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Opening Movies For Friday, Sept 10th [Resident Evil]

September 6, 2010

This week is a quiet week indeed. The opening movies this week are “Resident Evil: Afterlife” & “The Romantics.”

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Leonardo DiCaprio: A Mini Bio – A Cinema Static Personality Focus

September 2, 2010

Leonardo DiCaprio: A Cinema Static Mini Bio; I thought I’d take a look at Mr. DiCaprio’s career and was surprised by something I found!

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AVATAR Is Going To Milk Us Dry For a While

August 24, 2010

I want to start out by saying that I truly enjoyed the experience of watching James Cameron ply his skills on Avatar. The 2D version. The story has nice new wrappings on an age old story.  By that I mean the story isn’t new, but it is injected with present-day actors we all want to [...]

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New Titanic Blu-ray Release Planned

August 24, 2010

In case you haven’t noticed, James Cameron’s secondary mega-hit, 1997′s Titanic, starring Leonardo Dicaprio & Kate Winslet has not been released on Blu-ray yet. In an article about his other super mega-hit, Avatar, it was said they’re waiting for a larger, installed footprint of the Blu-ray disc players in consumer homes before distributing. Makes sense [...]

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HBO’s ENTOURAGE Ending in 2011

August 8, 2010

HBO has announced that Entourage will be ending in 2011 with a shorter episode season run, bringing the stories of Ari (Jeremy Piven), Vincent (Adrian Greneir) & Eric (Kevin Connolly) and the rest of the frenetic entertainment crowd to a close. At this moment, they’re finishing up the present season, have the last shortened season [...]

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The 3D Backlash Isn’t Just From MovieGoers

August 3, 2010

The NY Times article that inspired this Cinema Static commentary starts out, “If you can’t make it good, make it 3-D.” I think that pretty much says it all for the slew of 3D movies that have come out and the 60 odd movies that are planned for 3D distribution over the next few years. [...]

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James Cameron Making Buck From Avatar & How Tired I am of 3D

July 21, 2010

Did you hear that?  We have 8 more minutes of screen time in August! It’s being reported that James Cameron will be setting a record with the amount of money he’s raked in from Titanic 2… I mean Avatar.  Cameron brought Avatar to Twentieth Century Fox as writer, director and producer.  Plus his directing contract [...]

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Resident Evil: Afterlife Promo Art (Jun 1)

June 1, 2010

Here’s the latest Resident Evil 4 (Resident Evil: Afterlife) promo art featuring Milla Jovovich.  Looking as good as ever, toting her guns! Resident Evil: Afterlife opens, well, September 10th, like it says on the poster!  (Yes, 3D, but filmed with the same equipment that James Cameron used for Avatar.  Yep, someone thought it out BEFORE [...]

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Ever Wonder where Wentworth Miller is? See Resident Evil: Afterlife

May 25, 2010

Resident Evil: Afterlife is coming along nicely.  We’re starting to see press release images from Resident Evil being released and it would seem to be inline for its scheduled September 10th, 2010 studio release. If you find yourself being a fan of Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter and Milla Jovovich, then the word jackpot could [...]

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Avatar, Iron Man 2: The Stories Have Already Been Told but So What!

May 17, 2010

Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking over critical reviews and biting my tongue.  Of late, I found myself in a conversation about the predictability of Iron Man 2 and how it used a lot of its story line from RoboCop 2.  I’ve also been reading others critical observations about Avatar.  I’ve seen Avatar [...]

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AVATAR 2 Details Are In the Air… or The Ocean to be Precise

April 26, 2010

The day before Earth Day, when the special, no-frills edition of Avatar was coming out, James Cameron sat down in an interview with the LA Times and let out a few bits about the next Avatar, a sequel. First thing up is that there will be a theatrical re-release of Avatar coming out in August [...]

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Happy AVATAR Earth Day – A Slightly Different DVD Review

April 22, 2010

Have you picked up your Earth Day copy of Avatar yet? Unlike most film releases James Cameron used his (King of the World) influence to coincide the film’s release with the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.  James has made it very clear that he’s all about saving the world for his children, and deplores anyone [...]

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A Thought on 3D Movies and Eventually, The Box Office Impact [Cinema Static]

April 2, 2010

Last year we started hearing about more and more 3D movies coming to the screen.  I swear, it seemed like once everyone got a hold of the idea that James Cameron was doing 3D, the entire industry started wagging their tongues and running after the gravy train that passed them by.  The problem with the [...]

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James Cameron: Film Director, Genius or Just Another Guy with Too Much Money and Power?

March 24, 2010

The following is an editorial opinion: Lately with the exception of everyone in politics, I haven’t seen anyone more dry heaving drunk with power then James Cameron. While at the Golden Globes he sat alongside his robot turned political actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who was grinning like a malfunctioning cyborg.  All the while, Cameron is on [...]

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AVATAR Blu-ray pre-sales are Going Like Gang Busters [Cinema Static]

March 24, 2010

It would seem that James Cameron isn’t just the driving force for 3D these days.  It turns out that more people are buying the Blu-ray version of Avatar than they are the DVD for the April 22nd release of Avatar. In fact, Cameron went a step farther and noted that people are wanting the superior [...]

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James Cameron’s Avatar Comes To DVD and Blu-ray

March 16, 2010

James Cameron’s Avatar is coming to 2D DVD and Blu-ray on April 22nd. In Avatar’s trek to destroy all financial records set by any movie ever, Avatar will be in our homes pretty soon, and that’s good for those who didn’t go fight the masses to sit in a theater. As of now, Avatar has [...]

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James Cameron Television Appearance Alert for Monday

March 1, 2010

Here’s a quick heads up that James Cameron will be appearing on Inside The Actors Studio, Monday March 1st on Bravo talking about Avatar having become a chick flick and why blue aliens have breasts.  And other things. Here’s a tidbit video clip at Bravo TV.

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Golden Globes, A Super Fast List of Winners

January 18, 2010

I’ve been accused of being too terse sometimes.  This might be one of those examples: Here’s the list of Golden Globe winners, quick and to the point! Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Mo’Nique ‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire‘ (I have to see this one!) Best Actress in a Television Series, [...]

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