Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes, and clips and puts it all in perspective. If bad guys were chasing you and you were saved by a superhero named Max Steel, ...

Based on the Mattel toy figure of the same name, Max Steel has emerged as one of the downright strangest superhero films to come out in recent memory, mainly due to the film’s bland and recycled look.

Billy Slaughter joins the superhero film based on the Mattel toy franchise. By Rebecca Ford Billy Slaughter Headshot - P 2014 The story centers on 16-year-old Max McGrath (Winchell) and his alien ...

First introduced in 1997, Mattel’s “Max Steel” toy line has inspired two animated series and now a new live-action adventure. But while the proverbial “’90s kids” may get a nostalgic kick out of ...

Last week, the first trailer for the Max Steel movie arrived online—even though it was an international trailer, even though the film’s domestic release was scheduled for October 21st, and even though ...

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 ...

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) ...

Just weeks before Paramount Pictures invades theaters with “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” the studio is teaming with Joe Roth to pick up Mattel’s “Max Steel” as another action figure it wants to play with ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. Max Steel, a joyless 92-minute movie based on toy maker Mattel’s action-figure line and animated series, may be the tipping point ...