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Optimus Prime memorably sacrifices his life battling Megatron in the epic Transformers: The Movie.

Nostalgic Look Back At Popular Toy Brands Toys have played a huge role in shaping American childhoods since the Baby Boomer generation. Brands like Barbie and Star Wars have …

Extinction Incomplete In back-to-back viewing, the Transformers films blend mindlessly together. Blame their formula, which, even with different casting in Age of Extinction, still features a geeky intellectual and …

Darkening Logic Where the first two Transformers preached from a hyper-militaristic podium, Dark of the Moon softens to a more centrist angle. The aim is a younger audience. Older, …

Revenge of a Cinematic Felon Revenge of the Fallen’s frivolous moment comes as an evil Decepticon flies onto the Brooklyn Bridge and in a petty gesture, knocks over an …

Propaganda Meets the Eye American helicopters fly in front of sunsets. Warships churn on ocean waters. Slow motion pans of missiles and the ensuing explosions act as a show …

Please be the last The best thing said for Transformers: The Last Knight is Anthony Hopkins’ role. The great Oscar-winning Anthony Hopkins, in among a bevy of popcorn chewing …

If it's pedestrian to say that Bay's latest directorial example of hyper real, financial egotism is merely a bunch of robots shooting each other, sorry. It just is.

The overwhelming urge to punch someone responsible for this narrative remains, characters in this series apparently raised on these films alone.

Megatron has teeth. He is the villain of the Transformers movies (a bit character in this sequel), and the only one of these robots from space with rows of …

Trying hard to appease the fan base while crafting a believable take on a classic ‘80s cartoon, Transformers is an action summer romp that tries to twist too many …