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Thursday May 16 | Kotaku

Japan Has an Insane Number of "Armageddon" Flicks

Armageddon was released worldwide in 1998. But since 2007, every year without fail, there has been a new " Armageddon" movie in Japan.

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Related Topix: inSANE, _No Company, Volition Inc., Video Games, 2012, Gliese Games

Tue May 14, 2013

The Kaleidoscope

Pumped for Pain and Gain

Forget the Mayans, the end of the world starts now. Why, you ask? Because, surely hell must be on the verge of freezing over or I wouldn't be about to write a positive review of a Michael Bay film.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Arts, Cinema, Armageddon, Life, Hobbies, Dwayne Johnson, Drama Movies, Boogie Nights

Miami's Community Newspapers

True Miami crime meets comedy in Pain & Gain

It was a story that shook the Magic City. A story so shocking, that it's difficult to believe.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain

Thu May 09, 2013

The Guardian

JJ Abrams on Star Trek: 'I've come to love it'

The director took some flak after his first Trek film by admitting he wasn't a fan of the TV series.

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Related Topix: Super 8, Star Trek, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television

Wed May 08, 2013

NowPublic

Movie Review: Pain & Gain

Rating: R Length: 129 minutes Release Date: April 26, 2013 Directed by: Michael Bay Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime Stars: 3.5 out of 5 The latest offering from director Michael Bay , "Pain & Gain" is not what viewers may be expecting.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, The Fighter, Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg, The Hangover

Tue May 07, 2013

Cinema Blend News

Michael Bay's Action Drama The Last Ship Goes To Series At TNT

Though he's better known for his feature work, Michael Bay has been branching out into television lately.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Firefly, Action TV, Entertainment, Television, Chuck, Comedy, Reality TV, Drama, Adam Baldwin

Monsters and Critics

TV tweak of the day: Starz's 'Black Sails'

Check out the preview of the Starz original series "Black Sails" from executive producer Michael Bay, starring Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Tom Hopper and Jessica Parker Kennedy.

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Related Topix: Jessica Parker Kennedy, Entertainment, Treasure Island, Television, Drama

Sat May 04, 2013

Examiner.com

Pain & Gain: A hilariously brutal glimpse into hell

Michael Bay is not known for doing small-budgeted, character driven films. Quite the opposite, actually.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Action Movies, The Rock, Thriller, Dwayne Johnson, End Times

Digital Post Production

Who Has The Remote? Defends Michael Bay and Armageddon Amidst Controversy

Who Has The Remote? today announced its support for Michael Bay , director of multiple blockbuster films, and his 1998 film Armageddon.

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Thu May 02, 2013

North Coast Journal Weekly Politics

Filmland

Reviews PAIN & GAIN. It's all too easy to hate on Michael Bay. I know because I used to do it all the time.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, End Times, The Call, Pop/Rock, Abigail Breslin

Centretown News

Film Review: Pain & Gain

As a certain hardly recognizable, high-octane account of Pearl Harbour testifies, "based on actual events" is not a common or comfortable modus operandi for director Michael Bay, whose latest chaotic romp across the silver screen opened Friday.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Armageddon, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson

Wed May 01, 2013

Chicago Reader

Pain & Gain wants to kick your ass

Not long after Paul Verhoeven directed Showgirls , French filmmaker Jacques Rivette told an interviewer the movie was about "surviving in a world populated by assholes." I thought of this line often while watching Michael Bay's Pain & Gain , which opened last week and is currently the number one box office attraction in the U.S. Nearly all the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, End Times

The Huffington Post

Steve Jablonsky, 'Pain And Gain' Composer, On Working With Michael Bay

Millions of people have heard Steve Jablonsky's music , even if they've never heard of Steve Jablonsky.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers, Activision, High Moon Studios, Video Games

Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Huffington Post

100 Percent Perfect

Universal praise is a rare thing, and perhaps no one knows that better than filmmakers, who are subjected to criticism at almost every turn.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain

Connect Savannah

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It appears that whenever Mark Wahlberg brings his world of hurt to movie marquees, audience members are the ones who will be left aching.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Max Payne, Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg, Action Movies, The Rock, Thriller

WIBX-AM Whitesboro

10 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Bay

Everybody's always picking on Michael Bay. You know, because of 'Transformers, 'Transformers 2' and pretty much every other film he's directed.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain

Mon Apr 29, 2013

KETK

A brand new (Michael) Bay

With "Pain & Gain," the director best known for action-packed films such as the "Transformers" franchise and "Armageddon" goes decidedly smaller, though no less hefty in the over-the-top nature.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Arts, Cinema, Dwayne Johnson, Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg

Sun Apr 28, 2013

WFNT-AM Burton

Weekend Box Office Report: 'Pain and Gain' Leads a Slow Weekend

Some will call this a slow weekend, but it may be better to think of it as the calm before the storm.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Oblivion, Western, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

The Austin Chronicle

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

Now you might call it Stockholm Syndrome, but I'll concede: After 10 straight hours of Michael Bay movies last weekend, it's hard not to admit that he's a pretty damn fine film maker.

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Rock, Armageddon, Science Fiction Movies, Bad Boys II, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

The Ten Best Performances in Michael Bay Movies

Michael Bay has a certain reputation. He makes big movies about digital robots and robotlike humans; he flips cars and explodes cars, and sometimes he flips a car and explodes it in mid-air. You might think Bay doesn't really care about his actors - that he's too busy focusing on the special effects to care about the talking meatbags who ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pain & Gain, Bad Boys II, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Horror Movies, Short, Drama Movies, The Rock, Armageddon, Adventure, The Island, Science Fiction Movies