‘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 […] ...