‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ and the Power of Mystique
James Wortman If you’ve been on social media in the past month, you might have stumbled across heated debate around James Cameron’s Avatar films and their “cultural relevance.” Essentially, people have been…
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James Cameron: Avatar Sequel Will Go Underwater
Unless you’ve been living under a rock on a faraway moon (and keeping all of that unobtainium for yourself, you greedy blue bastard), you probably know that Avatar, the biggest…
Clash of the Titans 2: Bubo Strikes Back?
In spite of mixed reviews and an apparently universal rejection of its post-production 3D conversion process, Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans remake had a tremendously successful opening weekend, earning…
Movie Theater Chains Raise Prices This Weekend
Taking the kids to How to Train Your Dragon this weekend? Heading out with friends to see Hot Tub Time Machine? Well, you might be paying a little more than…
Will Avatar Hit Theaters Again This Year?
While Avatar is still doing strong business on regular-sized 3D digital screens after Alice in Wonderland forced it from IMAX theaters, Fox is already thinking ahead and planning for a…
Avatar Spoof Pulled from the Oscars
It’s pretty safe to say at this point that James Cameron’s Avatar is a cultural touchstone. It’s the highest-grossing film of all time, it’s up for nine Oscars, it’s inspired…
James Cameron on Terminator Sequels: “The Soup’s Kind of Been Pissed In”
Remember Terminator Salvation? Neither do a lot of people. But, believe it or not, a fourth Terminator film actually came out last summer. And you know what? It wasn’t terrible.…
Oscars: Avatar, Inglourious Basterds and District 9 Nominated for Best Picture
This year’s Academy Award nominations were released on February 2, and I’m pretty excited that Avatar, District 9 and Inglourious Basterds—my top three films of 2009—received best picture nods. I…
Avatar Becomes the Biggest Movie of All Time
On Monday, January 25, James Cameron’s Avatar was officially crowned the all-time worldwide box office champion, Variety reports. The film toppled the $1.84 billion global box office record held by…
PETA Honors James Cameron for Avatar
I know, I know. Yet another Avatar news story. But this announcement threw me for a loop yesterday and I just had to share. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment…