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The 10 worst films of 2011

The 10 worst films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. We’ve spent the last couple of weeks celebrating all-things-cinematically-awesome from 2011, reflecting on the most impressive Aussie films, as well as the 20 finest male and female performances. Very soon, we’ll unveil the absolute cream of the crop and highlight the 10 best motion pictures of […]

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Transformers producer wants second trilogy

It’s no surprise that the producers of Transformers are eager to keep pumping out sequels (especially when the most recent film picked up $399 million worldwide on its opening weekend). The return of director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf is doubtful, and although rumour of Jason Statham taking over the lead  in any further instalments […]

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Michael Bay bets $25,000 on presence of racist robots in Transformers 3

Ahh, Skids and Mudflap. You truly are the Jar Jar Binks of our time. Transformers director Michael Bay – in an effort to appease the masses fearful that the racist robot twins would make an appearance in his latest film Dark of the Moon – has offered $25,000 to anyone who can spot the duo […]

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Trailer Debut: Transformers – Dark of the Moon

The feature trailer for the third Transformers movie – the Pink Floydian-titled Dark of the Moon – has debuted online. It hints at an incisive commentary on geopolitics and the American government’s relationship with its citizens, as well as a haunting final sequence that evokes Michael Haneke‘s … just kidding! It’s robots punching each other! […]

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Superbowl Trailer Debut: Transformers – Dark of the Moon

>On Sunday evening in the United States, families gathered around their televisions to learn which products they should consume and which movies they should buy tickets to in the coming weeks and months. It was intermittently interrupted by a football game and a performance by the Black Eyed Peas. They call it the Superbowl. One […]

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Teaser Debut: Real Steel

The teaser trailer for Shawn Levy’s fighting robots movie (no, not that one) Real Steel has debuted online. It stars Hugh Jackman as a former boxer who “trains” a scrappy young robot to become a champ. In case you are getting lost in the mire of all these new robot flicks, here are the films […]

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>Teaser Debut: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

>The teaser trailer for Michael Bay‘s highly-anticipated (probably) third instalment in the Transformers saga has arrived online. And it ain’t bad! Although little is known about Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the teaser suggests it’ll have to do with … wait for it … the dark side of the moon. More specifically, it presents us […]

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The title of Transformers 3 inspired by Pink Floyd?

This is what we call a slow news day. The title of the new Transformers film will be the Pink Floyd-flavoured Transformers: The Dark of the Moon. So, Michael Bay must be a fan of prog rock (but not a big enough fan to know the full title of the genre’s highest selling LP). This […]

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Even Michael Bay thought Transformers 2 sucked

It seems as if the entire cast and crew of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are jumping on the hate-bandwagon. Following Shia LaBeouf‘s spray against the film’s quality (or lack thereof), the normally unrepentant director Michael Bay has also admitted that his film basically sucked. In an interview with USA Today from the set of […]

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Megan Fox booted from Transformers 3

Yikes. Nikke Finke over at Deadline has revealed that Paramount and Michael Bay will not be picking up Megan Fox’s option to appear in Transformers 3. According to Finke’s source, Bay and his screenwriters are working on the script for the latest movie, in which it makes sense for Shia LaBeouf‘s character Sam to have […]

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Not even Shia LaBeouf liked Transformers 2

Shia LaBeouf is currently in Cannes promoting Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which is set to make its debut at the festival within the week. Needless to say, there is a certain amount of prestige attached to the Cannes Film Festival, and it must be an honour for LaBeouf to be able to discuss […]

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Respected actors join Transformers 3

Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Ken Jeong have signed on to star alongside fellow thesps Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox in Transformers 3. According to Deadline, McDormand will have a large role as National Intelligence Director, while Malkovich will play the boss of Shia LaBeouf’s character, Sam Witwicky. It is unknown what character Jeong will […]

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Hugo Weaving still hasn’t seen Transformers

source: theage.com This barely qualifies as “news” but I found the following quotes from Hugo Weaving‘s interview with The Age to be quite amusing. Weaving is currently on the promotional circuit talking up his latest picture The Wolfman. When asked about whether or not he will return to voice Megatron in the third Transformers film, […]

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Transformers 3 is coming. Yay?

source: michaelbay.comMichael Bay has confirmed on his official website that he will begin work on Transformers 3, which is set to hit cinemas July 1st, 2011. Paramount and Dreamworks previously made this announcement back in March, but Bay responded by saying that he was going to take a year off and deliver the sequel in […]

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Transformers to take on Captain America and Harry Potter!

source: ropesofsilicon.com At the box office at least. Paramount and Dreamworks have officially announced that Transformers 3 will hit cinemas July 1st 2011, only two weeks before Harry Potter 7 and three weeks before Captain America debuts. The involvement of Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox has not yet been confirmed. Starscream was unavailable […]

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