Like Avatar? Like War? They’ll be Lots of Both in Avatar Sequel.

MarketSaw is a great blog to visit if you’re into cutting edge 3D stuff. I’m not a big fan of 3D, but the site is also pretty good for scoops about upcoming interesting films. For instance, they were all over James Cameron’s “Avatar” from the very beginning, and it looks...

February 2nd, 2010 | Read More

The Phantom Menace Reviewer Takes A Crack Or Two At Avatar

By now (I hope) you’ve seen the wonderful and delicious review of “The Phantom Menace” by Mike from Milwaukee. In it, Mike expertly and hilariously surgically dissects “The Phantom Menace” and George Lucas in particular. After millions of views and a future promise to review...

January 31st, 2010 | Read More

Deleted Scene from Avatar: Jake Sully Gets Recruited

You may or may not have heard by now, but James Cameron’s “Avatar” is doing pretty good at that there box office. I believe it could prove profitable for the studio, so let’s all cross our fingers that ol Jimmy boy gets to eat tonight. Anyways, if you’ve read the “Avatar”...

January 28th, 2010 | Read More

James Cameron is King of the World … Except in China

He’s the director of the biggest movie hit of all time, and he’s about to follow that up with, well, the biggest movie hit of all time (again), but that’s not gonna cut it in China. Never one to be shy about exerting their muscle and showing some homegrown love, the Chinese government...

January 20th, 2010 | Read More

Inside The Making Of Avatar Video

Now that “Avatar” is firmly established as the technical movie making achievement that it is, you’re probably curious about how the whole thing came together. This 23 minute video of behind the scenes geekage will probably be featured on the Blu-Ray release. Inside the video we find...

January 20th, 2010 | Read More

James Cameron Confirms Avatar Sequel

Considering the fact that “Avatar” is a printing press for money and is now the most successful Sci-Fi movie in history, a sequel is likely a good bet. But James Cameron is a man that marches to his own beat so you can never be really, really sure…until he confirms it himself and...

January 8th, 2010 | Read More

Avatar is Now the Most Successful Sci-Fi Film of All Time

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than four weeks after it debuted in cinemas around the world, James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” has become the highest grossing science fiction film of all time, and second only to 1997’s “Titanic” in terms of all movies....

January 7th, 2010 | Read More

Avatar’s Na’vi Sex Scene May Show up on DVD

No idea if this is true or not, but a while ago there were stories that James Cameron spent quite the bit of time trying to create the perfect pair of CG breasts for his movie “Avatar”. But if you already saw “Avatar”, you know that the Na’vi aliens spend the entire film...

January 2nd, 2010 | Read More

Avatar (2009) Movie Review

Right away I’m going to tell you that my biggest challenge in writing this review of “Avatar” is to keep my gushing to a minimum. A task that is going to be almost impossible. “Avatar” blew doors off that I didn’t even know I had on the car. I saw “Avatar”...

December 20th, 2009 | Read More

Open Discussion Thread: Avatar

After all the awaiting, all the wondering, and all the anticipation, James Cameron’s “Avatar” is finally here. The film, estimated by some to have cost over $500 million to make, opens today and insiders are already predicting a box office in the $200 million dollar range. And let’s...

December 18th, 2009 | Read More

Trade Reviews for James Cameron’s Avatar

The reviews are coming in for James Cameron’s “Avatar”, and the word seems to be that it’s a winner. The special effects are proving to be as industry-changing as we had heard throughout the film’s production, even if the movie’s “Dances with Wolves”-inspired...

December 10th, 2009 | Read More

Latest Avatar Poster

James Cameron’s “Avatar” arrives next week, December 18. Yes, you heard that correctly. After hearing about it, talking about it, reading about it, and seeing snippets of it for what seems like forever, the whole shebang will finally, at last, arrive in theaters next week for you to...

December 8th, 2009 | Read More

PBS Goes To Pandora With Sigourney Weaver

I’m trying very hard not to post every single “Avatar” video or preview I find floating around on the Internets for a very selfish reason. Since I have to watch the thing to see if it’s suitable for you out there in the Sci-Fi community I will inevitably end up seeing a goodly...

December 7th, 2009 | Read More

Two Full Scenes from James Cameron’s Avatar

Cineplex has two full scenes from James Cameron’s “Avatar” that you probably haven’t seen before. The first scene is completely new, but the second scene is a continuation of the Thanator chase we saw earlier. I have to say, I’m still not sold on the CG work. I mean, it...

December 4th, 2009 | Read More

Avatar Interactive Trailer is All Kinds of Interactive-y Goodness

James Cameron’s “Avatar”, the movie that will change the face of moviemaking (or perhaps not), opens December 18th, but until then, you can check out this interactive trailer that Twentieth Century Fox is calling the first-of-its-kind “next generation” doohickey. I’ve...

November 30th, 2009 | Read More

Burgeoning Sci-Fi Queen Zoe Saldana in Details

Zoe Saldana, star of “Star Trek” and the upcoming “Avatar”, has quite the mouth on her. Luckily for her, she has quite the face and body to make up for all that swearing like a sailor drunk on swearing juice. Here’s Zoe Saldana in Details Magazine, talking about what it’s...

November 24th, 2009 | Read More

A Feature On The Human Tech Inside Avatar

I’m just wondering, should I just go ahead and buy two tickets for “Avatar” for myself right away and save myself the effort required to log myself in to my local IMAX theatre and slap the VISA down? Because just like a screaming teenage girl “New Moon” fan, “Avatar”...

November 23rd, 2009 | Read More

Avatar Featurette On Bad Guy Colonel Quaritch

You have no idea how hard it is this morning to spell featurette. In the heading there, above, there’s no spell check and after last night there’s no spell check in my brain either. We have a nice little clip (easier to spell) of Stephen Lang as he discusses his character Colonel Quaritch....

November 22nd, 2009 | Read More

Avatar Videos In Abundance

So yes, as I’m sure you’ve heard, there’s a little indy motion picture coming out next month called “Avatar”. It apparently cost about the GNP of Canada to produce. In order to help ensure it’s success, the happy elves in the promotions dept of FOX are working feverishly,...

November 17th, 2009 | Read More

New Avatar Picture Of Neytiri Released

Seems that an “Avatar” trailer is on my television every time I look up from my obsession with Stephen King’s “Under The Dome”. Despite seeing these trailers a bizillion times it still seems like I see something new in them every time, so piled full of vision is James Cameron’s...

November 17th, 2009 | Read More