Bumblebee
Somehow after a whole series of action films, Bumblebee managed to ground the explosive franchise with a simple story of an unlikely friendship between a girl (Hailee Steinfeld) and a Transformer. The Travis Knight-directed installment is very E.T.-like! It had a grand sense of adventure without getting too muddled in action set pieces. It’s only a bummer we didn’t get more as its sequel has seemingly fallen through.
