‘Masters of the Universe’ Review: Nicholas Galitzine Lends Some Spark to a Bloated Nostalgia Trip
Nearly 40 years have passed since the colossal financial failure of Cannon Films’ live-action feature “Masters of the Universe” signaled the cultural falloff of Mattel’s successful sci-fi sword-and-sorcery media franchise — which had, for five years, held undiscriminating Eighties kids like this critic in its thrall, before we mostly moved onto other things. But in […]
Nearly 40 years have passed since the colossal financial failure of Cannon Films’ live-action feature “Masters of the Universe” signaled the cultural falloff of Mattel’s successful sci-fi sword-and-sorcery media franchise — which had, for five years, held undiscriminating Eighties kids like this critic in its thrall, before we mostly moved onto other things. But in…
Nearly 40 years have passed since the colossal financial failure of Cannon Films’ live-action feature “Masters of the Universe” signaled the cultural falloff of Mattel’s successful sci-fi sword-and-sorcery media franchise — which had, for five years, held undiscriminating Eighties kids like this critic in its thrall, before we mostly moved onto other things. But in […]
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