A half-baked, time-wasting curtain-raiser for a superhero franchise that is never, ever going to happen. That loud, dull thud you may have heard emanating from megaplexes Friday signaled the ...

Second time’s the charm? We’re not saying it’s a home run, but the new trailer for Max Steele is a masterpiece compared to the international trailer that electrified Twitter (and not in a good way) ...

About his role in the infamously terrible Jaws 4: The Revenge, Michael Caine once said “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, ...

WILMINGTON -- A thick coat of surgical lubricant is the real hero for superheroes suiting up. It's a reality audiences won't see in "Max Steel," the long-delayed, locally shot film opening Friday. But ...

“Max Steel” is a movie sprung from a children’s action figure: a slick Mattel toy from the late 1990s that varies in length, width and style, depending on which model you picked up. For any ...

Yes, the Max Steel movie is alive and well. In fact, there’s now an official trailer for the film. Mattel, the toy company that created the superhero, has tried multiple times to get a movie about the ...

The teenage superhero movie 'Max Steel' recounts the origin tale of the character based on the Mattel action figure. By Frank Scheck Even tweens may find themselves underwhelmed by the new live-action ...