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I started this site at the beginning of the year to share my thoughts on film. Cinema. The flicks! To celebrate my passion for life in light and sound.

Over the past month it has ground to a halt as I pontificated over the longest piece I have ever written for [...]

New Avatar Trailer!

The teaser trailer left me a little on the fence. Sure, the visuals were great but something about it did not gel. Well, the latest trailer, all three and a half minutes of it, is now online. And it is a doozy! Check it out in HD at Yahoo.

Roll on December 18!

Review: Public Enemies

As cruel as it may be, it is hard not to compare Michael Mann’s new film to his cops and robbers classic, Heat. And, surprisingly, Public Enemies holds up quite well. It lacks the lyricism and depth that makes Heat so rewatchable, but as a straightforward action-drama it works exceedingly well.

Avatar Footage Screened!

Avatar Production Art

James Cameron has screened the first footage of Avatar for industry hob-knobs in Amsterdam. The word? Good, very, very good!

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Avatar Round-Up

With the release of Avatar little more than six-months away, a slew of Avatar related news has been springing up on the inter-web. Photos and video after the jump.

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Terminator Salvation: Review

Let’s just get this out of the way. Terminator Salvation is a major disappointment. Lacking coherence, narrative drive, and imagination, it relies heavily on special effects and explosions to provide anything resembling entertainment.

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Jim Cameron talks Avatar!

With Tree of Life being pushed back to next year (sniff, sniff) Avatar is now numero-uno on my must-see-films-of-the-year list! Information has been pretty low to the ground, but, with the film due for release in a little over seven months, things should start to pick up.

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Avatar: First Photo

A blurry first image from James Cameron’s Avatar has surfaced online. The fact that it was extracted from a monitor in a photo appearing in the latest Empire Magazine highlights the feverish anticipation that is building for Cameron’s first film in 12 years.

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