This week, we bring you two of our favorite reviews from the archives: our reviews of Transformers: The Age of Extinction and Chappie. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play now in Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Featured reviews: Transformers: The…
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Watch a Transformers franchise recap that reminds you of the ridiculous MacGuffins and exposition that has no real impact on the events of The Last Knight.
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Read the 2015 Product Placement Awards. The movie with the most brands is Transformers: Age of Extinction; the brand featured in the most movies is Apple.
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We can accept that Transformers: Age of Extinction is no good and at the same time take pleasure in watching Michael Bay direct his cast and crew as they perform elaborately choreographed antics for his camera. In a new ten-minute video, Bay explains how he shot a number of different sequences in the latest Transformers…
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Lets take a look at the highest grossing movies of 2014. How many films in the top 30 grossing are not based on an existing property or a sequel? Only four.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not #1 on YouTube's most watched movie trailers of 2014. Find out who is in the YouTube Most Watched Trailers Of 2014 list.
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Catch a glimpse into the post production of Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction. Watch the Michael Bay Transformers 4 editing video here.
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There's no Terminator Transformers mash-up movie yet, but the teaser posters for the most recent chapter in each franchise unwittingly create one anyway.
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Watch the Transformers Age of Extinction Honest Trailer. The Screen Junkies team rips the Michael Bay-directed actioner to shreds.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction hits Blu-ray and home video next week, and Paramount has given us an exclusive behind the scenes clip to premiere. I introduce the clip in a lead-in I shot over a year ago from the Hong Kong set constructed in Detroit Michigan. The clip shows how Jack Reynor learned stunt driving…
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The 2014 Summer Movie Wager results are in. Who most accurately predicted the summer box office between Peter Sciretta, Jeff Cannata and Germain Lussier?
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Keep the lights on, because today's edition of Sequel Bits is unusually horror-heavy. After the jump: Karl Urban wants to do Star Trek for 25 more years Avatar 2 is probably going to shoot in early 2015 Transformers 4 is now the 18th biggest film ever Mark Duplass wants to make Creep 2 and 3 right…
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Dave and Jeff chat about the suboptimal viewing experience of watching Transformers: Age of Extinction in IMAX 3D, how to suck at using Facebook, and why parents should force their kids to play musical instruments. Be sure to read about The Fermi Paradox and 7 Ways to be Insufferable on Facebook. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call…
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There's a very short list of Hollywood producers who are names unto themselves. On that list is Lorenzo di Bonaventura, of both the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises. He's also the producer of Salt, Red, Side Effects, Jack Ryan, Beverly Hills Cop 4 and more. The guy is a proven hit-maker with a great handle on…
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Michael Bay action scenes are some of the most impressive in the business but they're more restrictive than you think. Read about the planning here.
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We asked the producer of the Transformers franchise, "Will the Transformers Ever Be Short?" Read his answer, plus find out about Michael Bay leaving, here.
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Dave, Devindra, Peter and Jeff discuss some of your "Dealbreaker" choices via our Facebook page, Peter explains to us what happened during his 4dX experience, Dave gets disappointed by The Rover, Devindra is reminded of the magic of The Abyss, and Jeff loves the Fargo TV series. Also, check out Peter's post on the Forbidden Journey and iO9's Transformers FAQ. You can always e-mail us at…
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Michael Bay and his Transformers: Age of Extinction producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura respond to Michael Bay critics head on while promoting Transformers 4.
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Artist Wesley Burt uploaded some beautiful Transformers 4 Dinobots concept art and you can see images of all four characters below. Check it out.
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The first 4DX movie theater in the United States opened in Los Angeles this weekend, and here's a review. Video blog, photos, we've got tons of information.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction, the eleventh film by Michael Bay, is now in theaters. Looking back it's kind of funny that Bay, so promising and exciting as a filmmaker in the late Nineties, has now made four Transformers movies. Bay's first few movies were all so different, but grew bigger and bigger with each time out.…
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Transformers: Age of Extinction is a relentless assault on the senses that somehow still managed to bore me to tears. It's a 2 hour and 40 minute film that features giant robots riding enormous robot dinosaurs killing bad giant robots, yet is devoid of any meaningful thrills or excitement. Filled with explosions, flying glass, a laughably…
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The Transformers films -- or at least the three sequels to Michael Bay's first film in the series -- disregard story concepts left and right. Characters are secondary to spectacle; geography and time are subservient to the impact of a beauty shot; standard narrative building blocks regularly fall by the wayside. So how does one…
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Sorry, Breaking Bad fans: Aaron Paul says he won't appear in Better Call Saul after all. Also after the jump: The next Beverly Hills Cop will head to Michigan Mission: Impossible 5 might film in the Houses of Parliament Benjamin Bratt hops on for Ride Along 2 Pitch Perfect 2 adds Birgitte Hjort Sørensen A top…
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Three different but fun Transformers videos have come online with the fourth film in theaters. A recap of the franchise, a simultaneously review and Real D.
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For several reasons, a GI Joe Transformers movie crossover sounds like a no-brainer. However, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura says it's unlikely.
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2024 footwear is all about mixing comfort and nostalgia. From clogs to lug sole jellies, here are the shoe trends you can expect to see everywhere this year.
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