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Avatar Porn Movie Ain’t Avatar. It’s Just About Blue People on an Alien Planet
I’m disappointed by the title of this Hustler-produced “Avatar” porn movie, as are the folks at EW. Really? “This Ain’t Avatar XXX”? That’s the best they could come up with? Mind you, I don’t...
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Don’t Like Avatar? Michelle Rodriguez Will Fight You
I suppose getting beat up by Michelle Rodriguez, one of the stars of James Cameron’s bloated sci-fi spectacular “Avatar” has to be better than getting beat up by, say, Uwe Boll, right? One’s a...
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Box Office: Last Exorcism and Takers Battle for First Place
Update: Predicatably, “Takers” overtook (ahem) “The Last Exorcism” by about $200,000 after final numbers were in. —–Original Post Below—– How long before we get “The Last Exorcism 2: We Didn’t Actually Mean The First...
Read More »Avatar Special Edition Re-Release International Dates and Trailer
Still can’t get enough of the blue stuff? Still running around your backyard pretending it’s Pandora while your parents watch on, wondering if you’ve gone insane and how much psychiatry is gonna cost them?...
Read More »James Cameron Will Pocket $350 Million from Avatar
I see you, James Cameron. Or actually, I see that big wad of cash you got in your pocket, old chum. Deadline reports that the “Avatar” director will make, when all is said and...
Read More »Oscar’s 10 Best Pictures Movie Posters — the Honest Versions
Props to College Humor for coming up with these. I’m a little late (okay, a lot late) in getting to them, but they’re still worth a chuckle or two. Check them out — these...
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82nd Academy Awards Winners: The Hurt Locker Takes Best Picture, Best Director
Let’s not waste time, shall we? You either care about the Oscars, or you don’t. Here are the winners from the 82nd Academy Awards (aka the 2010 Oscars), broadcast live last night. The big...
Read More »Chinese Author To Sue James Cameron Over Plagiarism
This isn’t the first time James Cameron has been accused of plagiarism, and let’s be honest, the Avatar storyline isn’t completely original nor is it overly complex (it’s been referred to as “Dances with...
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Box Office: Valentine’s Day for Percy and the Wolfman
With everyone and their momma having already seen James Cameron’s “Avatar” in its first history-making first seven weeks, it was probably only natural that the film would start to slide down the box office...
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Sappy Chick Flick Downs Avatar in Week 8
Of all the movies in all the world, who would have thought it would be a sappy chick flick starring Channing Tatum called “Dear John” that would eventually end “Avatar’s” reign at the top...
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2010 Oscar Nominations: Avatar Ties Hurt Locker with 9 Noms
The 2010 Oscar nominations are in, and as expected, zombie movies were all the rage, as they filled up every category — oh wait, nevermind. I must have been thinking about something else. “Avatar”,...
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Box Office: Avatar’s Audience Continues to be Legion in Week 6
The Titanic is about to sink again — this time from the list of all-time box office champs. After taking in $1.842 billion in worldwide receipts back in the glory days of 1997, James...
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Box Office: Eli Can’t Close the Book on Avatar’s Reign
Eli and his humanity-changing book came close, but they couldn’t quite close the deal — for the fifth straight week, James Cameron’s “Avatar” reign supreme at the box office, taking the #1 spot for...
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Box Office: Avatar Shakes Off Vampires, Youths, and Amy Adams
Three new studio films opened this week, each hoping to make some sort of dent in “Avatar’s” reign. They didn’t even come close. The horror/sci-fi entry “Daybreakers” came the closeset, but even so it...
Read More »Box Office: Avatar Crosses the Billion Dollar Mark in Week 3
James Cameron truly is the king of the world. Or at least, the box office. With his 1997 monster hit “Titanic” still riding the waves of success (it’s $1.8 billion dollar worldwide box office...
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Box Office: Avatar Holds Off Sherlock Holmes, Meryl Streep, and Chipmunk Abominations
James Cameron’s “Avatar” is still king of the box office — though just barely. According to studio estimates, the sci-fi actioner that would change the way filmmaking is made for years to come (not...
Read More »Box Office: Avatar is King of the World wth $73 Million Opening
That’s it? Just $73 million? How much did “Titanic” make again? Just kidding. Compared to his last film, any number would have seemed inadequate. “Avatar”, the self-proclaimed king of the world’s first feature-length movie...
Read More »The Most Expensive Cinematic Risk of All Time
It’s become an axiom in Hollywood today that the runaway budgets are making studios more and more risk-averse. Then again, 2009 has been a very strange year. Paramount spent $150 million on Star Trek,...
Read More »Somewhere a Geek Weeps: Official Avatar Trailer
In spite of the exaggeration of the title, James Cameron certainly does wonder very well. There are few films which utilize both sci-fi and fantasy, while keeping both genres pure. Most stories would rather...
Read More »Four Minute Avatar Feature
James Cameron has a lot riding on Avatar, it appears. There is always the possibility that he’ll be immolated by ardent critics if it doesn’t work out. Opinions, like mileage, may vary, and so...
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