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BUMBLEBEE Trailer: What Hell Is This?

The Transformers movies are the lowest kind of cinematic dreck. They’re a special kind of soulless CGI hell with zero plot and even less artistic integrity – but they just keep on coming (despite falling box office). Bumblebee is even [...]

September 24, 2018

Yet More Cinematic Scourge! Transformers Spinoff BUMBLEBEE Gets A Trailer

Somebody out there asked for a Transformers prequel – and unfortunately someone heard them. Maybe Michael Bay wanted a few months off. Here’s the trailer for the ’80s set CGI fest, Bumblebee starring Hailee Steinfeld. I don’t [...]

June 5, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Is Loud And Dumb

Transformers: The Last Knight is a bad film. I knew that from the outset having seen a couple of the other Transformers films (I keep popping back to the franchise for some cinematic sadomasochistic reason). The main flaw in this Michael Bay [...]

October 28, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Mark Wahlberg And A Great Supporting Cast Get Boston Strong In PATRIOTS DAY

When he’s not hanging with Autobots and Decepticons in Transformers, Mark Wahlberg is making a pretty varied career as an actor. Not everything hits the (Marky) mark but he’s balancing some interesting material with blockbuster fare. His [...]

June 24, 2017

Discover The Secret Past Of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

I’ll probably never watch Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight. I might, but it’s highly unlikely that I would put myself through such a cinematic atrocity. Millions of people will (the majority likely in China) and they [...]

May 9, 2017

Michael Bay Talks TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT In IMAX 3D & Movies In Focus Listens

Oh Michael Bay. What can I say to bring you back to us? Err…actually, I can say this. However, I must admit that I’m intrigued by the medieval aspect on display here in Transformers: The Last Knight, and some of the shots have a real [...]

April 6, 2017

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Painful Words

Sheeeee-it [...]

December 13, 2016

More Cinematic Hell With The Trailer For TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Michael Bay can master the visuals but there’s too much damn slam-bam robot action in the Transformers movies and not enough plot. Or maybe there is plot and it’s really, really bad. Anyway, they’re just going to keep making these things [...]

December 6, 2016

New Art For TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT – It Still Looks Terrible

Movies In Focus has no love for the Transformers franchise – in fact I’m still waiting on a response from Michael Bay regarding my open letter about why he should stop directing these movies. In the interim, here’s a new billboard [...]

August 1, 2016

Dear Michael Bay, Please Stop Making TRANSFORMERS Movies

Michael, I saw the above photograph and felt the need to say something. You don’t need the Transformers franchise. I know the films have grossed billions at the box office and they’ve enabled you to play with hundreds of millions of [...]

June 25, 2016

DVD Review: ROBOT OVERLORDS With Gillian Anderson And Ben Kingsley Is Like An ‘80s Amblin Movie

Robot Overlords is a fun British movie that plays like a distant cousin of something from Steven Spielberg’s beloved Amblin production company. It might not quite have the budget to match the big Hollywood blockbusters but it does feature [...]

August 6, 2015

Trailer For Michael Bay’s 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Does Not Feature Autobots

Movies In Focus has given Michael Bay a lot of abuse over the years for making the Transformers movies. Those movies are bad – but 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi looks like it plays to Bay’s strengths as a filmmaker. You [...]

July 29, 2015