Michael Bay – excuse me, the proper title is 2-time Criterion Collection released Michael Bay – is like the Kenny Powers of directors. He favors excess and showboating over all forms of thoughtful nuance and subtlety, he isn’t afraid to sell himself out and abandon critical respectability for money and fame, and he doesn’t give …
Throughout the first half of February, the Sound On Sight staff will take a look at the Academy Awards. Whether one of the major studios takes the top prize at the Academy Awards or not, they have no squawk this year. Several years ago, as you might recall, the Big Guys were getting fed up …
Want a prediction for 2012 at the movies? It’s going to look a lot like 2011. An awful lot. It’s going to be a case of, If ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Well, actually, the creative machinery in Hollywood is broke, but, as the numbers show, not broken enough to warrant fixing. So. Next year, …
We recently posted the letter that director Terrence Malick had personally written to theaters across the United States with certain specifications for The Tree of Life. Now add Michael Bay to the list of directors requesting their film be displayed properly. After last week’s announcement that Transformers: Dark of the Moon has been specially …
I’m not really excited for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon considering I hated the second film so much. However I have slowly warmed up to Bay and while I can’t say I am a huge fan of his work, I do believe he has shown much talent in directing action sequences. If …
Has your appetite for Transformers been propelled by the latest sneak peek clips recently released? Paramount seems to think so as Deadline reports that the studio has decided to move up the release of the film by two days from the original date of Friday July 1st to Wednesday June 29th. Now that the audience …
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has five Super Bowl commercial spots for their most highly anticipated films of 2010: Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor and Rango. Disney will also be promoting Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; DreamWorks will promote Cowboys & Aliens and Relativity …
Not being a huge fan of football, commercials are pretty much the main reason I watch the Super Bowl. They’re usually very funny, or just ingenious because the air time costs around $3 million for 30 seconds. This year it’s been announced that on February 6 we will get to see a bunch of commercial …
With such a lackluster Summer this 2010, how could the movie studios make up to their loyal consumers? How about a full out brawl in the Summer of 2011? Luckily, we will be treated to not only some of the biggest blockbusters from established franchises, but some really interesting original films that could be potential …