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Displaying all articles tagged:
Michael Bay
vulture lists
June 12, 2023
An Unimpeachable Ranking of the Seven
Transformers
Movies
Our rigorous assessment of a movie franchise made to sell toys.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
see you in coo-urt
Jan. 15, 2023
Michael Bay Really Doesn’t Want to Be Called a Pigeon Killer
The director has denied that any animals were harmed on his movie set in Italy.
By
Jennifer Zhan
movie review
Apr. 12, 2022
Ambulance
Is the Kind of Thrill Ride Theaters Were Made For
Does the characterization work? Not all the time. But is the film fun? Hell, yeah.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
sexploitation
June 23, 2020
Megan Fox Clarifies She Was Never Sexually ‘Preyed Upon’ by Michael Bay
“Please hear me when I say I thank you for your support.”
By
Devon Ivie
vulture lists
Jan. 24, 2020
Michael Bay’s 18 Best Action-Movie Scenes
Breaking down the director’s penchant for explosions, Hummers, and American flags.
By
Nick Allen
movie review
Jan. 15, 2020
The World Didn’t Need Another
Bad Boys
Movie
The new
Bad Boys
is probably a wash, but it ends so well that I now find myself not entirely opposed to the idea of a fourth one.
By
Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix
Oct. 1, 2019
6 Underground
Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Can’t Come to the Phone. Why? He’s Dead
“What’s the best part of being dead?”
By
Zoe Haylock
casting
Dec. 14, 2018
Benicio del Toro Will Play a Thieving Fox in
Dora
t
he Explorer
Movie
But will he keep Swiper’s catchphrase?
By
Jordan Crucchiola
horror
Aug. 3, 2018
Paramount and Michael Bay Are Bringing You a Podcast Horror Movie
Giving “true crime podcast” a whole new meaning.
By
Halle Kiefer
netflix
May 22, 2018
Michael Bay and Ryan Reynolds Are [Explosion!] Making a Giant Movie for Netflix
With Netflix’s biggest budget yet.
By
Jackson McHenry
May 12, 2018
Did Jean-Luc Godard Use Michael Bay’s Footage, Then Pull an ‘I Don’t Know Her’?
It’s the unlikeliest question of the fest.
By
Kyle Buchanan
Oct. 23, 2017
Michael Bay Is Bringing You a Live-Action
Dora the Explorer
Movie
Get Andy Serkis back in his motion-capture suit. That’s your Boots right there.
By
Halle Kiefer
June 23, 2017
Michael Bay Characters, Ranked by Sweatiness
The director’s movies are unnervingly obsessed with human sweat.
By
Ethan Sapienza
calling bay bae
Apr. 8, 2017
Anthony Hopkins Lauds Michael Bay As a ‘Genius’ and ‘Savant’
“He’s the same ilk as Oliver Stone and Spielberg and Scorsese.”
By
Karen Brill
trailer mix
Mar. 16, 2017
Children Disconcertingly Pull Focus in New
Transformers: The Last Knight
Trailer
Smash, precocious remark, smash, smash.
By
Karen Brill
happy trails
Feb. 4, 2017
Michael Bay Teases
Transformers 5
With Appropriately Explosive Farewell Letter
Transformers: The Last Knight
will be chock-full of explosive … ideas.
By
Karen Brill
donald trump’s america
Jan. 25, 2017
Michael Bay Is Producing a Movie About a Trump-Style Dystopia
It’s not sci-fi, it’s “sci-
fun
.”
By
Hunter Harris
we shall fight them on the beaches?
Sept. 25, 2016
Transformers
Film Criticized for Nazi Flags
Keep Calm and Shout at Michael Bay.
By
Devon Ivie
war games
July 7, 2016
Report Says Britain Cited
The Rock
to Enter Iraq
The report was commissioned in 2009.
By
Halle Kiefer
the industry
Apr. 22, 2016
Jerrod Carmichael in Talks for
Transformers 5
If they don’t call this movie
Trans5mers,
this franchise wasn’t worth it.
By
Halle Kiefer
box office
Jan. 17, 2016
Bayghazi
Falls to
Ride Along
at the Box Office
Leonardo DiCaprio and that pissed-off bear came in second this weekend.
By
Greg Cwik
benghazi
Jan. 14, 2016
13 Hours
Might Disappoint Hillary Haters
I’d like to see a congressional committee grill Bay and screenwriter Chuck Hogan about what’s going on half the time.
By
David Edelstein
charts
Jan. 13, 2016
The Politics of Michael Bay’s Supposedly Apolitical Movies
An assessment of where his movies fall ideologically.
By
Bilge Ebiri
game shows
Jan. 5, 2016
Guess Which Famous Director Said He’s Worth ‘Half a B’
It’s someone who is very rich, and would say
B
instead of
billion
.
By
Nate Jones
the industry
Jan. 4, 2016
Bay Promises
Transformers 5
Is His Last in Saga
“It’s time to move on,” he said. “One more.”
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
trailer mix
Nov. 11, 2015
Here Are More Teasers for Bay’s Benghazi Pic
Come for the politics, stay for the beards.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
last night on late night
Oct. 23, 2015
TDS
Turned Benghazi Hearing Into Movie Jokes
Sorry, Michael Bay.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
transformers 5
Sept. 17, 2015
Michael Bay Is Directing the Fifth
Transformers
Starring Mark Wahlberg.
By
Nate Jones
movies
June 13, 2015
Michael Bay May Direct Another
Transformers
Because four robot explosion-porn epics apparently weren’t enough.
By
Greg Cwik
movie review
Jan. 30, 2015
Project Almanac
Is a Good B-Movie That Hits Its Marks
The mood gets pretty dark and desperate for a larkish teen pic.
By
David Edelstein
castings
Jan. 14, 2015
John Krasinski Might Play a Navy SEAL in Michael Bay’s
13 Hours
You do not mess with Jim.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
movies
Nov. 6, 2014
Why Michael Bay’s Benghazi Movie Might Be Good
It could be like
The Rock
.
By
Bilge Ebiri
ripped from the headlines
Oct. 30, 2014
Michael Bay in Talks to Direct Benghazi Film
Hmmm.
By
Anna Silman
new shows
Sept. 18, 2014
Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer Producing ‘Untitled Cocaine Project’
For TNT, natch.
By
Anna Silman
movie review
Aug. 7, 2014
Movie Review:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Michael Bay is going to remake every ‘80s cartoon into a giant action spectacular, isn’t he?
By
Bilge Ebiri
turtle power never dies
Aug. 6, 2014
Watch a Video About the Bizarre History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Watch our three-minute whirlwind TMNT retrospective.
By
Abraham Riesman
review roundup
June 27, 2014
Roundup:
Transformers
Is Physically Painful
“The cinematic equivalent of being tied in a bag and being beaten by pipes.”
By
Anna Silman
vulture compendiums
June 27, 2014
Michael Bay Is the Michael Bay of Bombastic Quotes
“Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.”
By
Alex Suskind
vulture lists
June 26, 2014
7 Ways to Tell You’re a Woman in a Michael Bay Movie
You’re probably introduced legs first.
By
Kyle Buchanan
trailer mix
May 15, 2014
Watch a New
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Trailer
This time with more transformer beards.
By
Jesse David Fox
trailer mix
Mar. 27, 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trailer: The Dark (Green) Knights
Turtle Power!
By
Jesse David Fox
meltdowns
Jan. 6, 2014
Michael Bay Freaked Out During a CES Press Conference [UPDATE]
He walked offstage after a teleprompter malfunction.
By
Caroline Bankoff
surprise attack
Oct. 17, 2013
Michael Bay Assaulted on
Transformers 4
’s Hong Kong Set [Updated]
One assailant wielded an air conditioner. Wait, what?
By
Jesse David Fox
expert analysis
Aug. 7, 2013
Let Mark Wahlberg Explain Why
The Lone Ranger
Bombed So Hard
“They’re spending $250 million for two dudes on a horse?”
By
Jesse David Fox
directors directing
June 12, 2013
Next, Michael Bay Will Direct a Video-Game Movie
He’s a natural choice for
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
.
By
Delia Paunescu
May 29, 2013
T.J. Miller Will Be the Only Possible Reason to Watch ‘Transformers 4’
The new Transformers movie just got a little more bearable. The Wrap reports that comedian T.J. Miller (She’s Out of My League, Yogi Bear) has […]
By
Bradford Evans
sex toys
May 2, 2013
Who Stole Leftover Sex Toys From the Set of
Pain & Gain
?
Did no one suspect Tony Shalhoub?
By
Lindsey Weber
weekend box office
Apr. 28, 2013
Pain & Gain
Leads Slow Weekend Box Office
Meanwhile,
The Big Wedding
bombed.
By
Delia Paunescu
movie review
Apr. 26, 2013
Movie Review:
Pain & Gain
The new film stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson.
By
David Edelstein
unpology
Apr. 23, 2013
Never Mind: Michael Bay Is Not Sorry for
Armageddon
“I’m not in the slightest going to apologize for the third movie in my movie career, a film called
Armageddon
.”
By
Jesse David Fox
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