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Muscling past a flat script, a big-screen 'Masters of the Universe' embraces its own silliness

LA Times · Jun 3, 2026, 8:30 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Powered by copious sarcasm, 'Bumblebee' director Travis Knight and star Nicholas Galitzine modernize the '80s macho man as sensitive and self-aware.

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