James Cameron

Sanctum is an enjoyable if formulaic James Cameron-affiliated film

Inventive despite slunky dialogue and sentimental father-son aspects

2 Feb 2011

(15) 108min Unsurprisingly, executive producer James Cameron gets above-the-title billing for this Australia-set action/adventure which brings together the Avatar director’s obsession with 3D technology and his fascination with underwater adventures…

The Worst Best Picture Oscar winners

17 Feb 2010

1: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) On-set sexual tension between stars Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy was covered over on film by a sopping wet flannel of sentimentality. 2: Braveheart (1995) Gibson pillages history for his preferred narratives of…

James Cameron and Avatar - Popcorn and dissent

17 Dec 2009

Fourteen years in the making, James Cameron’s Avatar is finally released this week. Will it be any good? Who cares, asks Paul Dale, it’s all just a media hoodwink

Avatar

17 Dec 2009

(12A) 161mins After months, if not years, of hype, James Cameron’s Avatar is finally unveiled as a visually stunning yet deeply flawed sci-fi epic. Hailed by industry insiders as a ‘game-changer’ that will revolutionise the way we see cinema, it’s…

Site Specifics - Alien Wars

6 Aug 2009

What is it? Imagine stepping into the world of Alien and Aliens (as created by Ridley Scott and James Cameron respectively) as you are guided round the Arches’ basement with extra terrestrials leaping out to scare you at every turn. ‘A ghost train on…

EIFF 2009 - Roger Corman

11 Jun 2009

The Hollywood legend Roger Corman is guest of honour at the 63rd EIFF, which is this year hosting a very welcome retrospective dedicated to the man they rightly call the king of the Bs. Given the 83-year-old auteur has written, directed and/or produced…

Star Wars to be re-released in 3D

3 Mar 2008

James Cameron has confirmed that Star Wars will be re-released in 3D. Talking from the set of his latest blockbuster, The Avatar, Cameron confirmed Hollywood's commitment to the 3D format in cinemas with many older films getting converted for the…