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Movie Review – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

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Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Brendan Cowell, Jack Champion, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Matt Gerald, Duane Evans Jr., Chloe Coleman, Keston John, […]

Avatar: The Most Successful Movie with Zero Cultural Impact

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Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact… We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not […]

Avatar: The Way of Water tracking $525 million worldwide opening weekend

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13 years in the making, and with hundreds of millions of dollars ploughed not only into the production but also the actual development of much of the technology used to bring it to life, James Cameron has claimed that Avatar: The Way of Water will need to become “the third or fourth highest-grossing film in […]

Video Review – Avatar: The Way of Water is a beautiful mess

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EJ Moreno with a video review of Avatar: The Way of Water… James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is the film version of that beautiful person with no personality. Avatar 2 tries to say and do a lot but comes off as a striking shell for a lackluster core. The spectacle is there, and […]

James Cameron laughs off VFX comparisons between Avatar and Marvel: “It’s not even close”

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If James Cameron is going to do one thing, it’s praise his Avatar movies while shading other films – especially the work of Marvel and other superhero brands. During a recent interview ahead of this month’s Avatar: The Way of Water release, the conversation about visual effects came into play, and the legendary filmmaker took […]

First reactions to Avatar: The Way of Water call it “mind-blowing” and “a sincere, stunning epic”

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“Never bet against James Cameron”. That’s just one of the reactions to the director’s thirteen years in the making sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, which held its world premiere on the blue carpet in London last night, and triggered a tsunami of overwhelmingly positive reactions from audiences around the world.  You can check out a […]

Alita: Battle Angel producer Jon Landau provides an update on the sequel

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Alita: Battle Angel was once the passion project of James Cameron, but then he decided to spend a couple of decades hanging out on Pandora, eventually handing over the reins to Robert Rodriguez. Now as Cameron shows the world his own follow-up The Way of Water, talk has once again turned to a possible sequel […]

Gal Gadot explains why she never responded to James Cameron’s Wonder Woman criticism

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Although Wonder Woman garnered near-universal acclaim following its release last year – including a nomination at the WGA Awards this week – one person who didn’t seem to be much of a fan was James Cameron, with the Titanic and Avatar director describing the movie as a “step backwards” for the representation of females on […]

James Cameron is planning a new Terminator trilogy

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Back in January it was announced that James Cameron would be looking to relaunch the Terminator franchise when the rights to the series revert back to him in 2019, with Cameron said to be looking to Deadpool helmer Tim Miller to direct and Arnold Schwarzenegger saying he’ll be back for a sixth outing as the T-800. […]

Wonder Woman and Baby Driver trailers, Avatar 2, Gladiator 2, Pegg and Frost reunite, and what’s going on with The Dark Tower? – Weekend News Roundup

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Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… WONDER WOMAN GETS AN ORIGINS TRAILER On Saturday, Warner Bros. gave us another look at its first DC Films release of 2017, unveiling an ‘Origins’ trailer for June’s Wonder Woman solo movie starring Gal Gadot. If you’re yet to see the trailer, or you just want to watch […]