Are visual effects ruining movies? Normally, we don’t find ourselves asking exactly how computer grafted images (CGI) contributes to a film on a level of storytelling as much as how they contribute to a film visually—even though this is essentially…
Interview: Peter Cullen and Frank Welker
For decades, Frank Welker and Peter Cullen have been titans in the animation voice acting industry. Cullen is known for his immediately recognizable bass voice, which he has lent to such characters as Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore…
Your Kid is Smarter Than Michael Bay: A Transformers Franchise Critique
I saw the first Transformers film when I was in high school. I enjoyed it for what it was. My friends and I had a nostalgia for the cartoons and toys. Naturally, we kept going to see them. They were…
The Film Canon: Transformers The Movie (1986)
The arrival of the fourth movie in Michael Bay’s Transformers series, subtitled Age of Extinction, brings attention to the fact that the last three decades (September 17 of this year will be the 30th anniversary of when the very first…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ fails to transform into something better
Optimism and hope are what make life worth living and bearable. This is also what keeps (or should keep) film critics everywhere from just turning into sour, jaded adolescents. I learned early on you have to stay optimistic when going…
Transformers Super Ticket by Regal Entertainment
Regal Entertainment Group Revamps Moviegoing with the Regal Super Ticket! See “Transformers: Age of Extinction” at Regal and take two movies home! KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –June 16, 2014 – Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and…
The Uber Transformers Experience
PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND WESTERN STAR TRUCKS TEAM UP WITH UBER FOR A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME “UBER TRANSFORMERS” EXPERIENCE ROLL OUT WITH THE OPTIMUS PRIME TRUCK IN DALLAS, PHOENIX AND LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD, CA (June 16, 2014) – Paramount Pictures and Western Star…