Tag: Michael Bay
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Ferrari – Release Date, Cast, Plot And More Info
Since his debut film “Thief” hit theaters in 1981, Michael Mann has enjoyed a reputation as one of the best working directors we have in America. Across masterfully mounted films like “Heat,” “Collateral,” and “Manhunter,” he’s also earned a somewhat unusual place in the filmmaking pantheon. He’s become somewhat of a household name, his films generally…
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Why Michael Bay’s Immediate Response To Transformers Was A Big Fat No
Michael Bay was a decade into his film directing career when Steven Spielberg and “Transformers” beckoned. He’d established himself as a maestro of mayhem — or, as we call it now, “Bayhem.” He made the $19 million budgeted “Bad Boys” look like a $75 million action extravaganza, and the $75 million budgeted “The Rock” look…
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How Bumblebee Finally Did Justice to the Transformers
Michael Bay’s explosively chaotic Transformers films introduced a new generation to Hasbro’s iconic robots in disguise. Spanning the original film and its four sequels, the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons was fought in high-octane, visual effects splendor across cities, deserts and everywhere in between. Although the titular metallic titans were prominently featured in…
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Meet ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’s Lesser-Known Characters
No matter what happens in this world, you can always bank on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot every few years. Since 2012, there have been two animated series — 2012’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and 2018’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — and two films, Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)…
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The Transformers Writer Behind Optimus Prime Has A Problem With Michael Bay
Have you ever noticed Optimus Prime in Michael Bay’s “Transformers” films isn’t really all that heroic? To be fair, he doesn’t start that way in Bay’s original 2007 “Transformers” film. There, he tries to keep the fights between the Autobots and Decepticons away from densely-populated areas and, when that’s not possible, makes an active effort…
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What Went Wrong With Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, According To The Cast & Crew
Michael Bay’s “Transformers” sequels were critical punching bags — the only one to get above a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes was the third film, “Dark of the Moon.” That can make it hard to remember that the 2007 original actually got some of the better reviews of Bay’s career. Critics weren’t exactly raving about it,…
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Tmnt: Mutant Mayhem’s Superfly Toy Reveals A Big Character Change Behind The Scenes
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” is digging deeper into the roster of mutant characters than any other big screen adaptation before it. Sure, the more recent live-action adaptations produced by Michael Bay gave us photorealistic CGI versions of Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang, but “Mutant Mayhem” digs into the stranger corners of the long history of…
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This Is the Best Version of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie Mutant Mayhem is here and giving us our first theatrical Tmnt release since the Michael Bay films. Mutant Mayhem is taking us back to some less gritty days for the turtles. Here, they’re young teens just finding their way, eating pizza, and fighting bad guys. It’s far from…
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Tmnt: Mutant Mayhem’s Thrifty Budget Has All But Guaranteed Its Box Office Success
For the first time in seven years, the heroes in a half-shell are back on the big screen as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” hits theaters. But unlike the most recent Michael Bay-produced iteration of the franchise, Paramount is bringing the Turtles back to animation. Also unlike the Bay films, this latest movie doesn’t…
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Review: The Franchise’s Best
Ever since the early ’90s, there has been a steady release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles material, including the original trilogy of live-action films, several television shows, a Michael Bay-produced duology, and even a film where they team up with Batman. And yet, in all these projects, we always get to see the mutant, ninja,…