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Avatar: A Western take on Eastern ideas (not a good thing)

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Tue., December 22, 2009 04:17 EST

Avatar: A Western take on Eastern ideas (not a good thing)

How Cameron takes timeless metaphysical ideas and dumbs them down to the most easily digestible (and insulting) "spirituality" in recent film history.

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Fri., December 18, 2009 10:13 EST

Orson Welles and His Brief Passionate Betacam Love Affair

In January 1985, the phone rang. The caller announced that he was Orson Welles and that he wanted to have lunch with me. Thus began one of the most extraordinary and bittersweet adventures of my life.
Thu., December 10, 2009 01:58 EST

The 40 Worst Movies of the 2000s: A Decade of Suck

As we near the end of the '00s, let’s look back at the really bad movies -- the lows of a decade that brought us cinematic gems designed around high-concept ideas like a breakdancer waking up from a coma 20 years later, two African-American men disg
Thu., December 24, 2009 03:59 EST

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Poster

Check out the new poster for PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Steve Coogan, and direct
Fri., November 27, 2009 08:12 EST

Watch Out, Gordon Gekko!

With their combed-back greying hair, matching scowls, smart suits and overcoats, they could be brothers. But while actor Michael Douglas is simply playing a ruthless corporate banker, businessman Donald Trump is the real deal.
Sat., December 19, 2009 10:23 EST

When 3-D goes wrong

Fifteen years in the works, James Cameron’s “Avatar’’ is finally rolling out to theaters this weekend, but there’s one underreported aspect of this over-marketed 3-D experience that represents a ticking time bomb. What happen
Fri., September 25, 2009 05:17 EDT

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe find home at Columbia

Hollywood Reporter - He-Man may have found a new home. Just weeks after "Masters of the Universe" parted ways with Warner Bros., the Mattel toy property is in negotiations to be preemptively picked up by Columbia with Escape Artists attached to produce.