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IT'S NOT JUST JAMES CAMERON

Dec 18, 2009 12:45 PM CST

18 Other Slowpoke Directors

James Cameron's 12-year hiatus before Avatar isn't the first

(Newser) - James Cameron went 12 years between feature films—and other directors have gone even longer, for reasons ranging from hubris to legal problems to, say, Nazi oppression. Slate looks at 18 other filmmakers who took their sweet time:

Sylvester Stallone, 21-year gap: Between helming Rocky IV and Rocky Balboa, Stallon

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Avatar Amazes and Awes

MOVIE REVIEWs

Dec 18, 2009 7:09 AM CST

Avatar Amazes and Awes

Cameron's comeback 'the most vivid fantasy world seen on screen'

(Newser) - James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar has been hailed as the future of filmmaking and the stunning fantasy world he has created more than lives up to the hype, say impressed critics.

"Avatar delivers," writes Steven Rea at the Philadelphia Inquirer . "Combining beyond-state-of-the-art moviemaking with a tried-and-true storyline

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Up in the Air Leads Globe Noms

GOLDEN GLOBES

Dec 15, 2009 7:56 AM CST

Up in the Air Leads Globe Noms

Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock score two Golden Globe nods each

(Newser) - Up in the Air ruled this morning’s Golden Globes nominations with six, including best director, actor, and picture (drama). Nine was a close second with five nominations, including best picture (comedy/musical). In the television categories, Glee came in first with four nominations, including best series—and, not surprisingly, HBO...

Early Buzz Positive
After Avatar Premiere

sneak peek

Dec 11, 2009 5:41 AM CST

Early Buzz Positive After Avatar Premiere

Reviewers can't weigh in just yet on Cameron's 3-D epic

(Newser) - James Cameron's Avatar had its world premiere in London last night, and audience members and critics are sworn to secrecy for now. Based on the inevitable leaks and pseudo-reviews, the 3-D epic is pretty good:

Anna Keir, the Independent : It's "rather good. Surprisingly, for a film this rich in

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6 Reasons Avatar
Will Suck

Nov 24, 2009 8:56 AM CST

6 Reasons Avatar Will Suck

Does anyone else see the Jar Jar Binks similarities?

(Newser) - James Cameron’s follow-up to the hugely successful Titanic has been eagerly anticipated for more than 10 years—and when Avatar finally arrives, it will be...completely awful. Richard Rushfield explains why for Gawker :

Directors’ dream projects typically fall flat: See: Spielberg’s 1941, Lucas’s The Phantom Menace.
Speaking

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Fox Sitting Pretty With Avatar—Even if It Flops

Nov 9, 2009 11:47 AM CST

Fox Sitting Pretty With Avatar—Even if It Flops

Studio—and Cameron—hedged bets on $500M megapicture

(Newser) - James Cameron’s 3D game-changer Avatar may end up costing upwards of $500 million to produce and market, but, strangely, no one at the studio is losing sleep over the possibility of a flop. The business just isn’t the same as it used to be, when the collapse of...

100 Defining
Moments
of the '00s

pop culture

Oct 30, 2009 12:45 PM CDT

100 Defining Moments of the '00s

The iPod, Guitar Hero, Twitter—and some serious moments, too

(Newser) - From the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far:

April 2000: Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster.
October 2001: The iPod is released.
February 2003: Sacha Baron Cohen hits

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Avatar Aims to Be Bigger Than Star Wars

Aug 22, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

Avatar Aims to Be Bigger Than Star Wars

15 minutes of James Cameron's 3-D stunner shown to 100K

(Newser) - Fox threw caution to the wind and screened 15 minutes of Avatar, not due out until December, to 100,000 people in theaters across the country last night. Audiences for James Cameron's 3-D groundbreaker were enthusiastic, the New York Times reports, if not as blown away as Cameron needs them...