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Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 13th, 2010 | View Comments

Top 10 reasons why I didn’t like AVATAR

I reviewed Avatar on opening day. Fresh from watching the film, my mind had a tendency to focus on the trees rather than the woods, and, while the review still holds up, it could use some clarification. Eight months have passed since then, the dust has settled, everyone’s absorbed Avatar into their consciousness, and the film’s due for re-release in six weeks’ time. What better time to reflect on the...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 10th, 2010 | View Comments

Top 5 movies you didn’t know were science fiction

Following on from my list last week about movies that people innocently mistake for science fiction, here’s a list of the opposite: five popular movies that people don’t usually think of as science fiction. Science fiction hasn’t really been popular since the Golden Age ended forty years ago, but, following in the wake of Avatar, it’s likely that we’ll see a resurgence in the...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 10th, 2010 | View Comments

Hey Jim, buy me a house: James Cameron set to earn $350m from AVATAR

In an ironic twist on the Hollywood accounting nonsense I recently wrote some words about, James Cameron is set to rake in $350 million from the success of Avatar. That’s a lot of dollars. How come he gets so much? Because he wrote, directed and produced the film; each one of those jobs probably came with a cent-per-dollar contract, and, being in control of the project in every meaningful way, he must...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 9th, 2010 | View Comments

AVATAR being re-released to 3D cinemas worldwide in August. No, really.

Did you see Avatar in the cinema? You know, with the silly 3D glasses on and hundreds of sheep people looking on in awe? Chances are you did… we all did. And if you didn’t see it in cinemas you most likely got the DVD or Blu-ray the day it came out or soon thereafter. Numbers indicate we all saw Avatar at some point. The big question is: would you pay money to go see it in the cinemas again, if...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 6th, 2010 | View Comments

Would you pay to see TITANIC again, in 3D this time?

The LA Times confirms James Cameron is taking on the long task of converting Titanic into a 3D film for Fox, ready to be re-released in April 2012. That date marks 100 years since Titanic’s tragic sinking, and they seem to think re-releasing the film in 3D and selling even more tickets to see it would be a fitting way to capitalize on the occasion. I mean, why not? The majority of the 3D films you...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 3rd, 2010 | View Comments

Michael Bay, dishonest? Never! TRANSFORMERS 3 being shot in 3D

Michael Bay 2009: “The way I shoot is too aggressive for 3D cameras. It’s a time consuming thing,” said Bay. “Who knows… It might be a fad. I’m kinda old school. I’m old school because I like to shoot on film. I like anamorphic lenses, and that is old school.” Fastforward to 2010: “Trying to lay low and do what I do best. We took delivery of the first Alexa cameras for Hugo and...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jun 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

PIRANHA 3D poster is all about the dimensions

Dimension have released a new poster for their upcoming horror film Piranha 3D and the tagline says everything we need to know about what kind of viewing experience to expect. “This Summer 3D shows its teeth.” I would have thought Avatar remains the only film to really show 3D’s ‘teeth’? Bottom line, this is a horror film in 3D– the scares, characters and plot are...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 19th, 2010 | View Comments

Alfonso Cuaron’s GRAVITY film sounds too good to be true

(Note — this film thankfully has nothing to do with Louis Leterrier’s similarly-named Gravity project) I’m faced with a dilemma here. Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Gravity (starring Robert Downey, Jr.) will be shot and released in 3D. I don’t really like 3D. So do I see a slick, fresh film print of the movie and suffer the obviously video-based aesthetic, or to I see...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 8th, 2010 | View Comments

Can JACKASS save 3D from itself?

Six months ago the news broke that a third Jackass feature was going into production, and that it would be shot in 3D. Collider recently chatted with series director Jeff Tremane, who confirmed that the shooting is near completion; they’ve got a bit of international shooting to do, and then they’re done, aiming for a mid-October 2010 release date. He also says the 3D aspect of the footage is...
Posted by Jason Stringer on May 27th, 2010 | View Comments

ALICE IN WONDERLAND box office makes Tim Burton a $1billion director

Disney is jumping for joy and rolling around in large wads of cash as Tim Burton’s CGI-heavy version of Alice in Wonderland just become the sixth film in history to crack the illustrious $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. To date, Alice has earned over $332 million in the US and almost $670 million in worldwide cinemas. This makes Tim Burton a billion dollar director– just think of the...
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