“Gravity” is a full-on ride, as immersive an experience as you could hope for in a movie. It puts you right there with Sandra Bullock, having its way with your equilibrium. So it’s high praise when a guy like James Cameron calls it “the best space film ever done.”
James Cameron on 'Gravity': 'It's the movie I've been hungry to see for an awful long time'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · September 4th, 2013
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James Cameron taps 'Terminator,' 'Jurassic Park IV' and 'Aliens vs. Predator' writers for three 'Avatar' sequels
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:55 am · August 1st, 2013
Fox has announced three sequels for James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster “Avatar.” The director has already hired a number of writers to flesh out the rest of the franchise.
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Roundup: BAFTA honors Alan Parker with Fellowship award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:19 am · January 24th, 2013
Also: A doctor speaks up for ‘Silver Linings,’ and why Ang Lee could win
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Roundup: Is 'Django' dressed up for a costume Oscar?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:38 am · October 24th, 2012
Also: James Cameron to return to earth, and Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar chances
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'Side by Side' reflects a watershed moment in the history of film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · August 18th, 2012
I’m not really sure what’s left to be said in the great film vs. digital debate, but if nothing else, Christopher Kenneally’s “Side by Side” brings things to a head nicely as it represents the layman’s way into the discussion. These things always reach broader consideration last and no film, to date, has been as thorough and definitive as this.
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‘Avatar’ director James Cameron backs a space venture to expand Earth’s resources
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:44 pm · April 20th, 2012
James Cameron backs a privatized space mission that is oddly reminiscent of the one presented in “Avatar.”
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TCM Fest: 'A Night to Remember' marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:07 am · April 15th, 2012
About the time a full crowd of TCM Classic Film Festival-goers began filling one of the smaller theaters at Mann’s Chinese multiplex this evening, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (9:20pm ET, April 14, 1912) came and went. The occasion: a screening of “A Night to Remember.”
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Julian Fellowes aims to right perceived wrongs of James Cameron's 'Titanic'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:02 pm · March 21st, 2012
With the release of “Titanic 3D” looming, Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes has lashed out at James Cameron’s film, claiming his own upcoming TV take on the story will rectify the 1997 film’s factual blunders.
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Oscarweb Round-up: R.I.P. Jerry Robinson
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · December 9th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Joker creator Jerry Robinson passes, the NYT ponders whether Scott Rudin held “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” because of last year’s early “Social Network” peak and James Cameron gets sued over “Avatar.”
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Martin Scorsese embraces 3D beyond the realm of 'Hugo' and fantasy
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:26 pm · November 28th, 2011
Martin Scorsese once again paves the way for the future even as he honors the past with “Hugo” and his embrace of 3D technology.
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'Avatar' director James Cameron talks 'Hugo' and 3D with Martin Scorsese
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:16 pm · November 19th, 2011
Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is about the magic of making movies. So it fits that filmmakers have been tapped as of late to moderate Q&As of the film. Paramount has released a featurette of the legendary director talking with James Cameron about the film and 3D technology.
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As James Cameron previews 'Titanic' in 3D, we look back on its Oscar glory
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:16 pm · October 28th, 2011
James Cameron is drumming up some interest in his 3D post-conversion of “Titanic” by showing a short reel featuring the hard work he’s put into it. The film will be re-released next year, but for now, we look back at its record-tying Oscar haul and wonder: Did it deserve all of those awards?
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James Cameron talks 'Avatar' sequels
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:53 am · October 19th, 2011
James Cameron is toiling away on the screenplays for his two “Avatar” sequels. He recently revealed a few nuggets about the film that fans will certainly be interested in: the oceans of Pandora will be featured extensively and there will be “other planets” brought into play as well.
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Oscarweb Round-up: McQueen's De Niro
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:07 am · October 12th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen reunite and “The Ides of March” pays homage to Shepard Fairey, among other stories.
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