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James Cameron’s “Avatar” did not disappoint

James Cameron’s “Avatar” did not disappoint.  There was some concern prior to its release that “Avatar” might not live up to the quality of James Cameron’s considerable oeuvre.  Specifically, fans were worried that “Avatar” might lack one of the elements that have made James Cameron’s films the ageless masterpieces they are, namely, incredibly compelling stories [...]
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James Cameron to release “Titanic” in 3D

James Cameron recently announced that he plans to convert his movie “Titanic” to 3D and then re-release it. James Cameron had several excellent movies to choose from for this three-dimensionalization process, but it is not surprising that he chose “Titanic.” In a talk he recently gave in Santa Monica, he said that drama [...]
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The first 10 minutes of your indie movie had better be totally amazing

An article in the L.A. Times a couple of months ago described how the star of an independent movie entitled “Magic Man” was disheartened to see that most buyers walked out of the screening in Cannes before the first 10 minutes were up. By the end of the movie, there were hardly any buyers [...]
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Exceptional marketing for James Cameron’s “Avatar”

It was recently announced that August 21st, 2009 will be “Avatar Day” — a whopping 15 minutes of James Cameron’s new movie will be shown free of charge in IMAX and 3D movie theaters worldwide. This exceptional decision is consistent with an extraordinary level of confidence in the quality of the movie — think about it, [...]
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Two awesome music videos

In an earlier post I shared some straightforward thoughts on why music videos are dead. While the golden age of music videos is undoubtedly behind us, there is nothing to stop us from enjoying some of the excellent work it produced. Here are two of my favorite music videos. Martini Ranch – “Reach” (1987) — [...]
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