Transformer 2023

USA TODAY Transforming alien robots are back on the big screen and doing what they do best: punching each other. This weekend, the Here's a guide to new movies that will satisfy every cinematic taste, plus some noteworthy theatrical films making their streaming and on-demand debuts: If you grew up loving Optimus Prime: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' On paper, it sounds a little weird, even for a franchise about transforming alien robots – Pete Davidson as an illusion-casting Porsche? Michelle Yeoh as a talking metal falcon? – but a lot of the 1990s-set "Beasts" works with crowd-pleasing sci-fi adventure and wry humor. This time around, thankfully, well beyond the days of Michael Bay directing these things, Optimus Prime and the Autobots squad up with the animal-themed Maximals to thwart Unicron's plans to devour Earth. Where to watch: In theaters 'Transformers' review: If you're dying to know the origin story of spicy Cheetos: 'Flamin' Hot' Something's in the Dasani water because it's a period of brand biopics, with everything from Where to watch: If you need a great new take on a classic: 'The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster' Teen girl Vicaria (Laya DeLeon Hayes) is dubbed "mad scientist" by her neighbors, who have no idea how accurate the nickname is. In Bomani J. Story's brilliant and timely modernization of the "Frankenstein" myth, Vicaria is horrified when her big brother is gunned down in a gang shooting and experiments on his and other body parts to bring him b...

The Transformers movie franchise has accumulated over $4.8 billion at the global box office, so Hasbro and Paramount are keeping the Autobot-Decepticon war alive on the big screen. This summer, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts arrives with a globe-trotting adventure inspired by the Beast Wars storyline, which focuses on the mighty Maximals, the evil Terrorcons, and the ferocious Predacons. The new movie is loosely based on the Beast Wars: Transformers computer-generated T.V. series that ran from 1996 to 1999. It was set in the future, roughly 300 years after the events of the original animated series, and featured the Maximals and Predacons, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons respectively, trying to return home after crashlanding on an unknown planet. The key elements of the series (which later became a Transformers subfranchise) have been reworked and incorporated into a story set in the 1990s, a few years after the events of Bumblebee (2018). (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) Bumblebee effectively rebooted the movie continuity to accommodate cartoonier Transformer designs and a more light-hearted and retro sensibility. However, the notable prequel-reboot struggled to dominate the box office. With Transformers: Rise of the Beasts going big and loud again, Hasbro and Paramount aim to convince audiences worldwide that their flagship franchise has enough Energon in it to keep going. Some international territories are getting it a bit earlier though, on June 7 and 8...

Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ far exceeded projections in the $80-million range. ‘You never want to underestimate Spider-Man,’ says one analyst. Rounding out the top three movies in the United States and Canada this weekend was Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” which earned $22.8 million in its third weekend for a North American cumulative of $228.8 million, Comscore reported. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” slightly exceeded Don’t worry, it was a short drop. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are trapped in the seventh installment of the franchise, a lurching, sputtering vehicle spewing profoundly silly Autobot-lore. Directed by Steven Caple Jr., “Rise of the Beasts” introduces the fan-favorite Autobots to a new league of Transformers called the Maximals. Set in the 1990s, the period film stars Anthony Ramos of “In the Heights” and Dominique Fishback of “Swarm.” The latest “Transformers” movie received a mediocre 53% rotten rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes and an A-minus grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore. “It took five screenwriters to come up with this utter nonsense that has all the dramatic intrigue and emotional depth of a ‘Transformers’ Saturday morning cartoon,” writes film critic Katie Walsh for Tribune News Service. “‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ feels like a film that is at war with itself as Caple Jr. tries to balance character work with the profoundly silly Autobot lore ... Unable to rise abo...

Yes, the word “Transformers” is in the title, and it does center on giant talking alien robots hiding out on Earth by masquerading as vehicles: a semi truck, a yellow Camaro, a motorcycle and, as the film gets underway, a wisecracking silver Porsche voiced by Pete Davidson. His character, Mirage — a funny, likable goofball who can create multiple hologram-like illusions of itself — is a new one, sort of, to the film franchise, having appeared only once before, in director Michael Bay’s 2011 “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” where he was called Dino and voiced by someone else. Set in 1994, and a direct sequel to “Bumblebee,” “Beasts” is certainly more violent and chaotic than that 1987-set story, a reboot of sorts after the series jettisoned stars Shia LaBeouf and Mark Wahlberg. But “Beasts” does focus on the relationship between Noah (Anthony Ramos), one of its human heroes, and his sickly little brother Kris (Dean Scott Vazquez). At the start of the film, Kris is seen wearing a Power Rangers T-shirt — like Transformers, another property of the Hasbro toy company, whose name is the first thing you see when the movie starts. (Note: “Beasts” also closes with a teaser hinting at a crossover film with a third well-known Hasbro toy line/movie franchise so exciting to fans at a recent screening that a collective gasp could be heard. So yes, this new movie is one long commercial, making it, at least in that sense, a bona fide Transformers movie.) But it also features Kris saying ...

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During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth. During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth. During the '90s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.