Let’s face it: Michael Bay’s live-action versions of the popular toys of the 80s were a mess. Loud, incoherent and most of the time confusing, especially for those who are not familiar with the mythology of the series. The series picked up when he walked away from behind the camera to just producing. Bumblebee was…
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Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
It was 1996 when we were first introduced to Mike Lawrey and Marcus Burnett, the two Miami cops who consider themselves Bad Boys, even though they are just ordinary buddy cops that appear in most action thrillers like this. Except the dynamics were slightly more interesting: Mike, the single womanizer who drives around in a…
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
It is widely acknowledged that the Transformers franchise, while popular at the box office, is far from perfect filmmaking. Director Michael Bay’s bombastic style has led to the creation of a new word: Bayhem! The five films he helmed were loud, nonsensical, lacking in character and depth, and had a testosterone-fuelled attitude to violence, humour…
Bad Boys For Life
Directors: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Paola Nunez, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Kate del Castillo, Theresa Randle Written by: Chris Bremner, (also story) Peter Craig, Joe Carnahan and (based on characters created) George Gallo. Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th January 2020…
Midway
Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Mandy Moore, Luke Kleintank, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Keean Johnson, Nick Jonas Written by: Wes Tooke Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th November 2019 The Battle of Midway is a lesser-known part of America’s entry into World War II, even…
Bumblebee
Director: Travis Knight Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Pamela Adlon, Jason Drucker, Stephen Schneider. Written by: (also story) Christina Hodson (based on the characters created) Hasbro. Running Time: 114 mins Cert: PG Release date: 24th December 2018 If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that…
Transformers: The Last Knight
Director: Michael Bay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Stanley Tucci, Isabela Moner, John Turturro Written by: (also story) Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Ken Nolan and (story) Akiva Goldsman Running Time: 149 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 22nd June 2017 I have only ever walked out of one film before by reviewing…
Power Rangers
Director: Dean Israelite Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, David Denman Written by: John Gatlin, (story) Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney and (based on “Power Rangers” created) Haim Saban Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 24th March 2017 It…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows
Director: Dave Green Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, (based on the character created ) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th May 2016 How is the best to describe…
Project Almanac
Director: Dean Israelite Starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner Written by: Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan Running Time: 106 mins Cert; 12A Release date: 16th February 2015 Supposing you found a time machine, what would you do? Would you go back and change history? Or would you try to better…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritcher, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty, (based on characters created) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th October 2014 Back in 1990, the first film based on the cartoon creations…
Transformers: Age Of Extinction
Director: Michael Bay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Raynor, Titus Welliver Written by: Ehran Kruger Running Time: 165 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th July 2014 Before I start, I just want to say that, even though I really don’t like the Transformers movies, I still went in with a…
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