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Robin Hare on Jul 13th, 2010 |
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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...
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Robin Hare on Jul 10th, 2010 |
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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...
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Jason Stringer on Jul 9th, 2010 |
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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...
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Jason Stringer on Jul 6th, 2010 |
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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...
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Robin Hare on Jun 8th, 2010 |
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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...
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Robin Hare on Jun 5th, 2010 |
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Sometimes, white-male-dominated Hollywood freaks out and breaks the rules and accidentally makes a movie with a woman instead of a man in the lead role. Sometimes, these movies don’t even objectify or ogle their subjects, they just treat them like regular people. Sometimes, these movies are even good.
In the wake of the culturally disastrous Sex And The City 2, I felt it was prudent — nay,...
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Robin Hare on May 14th, 2010 |
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I’m exaggerating — this isn’t really a week’s worth of news. But, with Cannes officially underway, news has been flying thick and fast. So who’s ready for a big ol’ 3D update?
First up, Universal Soldier 4 is going ahead in 3D with John Hyams directing, Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren starring; shooting begins in October 2010, so expect a late ’11 release....
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Robin Hare on Apr 30th, 2010 |
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I wrote a few months ago about why I thought 3D movies were crap; but that was before Avatar came out, so I was writing with some degree of optimism. Now that Avatar has come and gone I can safely say that I’m still not on board for 3D. A higher degree of immersion doesn’t negate a boring script or lazy world-building.
If you don’t know who Roger Ebert is, then … you’re missing...
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Robin Hare on Apr 27th, 2010 |
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So I hear that movie with the blue freaks sold a metric shitload of DVDs and Blu-Rays (where a metric shitload is measured as 3.2 million copies in the first day, and double that over the following three days). Congratulations, Jim, I believe you now hold the majority of shares in the planet Mars.
I like to think of myself as being on or shortly behind the tech curve; I have a small stack of Blu-Rays sitting...
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Robin Hare on Apr 27th, 2010 |
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Now let’s turn to that other franchise whose sophomore effort was helmed by James Cameron: Piranha.
In a parallel world where poorly animated and cheaply copy / pasted piranhas are frightening, a bunch of gyrating and oblivious party-goers get their buts chewed off by things under the water that may or may not be Jaws. At least, I think that’s the plot. Oh, it’s in 3D? With a premise like...
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