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.

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

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

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

"...Wondering where the Transformers, the robots in disguise of toy, TV, and animated..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.

"...director Michael Bay isn't known for his subtlety, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon has about as much of..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...The Transformers box office receipts have always been impervious to critical..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Age of Extinction

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

"...doesn't realize she's in a Michael Bay movie, specifically Transformers: Age of Extinction, his fourth and longest yet effort..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...ups the ante on big and dumb. His new Transformers movie, the extraterrestrials of which are based on the..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The Autobots get wild as their animal counterparts join the fight

"...Admire or loathe the Michael Bay Transformers films, at least they were always fascinating to watch,..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Bumblebee

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

"...the Smiths and people who still believe Michael Bay’s Transformers films are going to morph into a tentpole franchise..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rooster Teeth Teases RWBY Volume 8 at Comic-Con

Plus first word on Red vs Blue: Zero, Transformers

"...plus more on their new series for Netflix, the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy...."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Praise of Michael Bay

Alamo Drafthouse brings 'Pain & Gain' to Baymaggedon on Sunday

"...it's cool to say you hate Michael Bay. C'mon, Transformers? Transformers 2? Those shitty Platinum Dunes horror remakes? But..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ouija

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

"...makes those other recent Hasbro plaything adaptations – namely Transformers and G.I. Joe – look like triumphs of subtly..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Autobots! Transform and Roll Camera

'Transformers' sequel, 'Parkland' prep 2013 productions in Austin

"...a part of director Michael Bay's as-yet untitled fourth Transformers film will lens in Austin in 2013. A recent..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Real Steel

Mix Rocky with The Transformers and you'll wind up with something like Real Steel.

"...with the geeky gadget gestalt of films like The Transformers and Star Wars. Thinly derived from a Richard Matheson..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jonah Hex

The disfigured Weird Western Tales antihero gets his own movie, which mixes elements of the Western and the supernatural.

"...by some sporadically splendid cinematography, courtesy of Mitchell Amundsen (Transformers). In the end, though, Jonah Hex is a sprawling,..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jennifer's Body

There are few laughs and even fewer scares in Diablo Cody's followup to her smash hit Juno.

"...this Body is new and improved. The addition of Transformers’ vampy Fox as this film’s demonically possessed Jennifer is..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

G-Force

In its gadget-lust and obvious Transformers envy, G-Force is a loud and stupid Jerry Bruckheimer production, and its guinea pig spies are similarly crude.

"...Die Hard and Scarface. In its gadget-lust and obvious Transformers envy, G-Force is as loud and stupid as anything..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shutter

Shutter is a shabby American remake of a Thai movie about a couple who sees mysterious images in photographs.

"...here, eclipsed by the annoying blond highlights of Taylor, ex-Transformers babe and forever, as the Thai say, farang. New..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF: Film Critics and the Industry Panel

Print and web critics wonder if they still matter

"...movie that was on the tip of everyone's tongue? Transformers 2. Yeah, we didn’t see that coming...."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...one that meant most to him as a kid. "Transformers was close, He-Man was nice, Star Wars was interesting,..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

No pain, some gain from last weekend's Michael Bay marathon

"...have something to give the world. I mean, the Transformers films still suck, and his claims he'll rewrite the..."

April 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Transformers: The Movie

Hitchcock's classic has acquired a certain campiness over the years, but it still has the power to disturb.

"...Transformers: The Movie..."

May 11, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

RTX Animation 2018 Festival Lineup

Rooster Teeth gathering adds Titmouse, more

"...• Excitement for Transformers fans, as Machinima screens the final chapter of the..."

July 2, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

CineMarfa Announces 2015 Lineup

Sci-fi in an out-of-this-world setting

"...on Alien designer H.R. Giger; and a collection of Transformers: Age of Extinction-inspired experimental shorts programmed by Ekrem Serdar..."

March 25, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Tattoo" Ren Klyce "Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Summer Chores

Summer blockbusters become video games, and fun is lost in translation

"...And speaking of the future, or whatever the hell Transformers: The Game (Activision, $59.99, Xbox 360) is, you'd think..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Jeremy Martin

Son of the Graphics Giveaway

Just as the success of the first X-Men film has spawned a sequel, so has Free Comic Book Day, and on May 3, 2003, this promotional event for graphic literature -- or funny books, if you will -- will give away more millions of comics about everything from guys in tights trying to save the world to schlubs in offices trying to hold onto their jobs.

"...movie debut: Batman, Archie, Robocop, Donald Duck, and the Transformers! These fantastic figures are joining forces to give away..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...The Transformers: And you thought transformers were kids' stuff! This group..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Interesting Test Borings

"...Austin Energy stored new and used construction material like transformers. The transformers were the old type, which contained cancer-causing..."

Oct. 24, 2023 Postmarks

Scenes From the First Weekend of SXSW 2023

"...Transformers: Rise of Beasts activation..."

March 13, 2023 Photo Gallery

Jordan Levin on the Future of Rooster Teeth

Post-pandemic, the studio's general manager looks at the next steps

"...evolution - providing shows for external partners including Netflix (Transformers) and HBO Max (gen:LOCK) - while also coming out..."

July 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

1   2   3   4     NEXT ›    4 »