Tag: Travis Knight
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Carey Mulligan-Led ‘Wildwood’ Gets Release Window From Laika
Animation is having its moment, after the Oscar win of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio last year and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse currently, breaking box office records, animation is getting its rightful attention. In a similar vein, Portland-based Laika Studio that’s given us features like Coraline, and Kubo And The Two Strings is gearing up for…
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Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Review: Franchise Fatigue Meets ’90s Hijinks In The Funniest, Safest Sequel Yet
Look, hopefully it’s not too controversial to say that I’ve yet to watch a single live-action “Transformers” movie — a franchise based on Hasbro toys for the express purpose of selling aforementioned Hasbro toys, mind you — that rises to the baseline level of “good.” Although the 2007 original has its occasional highlights, the Travis…
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The One And Only Thing You Need To Know Before Seeing Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts
Travis Knight’s joyful 2018 children’s fantasy by way of sci-fi adventure film, “Bumblebee,” was a breath of fresh air for the live-action “Transformers” movies. It also marked a triumphant return to the Spielbergian formula of Michael Bay’s original 2007 film (i.e. a human befriends the lovable puppy dog in Autobot form known as Bumblebee), minus the,…