Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (2014)

Which Transformers films have the touch, and which ones belong in the trash!

Michael Bay seems to think that Transformers: The Last Knight will be a much better movie than Age of Extinction. Here's why.

Despite being mauled critically in the US, Warcraft has thrived in China where it looks to be a serious threat to Furious 7's record box office haul in the country. But what other terrible Hollywood films have surprisingly succeeded in China? More than you'd think.

Product placement is a tried and true method for building a brand’s awareness among an audience. The movie makes money to help offset the costs of filming, long before any box office dollars come in, and the brand in question gets noticed by millions of people, and most of the time it’s not ridiculously blatant.

With the release of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, let's take a few moments to celebrate the kinetic filmmaking energy of Michael Bay in all of his glory. He really does deserve it.

Furious 7 just overtook Transformers: Age of Extinction as the number one grossing movie in China.

2014 was a great year for movies. It’s when we got Richard Linklater’s Oscar-headed Boyhood, such great indie fair as Only Lovers Left Alive and Whiplash, and powerful performances all around. But there were also a great deal of duds. The 2014 Razzie Nominations have been released, and with it comes a list of the worst movies from the past year. Can you guess which ones made the cut?

Today is the day when, all around the world, fireworks are ignited as people celebrate the departure of 2014 and the arrival of 2015. So it seems only appropriate that we would end our year in cinema with a bang as well:

With 2014 coming to a close, the numbers are all in, and now have the list of the Top 10 worldwide box office performers of the past year. Read on to find out what ranked where!

The editors of the site RiffTrax.com isolated this year’s top offenders, and they included several expected duds. Here, then, are the 10 Worst Movies of 2014, according to the people who get paid to heckle bad movies all year long.

Apparently Paramount thinks Transformers 4 should win Best Picture this year. No, I'm not even kidding.

Product placement has become an unfortunately big part of modern studio filmmaking, but there are some ads in movies that we can still appreciate: the fake ones. Rather than actually trying to tell us something, they merely exist as a fun gag or even sometimes as a plot device. And now you can see a whole bunch of them mashed together in this fantastic new supercut.

We've seen Cinema Sins tear apart quite a few movies in their time, but never has there been a film that needed a full half hour, two part takedown. That is, until now.

Those loveable scamps over at Honest Trailers have taken aim at another recent release, and this is one that plenty of you will have been waiting for. It’s now time to rip apart Michael Bay's Transformers: Age Of Extinction.

The car stunts in Transformers: Age Of Extinction are pretty impressive on their own, but they're even more impressive when you get a closer look at how they did it. It also helps if they let you drive some of the cars too.

This week isn’t a huge week for releases, but that's because not a lot of releases want to compete with Transformers: Age of Extinction. Find out about some of this week's best releases, here.

We've gotten a look at some exclusive concept art that is part of the Transformers: Age Of Extinction special features, showcasing everything from the film's climatic Dinobot battle to Galvatron himself!

4DX puts customers right into the middle of the action in their favorite flicks through the use of a technology that utilizes seat movement and sensory effects inside the auditorium, which are synched to the action onscreen. America’s first theater utilizing the tech opened this past June, and early results show it’s a huge hit with patrons.

We don't have the answer. But we'd love to hear your opinions. Why are box office numbers down this season? And which films will bring them back up? Are you staying away from theaters this season? Are there better options at home? Or outside?

On the whole, this has not been a great summer for Hollywood. As we reported last month, box office profits across the board are down 20% compared to what they were in 2013. That being said, the season hasn't been completely without its bright spots.

The summer movie season “is expected to finish down 15 to 20 percent compared with 2013, the worst year-over-year decline in three decades, and revenue will struggle to crack $4 billion, which hasn't happened in eight years.”

So what else is left this summer to surpass a billion? Most are dubious it will happen again. Unless it has crazy legs, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes could likely finish anywhere between $500 and $700 million. Beyond that, the industry has high expectations for Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy, but so far Iron Man is the only Marvel character to break a billion solo.

Since trade embargoes have loosened between China and America, it's resulted in a flood of Hollywood product reaching their shores, when earlier it was only a select few movies that would arrive in China, following heavy government censure.

Three new movies hit theaters for the Fourth of July holiday, but none of them unseated last weekend's number one.

Paramount Pictures has teamed with AMC Theater and Regal Cinema to offer a special giveaway to Transformers: Age of The Extinction audiences. If you see this film at either theater chain on July 4th in IMAX 3D, you'll be given one of two limited edition Transformers: Age of The Extinction, while supplies last.

Hey, remember when Michael Bay gave the Transformers franchise a facelift, and the fourth installment opened to a jaw-dropping $100 million during its first weekend? Probably. That just happened this past weekend, but if executives from the studios not named Paramount Pictures are to be believed, it didn’t actually happen at all.

In today's Monday Movie Memo, I argue that the only way for Michael Bay to save the Transformers franchise is to hand it off to a different director for the series can benefit from an infusion of fresh blood.

"They’re still going to see the movie! I think it’s good to get a little tension," said Michael Bay. "Very good. I used to get bothered by it. But I think it’s good to get the dialogue going. It makes me think, and it keeps me on my toes, so it’s good.”

There was only one new entry into the summer fray this weekend, and without much surprise Transformers: Age of Extinction was not only panned by critics, it was number one. Estimates have the movie standing at exactly $100 million, a dubious number that probably means that Paramount's probably hoping for the best, but when the actual numbers roll in it probably won't quite be that high. Just the same it's the highest opening of the year so far in a year where opening weekends for blockbuster movies aren't as impressive as they've been in the recent past.

Paramount, as I’m sure you understand, was hoping for a big boost on Transformers: Age of Extinction, infusing the sequel with new human characters played by Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer.