Transformers One is obviously targeted at kids, but under that disguise is a heartwarming film that will appeal to long-time TF fans.

I was always thought the origin of the Transformers involved Hasbro partnering with a Japanese toy company to import a line of miniature robots that could transform into various vehicles and gadgets.

Maybe ten minutes into Transformers One, the computer-animated prequel to the entire existing saga of Hasbro’s robots in disguise, Scarlett Johansson’s focused mining manager Elita says to Chris Hemsworth’s idealistic worker Orion Pax,

For years, the Transformers franchise has chugged along. It never resonated with me, feeling like milk well past its expiration date. And yet, more installments keep coming. Transformers One, an animated Chris Hemsworth-led prequel to the series of live-action movies Michael Bay started,