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Michael Bay

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Cocaine Cowboys Being Turned Into an HBO Series

    Cocaine Cowboys, the locally produced doc about the early days of Miami's cocaine trade, is being turned into a television series, and just like the subjects it covers it's not settling for any small time stuff. This thing is going to be A-list. That's what you get when you've got Mega-producers Jer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Rakontur Teams Up With Pharrell For Adult Swim Show

    2009 is looking to be a huge year for the Rakontur Films. Not only will they be teaming up with super-producers Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer to turn their Cocaine Cowboys documentary into an HBO series, but they've also announced on their blog they're developing a half-hour series for Adult Swi ... More >>

  • Film

    April 13, 1995

    Six Degrees of Degradation

    2009 is looking to be a huge year for the Rakontur Films. Not only will they be teaming up with super-producers Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer to turn their Cocaine Cowboys documentary into an HBO series, but they've also announced on their blog they're developing a half-hour series for Adult Swi ... More >>

  • Film

    February 12, 2009

    Bail Out The International

    This movie's assets are troubled indeed.

  • Film

    September 4, 2008

    In the Heat of the Knight

    Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

  • Film

    May 1, 2008

    Mighty Avenger

    Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 13, 2008

    Three the Hard Way

    Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

  • Film

    August 3, 2006

    Downward Mobility

    Brit movie brat takes the B horror movie where it deserves to go

  • Home Entertainment

    October 18, 2007

    Genuine Fake Robots

    Brit movie brat takes the B horror movie where it deserves to go

  • Home Entertainment

    July 26, 2007

    Mechanical Bull

    A few more changes would've helped Transformers

  • Film

    June 28, 2007

    Summer: The Sequel

    From Harry Potter to Homer Simpson, cool off at the movies

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    Now Playing

    The Hitcher

  • Film

    May 22, 2003

    Think Different

    Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Rebel Without a Causeway

    A Hollywood backlash -- what's Miami Beach's mayor to do? Shoot the messenger.

  • Culture

    January 17, 2002

    Devil's Advocate

    Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

  • Film

    May 24, 2001

    Staying on Target

    Aiming for a familiar audience, the films of summer hope for more hits than misses

  • Film

    September 7, 2000

    The Bagmen Cometh

    Go The Way of the Gun, and you shall be rewarded

  • Film

    June 15, 2000
  • Film

    June 8, 2000

    Momma Mia!

    Big Momma's House

  • Film

    December 23, 1999

    Super Sunday

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    July 1, 1999

    Gotta Get the Money!

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    July 30, 1998

    Talking Down

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    July 2, 1998

    Chip Off the Old Rock

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    June 5, 1997

    Mayday

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    January 2, 1997

    Down for the Count

    Any Given Sunday

  • Film

    June 13, 1996

    Knock the Rock

    Any Given Sunday

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Benevolent Semi-Truck from Outerspace Lands in South Miami

    Ooo, yeah, take that camera, take it. I'm shooting you so good, baby.No matter how humid the weather, summer has not arrived until Michael Bay says so. Wear all the sunscreen you want, but until that V8 engine of a brain (disguised by sweet-smelling angel's hair) unleashes its latest hailstorm of sw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    The Heat Is Done. Now Can We All Agree the Team Drafted the Wrong Guy?

    The Heat's season ended yesterday pretty much the same way it played out all year long -- as a one-man D-Wade show. via Wikimedia CommonsOops. Wrong pick.Unfortunately for the Heat, Sunday's game was one of those "Wade can't possibly carry these clowns all by himself" duds, instead of those "Holy cr ... More >>

  • Film

    June 25, 2009

    Transformers: The Mighty Have Fallen

    Michael Bay can't live up to Michael Bay in Part 2.

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2009

    Better Than Band Camp

    Michael Bay can't live up to Michael Bay in Part 2.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Fashion Week Swim 2010: KRELwear Goes Neon, Chloe Gets Sexy at W, Gansevoort Disappoints

    Jipsy/NefariousGirl.comKRELwear show at Miami Splashion at LIV.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim cannon balled into town last night, so expect another stream of parties, models, fashion and debauchery in the middle of our slowest season, during one of our country's greatest economic depressions. The f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Local Screenwriting Workshops Beginning Soon

    WikicommonsI never get tired of this photo.​Michael Bay could really use a new screenwriter, and I think it's up to Miami to give it to him. You could sign up for an L.A. or NYC screenwriting class (L.A. writing lab, Robert McKee, mediabistro, etc.) with an online component, but there's no substit ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    Jerry Powers, the man behind Ocean Drive, refuses to surrender

    WikicommonsI never get tired of this photo.​Michael Bay could really use a new screenwriter, and I think it's up to Miami to give it to him. You could sign up for an L.A. or NYC screenwriting class (L.A. writing lab, Robert McKee, mediabistro, etc.) with an online component, but there's no substit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Diesel Short Film Festival Now Accepting Entries

    You know how Michael Benjamin Bay got his start? He made a short film about a helicopter flying into the sunset:Which he parlayed into multi-million dollar box office smashes. This is how it works, fledgling film directors. You make a kick-ass short. People take notice.That's why you should enter th ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2009

    John Hillcoat's The Road is middle-of-the-road

    You know how Michael Benjamin Bay got his start? He made a short film about a helicopter flying into the sunset:Which he parlayed into multi-million dollar box office smashes. This is how it works, fledgling film directors. You make a kick-ass short. People take notice.That's why you should enter th ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Miami Hurricanes football told by Rakontur filmmakers

    You know how Michael Benjamin Bay got his start? He made a short film about a helicopter flying into the sunset:Which he parlayed into multi-million dollar box office smashes. This is how it works, fledgling film directors. You make a kick-ass short. People take notice.That's why you should enter th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Spineless U.S. Congress Kills Latest Hopes to Close Gitmo

    Back in February, I visited the Guantanamo Bay prison camp during President Obama's inauguration. At the time, it sure seemed like I was witnessing the last days of a ugly chapter in American history. ​Obama's first act as president was an order to close the place. The head of the detention center ... More >>

  • Film

    May 6, 2010

    Elm Street remake is no dream

    Back in February, I visited the Guantanamo Bay prison camp during President Obama's inauguration. At the time, it sure seemed like I was witnessing the last days of a ugly chapter in American history. ​Obama's first act as president was an order to close the place. The head of the detention center ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Transformers 3 To Shoot in Miami?

    ​Michael Bay never met a hacky CGI explosion he didn't like, but God bless him, he's practically the patron saint of bringing big time productions to Miami. The director of the Bad Boys movies and co-producer of the upcoming Cocaine Cowboys series is reportedly set to film scenes for the upcoming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore Appears in Miami Court This Afternoon (Updated)

    ​Colton Harris-Moore stole five airplanes, hot-wired boats and cars, flew a plane from Indiana to the Bahamas with no formal training, won almost 30,000 friends on Facebook, and had his life's movie rights optioned before he turned 20. The Barefoot Bandit, in short, is much cooler than you.Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Video: "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore Runs Away From Cops In the Bahamas

    ​Early on a dark Caribbean morning, on a sandbar just off Harbor Island, one of the great fugitive chases in American history came to a gunshot-punctuated end. Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" famous for fleeing a Washington halfway house and hijacking Cesnas, surrendered to police after ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2010

    The Other Guys: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay reteam, with decreasing returns

    ​Early on a dark Caribbean morning, on a sandbar just off Harbor Island, one of the great fugitive chases in American history came to a gunshot-punctuated end. Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" famous for fleeing a Washington halfway house and hijacking Cesnas, surrendered to police after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Motorcycles Collide with Big Rig, Helicopter Comes to the Rescue on Krome Avenue

    via CBS4​An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to ... More >>

  • Film

    November 11, 2010

    Unstoppable: Denzel Washington and Chris Pine save small-town USA

    via CBS4​An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    WVUM Still Working Toward That Woodie!

    Sebastian the Ibis insists: "Vote now, mofo!"​Sadly, FIU's Radiate FM went soft in the second-to-last round of MTV's marathon contest for best college radio station in the nation. So they're out. Thanks to WVUM 90.5 FM, though, Miami can continue to dream about bringing home a big beautiful Woo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Ten Reasons Miami International Airport Burst Into Flames Yesterday

    "We didn't start the fire..." Then who did?​As we reported yesterday, Miami International Airport mysteriously burst into flames. The incident caused massive delays, an untold amount of damage, and both tourists and locals to lose their shit.But what really happened to cause the fire? We brought i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    LeBron James Alive, At U2 Concert

    Maverick CarterThe Edge has perfected a more subtle way of hiding his hairline than the LeBron Headband.​Good news, Miami! LeBron James has not fled the country, nor does he appear to be too depressed for a few photos with some fellow squagillionaires. Apparently inspired by Venezuelan President H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Ultra Music Festival Premieres Movie Trailer for New Can U Feel It? Concert Documentary

    ​Ultra Music Festival is an insanely intense sensory experience. Three days of ecstatic raving, bro-on-bro PDA, and other miscellaneous forms of debauched misbehavior alongside all your fave DJs and 150,000 beat freaks rocking goggles, glowsticks, furry boots, yarn hair, and sweat-soaked novelty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson May Star in Michael Bay's New Times-based Movie

    ​Well, we guess it only makes sense that two men who launched to stardom by being muscular in tight briefs would team up to star in a movie about body builders. Variety reports that Mark Whalberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are currently in talks to star in Pain and Gain, explosive auteur Michae ... More >>

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