, 2017
Anthony Hopkins Lauds Michael Bay As a ‘Genius’ and ‘Savant’
“He’s the same ilk as Oliver Stone and Spielberg and Scorsese.”
By
Karen Brill
happy trails
Feb. 4, 2017
Michael Bay Teases
Transformers 5
With Appropriately Explosive Farewell Letter
Transformers: The Last Knight
will be chock-full of explosive … ideas.
By
Karen Brill
we shall fight them on the beaches?
Sept. 25, 2016
Transformers
Film Criticized for Nazi Flags
Keep Calm and Shout at Michael Bay.
By
Devon Ivie
the industry
Jan. 4, 2016
Bay Promises
Transformers 5
Is His Last in Saga
“It’s time to move on,” he said. “One more.”
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
allmymovies
Nov. 16, 2015
Shia LaBeouf on How His Movie Marathon Changed His ‘Sense of Self’
“This shit changed my coffee order name.”
By
Jackson McHenry
allmymovies
Nov. 12, 2015
How Shia LaBeouf Reacted to Every One of His Movies
Like all of us, he had a really good time watching
The Even Stevens Movie
.
By
Ira Madison III
shia labeouf
Nov. 10, 2015
You Can Watch All of Shia LaBeouf’s Movies With Him Right Now
You can also watch him watch them.
By
Nate Jones
blockbusters
Oct. 15, 2015
How Are Movies Going to Credit All Those Blockbuster Writers Rooms?
The current shared-universe storytelling model is clashing with WGA rules.
By
Nate Jones
sequels forever
Oct. 5, 2015
There Will Be Much More of
Mad Max
,
Transformers
How many sequels of each will there be? Come find out!
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
transformers 5
Sept. 17, 2015
Michael Bay Is Directing the Fifth
Transformers
Starring Mark Wahlberg.
By
Nate Jones
movies
June 13, 2015
Michael Bay May Direct Another
Transformers
Because four robot explosion-porn epics apparently weren’t enough.
By
Greg Cwik
the industry
May 20, 2015
Kirkman, Top Scribes Set for
Transformers
Flicks
Sequels and spinoffs, baby!
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
aim lower
May 4, 2015
Dear Movie Supervillains: Quit Trying to Destroy the Whole Planet
These plans, along with the villains who concoct them, never feel too threatening anymore.
By
Bilge Ebiri
weekend box office
July 6, 2014
Transformers Stays on Top Over Slow Weekend
Ticket sales are down from last year.
By
E. Alex Jung
review roundup
June 27, 2014
Roundup:
Transformers
Is Physically Painful
“The cinematic equivalent of being tied in a bag and being beaten by pipes.”
By
Anna Silman
vulture compendiums
June 27, 2014
Michael Bay Is the Michael Bay of Bombastic Quotes
“Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.”
By
Alex Suskind
vulture lists
June 26, 2014
7 Ways to Tell You’re a Woman in a Michael Bay Movie
You’re probably introduced legs first.
By
Kyle Buchanan
power-ballad chronicles
June 26, 2014
The Bizarre History of
Transformers
’ Great Song
An ‘80s artifact in the best way.
By
Abraham Riesman
recaps in disguise
June 25, 2014
Save 7 Hours With This Recap of
Transformers 1-3
Get up to speed before the new one.
By
Abraham Riesman
summer movie preview 2014
June 25, 2014
14 Ways to Destroy a Building in the
Transformers
Movies
Or a pyramid.
By
Brian Feldman
May 29, 2013
T.J. Miller Will Be the Only Possible Reason to Watch ‘Transformers 4’
The new Transformers movie just got a little more bearable. The Wrap reports that comedian T.J. Miller (She’s Out of My League, Yogi Bear) has […]
By
Bradford Evans
real talk
Oct. 18, 2012
Michael Bay Is Sick of Grumbling
Transformers
Actors
“I have a wonderful idea for all those whiners.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
reboots
June 6, 2012
Michael Bay Will Reboot
Transformers
‘For the Next Guy’
None of the cast members are coming back.
By
Kyle Buchanan
transformers
May 1, 2012
Watch Optimus Prime Walk Around Universal Studios Hollywood
Sorry, no autographs!
By
Eliot Glazer
the industry
Feb. 23, 2012
Why Did Hollywood’s Youngest Mogul Cool on Two of the Town’s Hottest Screenwriters?
Billionaire David Ellison rethought making
Transformers/
Star Trek
scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci his own personal Bruckheimer.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
transformers
Jan. 18, 2012
See What Michael Bay Is Like On Set
Cars! Explosions! Shia LaBeouf! Just another day at the office for Michael Bay.
By
Eliot Glazer
transformers
Jan. 12, 2012
Watch Michael Bay Hawk the Ridiculously Excessive
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Limited Edition Blu-ray
Transformers
superfans (is that a thing?), prepare accordingly. Michael Bay is about to
blow your mindgrapes
!
By
Eliot Glazer
movies
Oct. 18, 2011
Will
Transformers 4
and
5
Happen?
Rumors have Michael Bay mulling a return.
By
Kyle Buchanan
July 5, 2011
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Demolishes the Long Weekend
A Happy July 4th for Michael Bay.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
movie review
June 29, 2011
The Colossal, Stupendous, Ridiculously Amazing
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The film is gloriously, passionately synthetic.
By
David Edelstein
last night on late night
June 28, 2011
Last Night on Late Night: An Annoyed Letterman Makes Shia LaBeouf Eat His Words
Plus: Louis C.K. stole tampons as a child, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
By
Caroline Shin
transformers
June 26, 2011
Michael Bay Wants You to See
Transformers
in the Most Expensive Way Possible
“3D was a forethought, not an afterthought.”
By
Chadwick Matlin
transformers
June 25, 2011
Russia Sees ‘Nothing American’ in
Transformers
And so ‘Dark of the Moon’ opens the Moscow International Film Festival.
By
Chadwick Matlin
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