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Transformers Dark of the Moon

watch it: Michael Bay reuses footage from ‘The Island’ in ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’

Mon, Jul 04, 2011
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Aren’t all Michael Bay movies the same movie anyway?

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movies do matter (just ask the Tunisian police who refused to protect artists and filmgoers they don’t like)

Sun, Jul 03, 2011
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Imagine: Moviegoing as a human rights issue.

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watch it: “Dr Tongue’s 3D House of Stewardesses”

Thu, Jun 30, 2011
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Much more entertaining than Michael Bay’s 3D House of Victoria’s Secret Models and Giant Robots.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (review)

Tue, Jun 28, 2011
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Ewww. It’s got Michael Bay’s jingo-jism all over it.

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Terrence Malick, Michael Bay: artists thwarted in their art by projectionists

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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All the experimental auteurs are passing written instructions to projectionists these days…

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trailer break: ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’

Fri, Apr 29, 2011
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I guarantee you that Michael Bay is having eight kinds of orgasms just thinking about the fact that we’re all watching all these lovely explosions in his new trailer today…

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