As a kid, I had no clue that the Saturday morning cartoons I watched religiously were glorified toy commercials all gussied up in action-packed animation and laser gun shoot-em-ups, and I wouldn't ...

This week, my childhood hero Optimus Prime once again makes the leap onto the big screen. But does this summer popcorn flick represent anything else besides an hour and a half of mindless ...

Fueled by morning cartoons that were nothing more than thinly veiled commercials, the 1980s were arguably the golden era of toys, with iconic lines like Transformers, G.I. Joe, and the Masters of the ...