March 10, 2009
James Cameron takes his craft very seriously. And rightfully so, as Cameron’s upcoming film Avatar has built up some impressive buzz and even mightier expectations. Fans expect that the man who pioneered cool CGI effects with Terminator 2 and took scale to the umpteenth level with Titanic will...
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Neil Miller
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March 03, 2009
Many people think that a movie needs to avoid an R-rating in order to become a blockbuster. Most recent top earners have followed that dictum, with only four R-rated movies among last year's top 25 at the box office. Zack Snyder's 300 was a defiant exception in 2007, earning more than $456 million w...
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Peter Martin
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March 02, 2009
No sooner has Blu-Ray seen off HD-DVD with it’s knobbly knocking stick than another format war starts brewing in, quite literally, the R&D labs. According to a report in Video Business, Panasonic are looking to launch their first 3D-ready HD sets in what they hope will be an industry-wide ...
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February 09, 2009
How fun is this illustration? It's by Dave Perillo and I stumbled across it this morning... "Get Away From Her, You..." Not what I was looking for at all but lifted my morning. Funny how the internet is often so hopeless at providing specific answers but brilliant at giving you random things you did...
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February 07, 2009
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce and Evangeline Lilly. Synopsis An Army bomb squad in Iraq tries not to get blowed up. Brought to you by Summit Entertainment Expected Release Date Ummm... Joe : The Hurt Locker is probably the 2009 title we...
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February 04, 2009
Our issues with Hollywood's current obsession over 3-D have been well documented this week. The short of it is: it stinks! Watching Monday's dimensionally enhanced episode of Chuck was like doing our taxes--arduous, exhausting, unfulfilling, and, by the end of it, our eyes were burning. How is that ...
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Christopher Rosen
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February 03, 2009
Film fanatics have been screaming about James Cameron’s Avatar since right around the time Cameron expressed interest in filming a Spider-Man film. This space epic where humans invade an alien culture by use of avatars has been long-sought after and a long-time coming with a long list of probl...
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Cole Abaius
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January 12, 2009
[Posted by David S. Cohen] In today's NYT, Brooks Barnes offers an especially gloomy take on 3-D and the problems getting theaters converted. The NYT gang seems bearish on Hollywood in general these days and this article is no exception. Barnes spoke to media analyst and author Harold Vogel and offe...
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January 05, 2009
So Erik-with-a-k covered the coming comedies of 2009, Scott was all over the horror picks (though his inclusion of Race to Witch Mountain still boggles my mind), Eric-with-a-c nabbed the family-friendly fare, and Elisabeth went over the geek fodder that awaits. But while I respect their calendar yea...
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December 10, 2008
Having just watched The Dark Knight last night, I am in the mood to talk about great practical effects, similar to those that McG has been promising to use in Terminator Salvation . And based on the explosive shenanigans found in the brand new trailer below, which was released on Apple last night, I...
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