Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...Hasbro’s long-lasting occult board game gets its own starring role..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Hasbro brings their boy toys to life with this story about an elite fighting squad.

"...come a long way from their start as all-American Hasbro action figures. They are now multinational (as is so..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Little Pony: The Movie

A rainbow-hued acid trip for 8-year-olds

"...entertainment franchise that began as an Eighties-era line of Hasbro toys, this ingeniously titled film features a familiar herd..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...Cameron-Lite” with this fifth installment in the painfully self-perpetuating Paramount/Hasbro summer franchise that, at nearly two-and-a-half hours, is nearly..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...movie, the extraterrestrials of which are based on the Hasbro toys that can morph from cars and other prosaic..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yo, It's QB Mustard, Chillaxin' With the Axe in the Home Theatre Room!

"...Man, Hasbro is not making any friends these days...."

Aug. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Kimberley Jones

Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...Hasbro Studios continues to churn out big-screen popcorn knockoffs of..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ATX Television Festival Goes Free to View

RSVP for Stateside shows at the TV gathering

"...Hotel San Jose, and a cartoon block sponsored by Hasbro, Both were big successes, and both are back this..."

June 1, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Bug's Life

A new, artificially intelligent toy does little to excite the brain or the blood pressure.

"...B.I.O.-BugsHasbro With so many toymakers this fall hot on the..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Lindsey Simon

Problemista

Julio Torres channels dreams of toys, art, and immigration

"...Salvadorian immigrant who dreams of getting into toy manufacturer Hasbro’s talent incubator program. Instead, he gets stuck working for..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Go ninja, go ninja, GO! Wait, wrong toy line …

"...ever appear on television. So even those uninterested in Hasbro’s franchise might be excused for wanting to check this..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Delysia’s Golden Chocolate, Texas French Bread’s Wheat, Cinful Sweets on the Food Network, and Mozart’s Lights Up Lake Austin

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Land competition series that’s, yes, inspired by the classic Hasbro kids’ game …..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

First Look: Rooster Teeth's Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy

Trailer for Austin studio's version of the robots in disguise

"...Last February, streaming giant Netflix and toy firm Hasbroannounced that Rooster Teeth Animation was producing a new series..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bumblebee

Transformers spin-off is (checks notes) wait ... good?

"...a spin-off/prequel to the bombastic chaos of Bay and Hasbro’s long-running series is a surprisingly sweet riff on what..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trolls

Banal plot mars this toy marketing scheme

"...Sixties kids also reveled in their flammability. Up against Hasbro’s equally popular new G.I. Joe (“America’s Movable Fighting Man”)..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Optimus Prime finds a new pal in franchise addition Mark Wahlberg.

"...Extinction, his fourth and longest yet effort to give Hasbro's line of shape-shifting robots some semblance of a cinematic..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Boob Tubistry

ATX Television Festival caters to – and initiates – a new kind of fandom

"...like the annual Friday Night Lights screening and the Hasbro Saturday Morning Cartoon Breakfast offer chances to drop in..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Battleship

Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.

"...came with the film’s namesake Sixties board game by Hasbro. Taylor Kitsch, in an opening scene ripped straight from..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

The Price of Trucker Fatigue; and Corporate Americas

"...this stuff and selling it to us. It's Wal-Mart, Hasbro, Black & Decker, Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, Target,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Transformers

What matters most about Transformers isn't subtext (this is Michael Bay after all), but what happens when big, loud, heavy things bang into other differently colored big, loud, heavy things.

"...right up front I was never a fan of Hasbro's Transformers toys. Cheap plastic compared with their sometime toy-store..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Gundam toy animé.

"...big-suit-robots waged in a battle royale, but unlike the Hasbro toys, which, as Faith No More so succinctly reminded..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

The new campaign finance reform law still has big loopholes; Bush's Army Secretary is a stealth Enronite; and toys make some kids very unhappy.

"...business in America. Such giant corporations as Mattel and Hasbro, Wal-Mart and Toys "R" Us, spend nearly a billion..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Film Review: Problemista

Los Espookys' Julio Torres makes his playful film debut

"...Salvadorian immigrant who dreams of getting into toy company Hasbro’s talent incubator program, but gets stuck working for an..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Rooster Teeth Teases RWBY Volume 8 at Comic-Con

Plus first word on Red vs Blue: Zero, Transformers

"...the classic Autobots and Decepticons. He's worked directly with Hasbro, and has been excited to highlight "a few characters..."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Can Quibi Be Your New Go-To App?

CEO Meg Whitman on diversity and innovation in the new streamer

"...or board member at name brands like Hewlett Packard, Hasbro, and even a little startup called eBay, she's back..."

April 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...a tribute to unfussy Sunday Fundays, awash with oversized Hasbro games and horseshoe pits, covered porches and oak-shaded picnic..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Signs of Trouble and of Hope at Mendez Middle School

In-district charter seeks to turn around a campus’ longtime struggles

"...flier, as if the game was being sold by Hasbro. "That really lit a fire under them," Bradford said...."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment

Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share

"...spend years studying Monopoly, the landmark Parker Brothers (now Hasbro-owned) board game, for its aesthetic genius. But for almost..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

No Badge Required

Your guide to free events at week two of SXSW

"...mic. For those looking for a more analog experience, Hasbro and Geek & Sundry offer tabletop games for you..."

March 18, 2016 Features Feature by Tucker Whatley

ATX TV Fest to Host First-Ever 'Everwood' Reunion

Plus the rest of the first wave of programming

"...AMC • BBC America • FOX • FX • Hasbro Studios • Sony Pictures Television • Sundance Channel..."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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