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The new direction for the Transformers saga seems to have been a smart move. Listen, we know what we are getting with Michael Bay’s version of the character we all grew up with. You either love it or hate it.

I for one dig it. I like seeing these characters on the big screen. I am really liking the fact that Mark Wahlberg is now the lead and really, it seems that this latest chapter, Transformers : Age Of Extinction, is not pulling any punches.

And that is very much illustrated in this latest trailer that just dropped. We see a ton more action as well as getting a bit more of what I imagine will pass for a story.

Check it out below:
Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.

I really like this trailer, there are some cool action shots that pretty ensure we are going to have a fun little movie. It is what it is. But I like that.
Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.

About The Film
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is the fourth film in director Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise. Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles,T. J. Miller,Nicola Peltz,Jack ReynorandTitus Welliver star. The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.

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We are two months away from the opening weekend for Transformers : Age Of Extinction, the next chapter in Michael Bay’s Transformers saga. Previous movies aside, it seems that this one could be fun. We haven’t seen much, however what we have seen has actually been pretty encouraging.

Next up we have a Japanese trailer introduced by Mark Wahlberg and while it doesn’t show us a whole lot of new stuff, we still get a couple of things that we haven’t seen yet – including a pretty dope takedown by Optimus Prime.

I am ok with the fact that we don’t much at this point about the movie. With so many other movies opening between now and then, it would get lost. Plus I dig that, unlike other studios, we are not getting pretty much the whole movie before we go in.

Check out the trailer below.

Transformers: Age of Extinction stars Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing and T.J. Miller. It opens on June 27.

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Starrting Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, and Maria Doyle

Directed by John Carney

Conor Lawlor (Walsh-Peelo), a fifteen-year-old Dublin schoolboy in 1985, is taken out of his expensive high school by his broke parents and moved to Synge Street Christian Brothers School. Conor struggles to fit in, confronted by rowdy boys, school bullies, and an oppressive principal. In order to impress Raphina (Boynton), an aspiring model who lives near the school, Conor teams up with a group of misfits to form Sing Street, a self-proclaimed futurist rock band. With the help of Brendan (Reynor), Conor’s unemployed older brother, the group creates a series of songs and videos, bringing them closer to Raphina and bolstering their self-confidence.

Music makes light of everything bad in Conor’s life. In the film’s opening scene, he’s playing guitar while his parents loudly argue outside his room. Conor takes the insults they throw at each other and quietly puts them to song, introducing how music gives him control over the negative. Similarly, toward the film’s end, Brendan blasts music to distract his siblings while their parents argue. After coming home from an awful first day at the Christian Brothers School, Conor and Brendan watch Duran Duran videos together, melting away Conor’s suffering. Brendan then asks “What tyranny could stand up to that,” illustrating the strength music instills in them. When Conor first approaches Raphina, music not only gives him the excuse to talk to her, but the courage as well. Playing in Sing Street starts to give the boys the strength of self-expression. Conor comes to school with dyed hair and eye makeup, and he even has the self-confidence to defend himself against his disapproving principal. This image of Conor as a fearless individual starkly contrasts with pre-band Conor, too shy to stand up for himself in any way. He also stands up to the school bully, telling him he’s “just material for my songs.” The artistic process empowers Conor to take control of the people who hurt him. He even spins his relationship with the bully because of the band, recruiting him as a roadie. It would be erroneous to say that people stop hurting Conor because of music, but he no longer lets it get to him him, illustrated when the boos of hecklers at the school dance are drowned out by Sing Street’s playing. Conor’s bold new attitude resulting from his musical exploration also patches up his tense relationship with his brother, solving another major issue. Lastly, the song “Brown Shoes” turn the tables, giving Conor power over his biggest enemy: the school principal.

Masculinity is clearly the norm in Conor’s world. His father (Gillen) jokes that the Latin motto of his new school is “act manly.” We are then transported to the horrifying jungle that is all-boys public school. Boys smoking, fighting, and staring each other down signify Conor’s teleportation into a dog-eat-dog, or, rather, man-eat-man world; only the tough survive. But where does Conor, a boy on the sensitive side, fit in? He doesn’t. From the get go, his classmates ridicule him with homophobic slurs. Through the formation of Sing Street, Conor creates his own social sphere, one in which he is free to express his feminine side. By coming to school with makeup and dyed hair, he is openly refusing the masculine hierarchy of Christian Brothers and accepting his own artistic expression as his identity, illustrating the self-confidence his music has given him.

Sing Street has been so far met with overwhelmingly positive critical response. It’s even been nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy in this year’s Golden Globes Awards. I agree that this film is all around good. The lighthearted humor and eighties nostalgia can never go wrong. However, this film is one cliche stacked on top of another. According to many reviews, the creativity of the film’s catchy songs make up for this, but I disagree. While this is a nice, light watch anybody can enjoy, Sing Street is too corny for me to consider it great filmmaking.

14/20

“Can you feel that? The energy, coming up from the earth?”

Midsommar (2019)

directed by Ari Aster