Spielberg Confirmed as Director of Paramount’s New Transformers Movie
Steven Spielberg joins as executive producer on a new Transformers movie, with Michael Bay returning to direct.
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Tag: Michael Bay
Robert Pattinson Declares Michael Bay’s Transformers the Definitive Movie of the 2000s
Robert Pattinson declares Michael Bay's Transformers the definitive movie of the 2000s, while texting friends to 'Think Braveheart'.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Review — Michael Bay’s Loud, Uneven Tribute
Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is watchable but flattens real men into symbols, says this 4.8/10 review.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Pain & Gain Review: Michael Bay’s True-Crime Black Comedy Is All Muscle, No Spine
Pain & Gain review: Michael Bay turns a true Miami kidnapping saga into a weightless black comedy. Wahlberg, Johnson and Mackie star. Score: 4.5/10.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
This Teen Alien Thriller Spent 109 Minutes Setting Up Sequels It Never Got
I Am Number Four review: Michael Bay's 2011 teen-alien thriller promised a war, delivered a pilot. Pettyfer, Olyphant, and a sequel that never came.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Michael Bay’s 6 Underground: A $150 Million Blur That Never Finds Its Shape
Michael Bay's 6 Underground cost Netflix $150 million and scored 41 on Metacritic. A review of the Ryan Reynolds action film's noise, waste, and missed promise.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Rock Is a Good Movie With a Long Second Half
A retro review of Michael Bay's 1996 action thriller The Rock, starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, and what still holds up.
Movie Reviews5/10
Michael Bay’s Clone Thriller Runs Out of Ideas Once Its Characters Escape
Michael Bay's 2005 clone thriller The Island: a strong first act, a great moth scene, and a second half that never earns its own reveal.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Bad Boys II Review: Loud, Long, and Strangely Empty
Bad Boys II hit theaters July 18, 2003. Michael Bay's 146-minute sequel grossed $273.3M but scored 3.8/10 — a loud, long, empty ride.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
Michael Bay’s Fifth Transformers Film Was Built to Be Critic-Proof, and It Worked
Transformers: The Last Knight review: Michael Bay's fifth film has Anthony Hopkins, a wizard, and a $100M loss. Score: 2.7 of 10.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Bad Boys at 31: Michael Bay’s Debut Is a Franchise Built on an Unfinished Promise
Michael Bay's 1995 debut paired Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami narcs chasing stolen heroin. A franchise-launching promise the film never keeps.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Pearl Harbor at 4.4/10: Michael Bay’s War Film Keeps Stopping for a Romance
Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor runs 183 minutes, split between a love triangle and the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Critics disliked it; audiences showed up anyway.