The new millennium ushered in a politically charged and social media-obsessed society dominated by technology and an increased geopolitical awareness. Film has always been a cultural index, illustrating and amplifying the cultural climate in which we live. Just as Technicolor™ revolutionized Hollywood in the early 20th century, innovations in cinematic technique in the 2000s changed […]

I don’t like to use the word genius lightly, but I think it’s perfectly valid usage here. Jackass in 3D — what more could you possibly need in life? And no, not the cheap post-production “3D” that Clash of the Titans and Alice In Wonderland used, we’re talking the real deal, expensive-ass camera James Cameron […]

You know how everyone’s doing really cheap post-production conversions of their crappy horror films to 3D now that Avatar‘s made more money than Dick Cheney at a sweatshop bomb factory? Well now you can do the cheap print version with the Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera. The camera is a medium-format plastic snapshooter that captures […]

First, I’m not claiming to be an unbiased movie reviewer here – I admit my love of the first Clash of the Titans has fully influenced my impression of this new one. It brought out the little girl in me and I pretty much couldn’t stop smiling throughout the movie, intellectually knowing that I was […]

Apparently there’s a new genre of film burgeoning: animated horror movies. The business model actually makes sense, as the filmmakers only have to animate a compelling trailer and then find the proper funds to actualize the movie. Given the steadily decreasing costs of animation, and the steadily increasing costs of live productions, these films seem […]

Anyone who reads this site with any regularity knows that I’ve been anticipating Avatar with my Geek Phaser set on Mutilate. It’s fair to say that this is the most energized I’ve felt waiting for a film since the first X-Men (Bryan Singer helming my favorite childhood comic) or even Terminator 2 (Cameron’s follow-up to […]

As my obsession with all things James Cameron and Avatar continues, here is a good interview done this weekend by 60 Minutes. A lot of the info is repeated  from that New Yorker interview, but there are a few flashes of new creatures I haven’t seen on previous vignettes. Good viewing if you’re at all […]

If you’re a fan of sci-fi or film in general, I highly recommend Dana Goodyear’s interview with James Cameron in the latest issue of the New Yorker. It’s an incredibly insightful, well written examination of one of America’s best auteur filmmakers, living or dead. (If you don’t think so, best be prepared for a heated […]