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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 7, 2010

Written on February 7th, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 7, 2010

This week: Avatar gets a Dear John letter from moviegoers, Russell Mulcahy has a hairy moment when directing Teen Wolf, and Salma Hayek can’t go any Faster.…

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SR Pick: LOST vs. Avatar Mashup

Written on February 5th, 2010 by Ben Kendrick 
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SR Pick: LOST vs. Avatar Mashup

Avatar is still number one at the box office and LOST drew over 12 million viewers for the premiere of its final season. So, what’s next for these two fan-favored franchises? Forget…

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SR Pick [Video]: How Avatar Should Have Ended

Written on February 4th, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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SR Pick [Video]: How Avatar Should Have Ended

How It Should Have Ended has become something of a popular site for skewing some of our favorite – or most hated – movies. In order to further prove that A) I’m…

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Fox Planning Avatar 2 – But Don’t Hold Your Breath

Written on February 3rd, 2010 by Ross Miller 
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Fox Planning Avatar 2 – But Don’t Hold Your Breath

Back in January we learned from James Cameron that there will be another Avatar, the director’s mega blockbuster which recently passed the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office to become…

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The Oscars: 82nd Academy Award Nominations [Updated]

Written on February 1st, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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The Oscars: 82nd Academy Award Nominations [Updated]

Here are the movies, actors and directors who are in the running for the 2010 Oscars - who do you think should win?…

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SR Pick [Video]: Phantom Menace Reviewer Takes On Avatar

Written on February 1st, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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SR Pick [Video]: Phantom Menace Reviewer Takes On Avatar

Are you familiar with the guy from Red Letter Media who ripped George Lucas a new one in the brilliantly snarky and twisted review of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menance?…

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Avatar Hits $2 Billion, Oscar Competition Gets Stronger

Written on February 1st, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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Avatar Hits $2 Billion, Oscar Competition Gets Stronger

Sick of Avatar or its week-after-week success and record-breaking numbers? Well, many moviegoers certainly aren’t as Avatar was again #1 at the box office this weekend, destroying Mel Gibson’s return to glory.…

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: January 31st, 2010

Written on January 31st, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: January 31st, 2010

This week: Mel Gibson returns from the Edge of Darkness but can’t oust Avatar from the top spot; The  Little Fockers are now due at Christmas; Dennis Quaid is knocked out of Knockout but Bill Paxton shows the film some Big Love; Four words: George, Lucas, animated, musical – and is Sex and the City 3 already on the way? …

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Avatar is #1 All-Time Box Office Movie

Written on January 26th, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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Avatar is #1 All-Time Box Office Movie

I bet all those naysayers and doubters about how well Avatar would do at the box office have little to say now. James Cameron’s Avatar has surpassed Titanic as the number one…

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2010 Oscar Race Update: Producers Guild & SAG Award Winners

Written on January 25th, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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2010 Oscar Race Update: Producers Guild & SAG Award Winners

This past weekend the race for 2010 Oscar got just a bit more debatable, with some surprise winners walking away from both the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) and the Screen Actors Guild…

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Avatar: Creating The World of Pandora

Written on January 20th, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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Avatar: Creating The World of Pandora

Are you still in awe of what James Cameron did with Avatar? You still wondering how Cameron could pull off something so visually wondrous when other  SFX companies don’t even come close…

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SR Debate: Avatar vs. Sherlock Holmes

Written on January 18th, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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SR Debate: Avatar vs. Sherlock Holmes

Two very different films, each with its own proponents and critics - here are the pros and cons of both by two Screen Rant heavy hitters.…

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2010 Golden Globe Award Winners

Written on January 18th, 2010 by Ross Miller 
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2010 Golden Globe Award Winners

I’m sure if you’re at all interested in which movies win what at each of the big award ceremonies, you caught the 67 Annual Golden Globe Awards last night on NBC. It…

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SR Live Coverage: The Golden Globe Awards

Written on January 17th, 2010 by Anthony Ocasio 
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SR Live Coverage: The Golden Globe Awards

With the award season in full swing, we at Screen Rant figured that maybe we should be covering these prestigious events because who knows, Mariah Carey could get up and say something…

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : January 17, 2010

Written on January 17th, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : January 17, 2010

This week: Avatar stays atop the box office; Is Teresa Palmer taking a trip down Fury Road? Bill Murray joins Fox and Rourke in Passion Play; Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are in…

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Cameron Talks Avatar Trilogy With Entertainment Weekly

Written on January 14th, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Cameron Talks Avatar Trilogy With Entertainment Weekly

Looking for info on the next Avatar movie? How about on the next TWO Avatar movies? Check it out.…

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : January 10, 2010

Written on January 10th, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : January 10, 2010

This week: Avatar makes it four in a row; Willem Dafoe heads to Mars next week; Maggie Grace and Billy Bob Thornton move Faster with Dwayne Johnson; The Sitter makes it to the big screen; Polanski’s The Ghost Writer gets a release date and James Franco finds that there isn’t a mountain high enough to stop him working with Danny Boyle in 127 Hours. …

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Avatar: More Records, Downloadable Script & TV Deal

Written on January 10th, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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Avatar: More Records, Downloadable Script & TV Deal

If Avatar wasn’t making enough headlines already, we have some more for you. In this update on James Cameron’s success story about native blue aliens fighting back to protect their world, we talk about where and when Avatar will air on TV, a few more records broken domestically and across the seas, and the screenplay being made available for you for free! …

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James Cameron Confirms Avatar 2

Written on January 7th, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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James Cameron Confirms Avatar 2

A reader of Ain’t It Cool News attended a press screening of the latest billion dollar film Avatar and sent in an e-mail with a quote that should get fans of James…

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Oscars Visual Effects Shortlist Announced

Written on January 7th, 2010 by Ross Miller 
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Oscars Visual Effects Shortlist Announced

With the amount of big blockbusters there were this year – films full of explosions, magic spells and other worlds meticulously rendered onscreen – I’ve been looking forward to seeing which of…

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Hollywood’s 10 Biggest Social Media Success Stories of 2009

Written on January 5th, 2010 by Kofi Outlaw 
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Hollywood’s 10 Biggest Social Media Success Stories of 2009

The following post was contributed by guest writer by Jeffrey Appelbaum. Jeff is a managing director at Buzzpoint, a social media firm in Los Angeles that specializes in creative online strategies for…

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Avatar Is An Epic Success

Written on January 3rd, 2010 by Rob Keyes 
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Avatar Is An Epic Success

Avatar is smokin' hot at the box office, bagging $1 BILLION worldwide in just 17 days. How far will it go?…

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Movie News Wrap Up: January 03, 2010

Written on January 3rd, 2010 by Niall Browne 
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Movie News Wrap Up: January 03, 2010

Welcome to the first Wrap Up of 2010. It’s been a quiet week movie news wise, so there isn’t a great deal to report except: Avatar is still number one at the box office; Mel Gibson is involved in Mad Max 4; Whitaker, Winstone and Li visit St Vincent with Mickey Rourke. …

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The Top 10 Movie Moments of 2009

Written on December 30th, 2009 by Kofi Outlaw 
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The Top 10 Movie Moments of 2009

Instead of trying to rank the best movies of 2009, here's our list of the best movie scenes of the past year.…

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Sam Worthington vs. Ryan Reynolds for Flash Gordon?

Written on December 29th, 2009 by Rob Keyes 
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Sam Worthington vs. Ryan Reynolds for Flash Gordon?

News on a new Flash Gordon movie has been scarce and we’ve not heard of any official developments since nearly a year and a half ago when Neil Moritz acquired the rights…

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Avatar Sequel Speculation Begins

Written on December 28th, 2009 by Kofi Outlaw 
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Avatar Sequel Speculation Begins

Whenever a new movie becomes a worldwide phenomenon, there is inevitable talk of a sequel. To me, James Cameron’s Avatar was a nice, succinct, Disney-style fable about the evils of greed and…

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : December 27, 2009

Written on December 27th, 2009 by Niall Browne 
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up : December 27, 2009

This week: Avatar beats Holmes to number one; Kevin Bacon is Super; Jackson and Kilmer fire a Gun and Paramount saddle up for The Further Adventures of Doc Holiday. Box Office James…

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SR Pick [Video]: Avatar Wars: Humans vs. CGI Characters

Written on December 23rd, 2009 by Kofi Outlaw 
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SR Pick [Video]: Avatar Wars: Humans vs. CGI Characters

Said The Joker to James Cameron: “You’ve changed things… Forever. There’s no going back.” Certainly this is true for Avatar, Cameron’s fantasy/adventure epic, which is currently wowing movie audiences all over the…

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2009 Box Office Crosses the $10 Billion Mark

Written on December 23rd, 2009 by Kofi Outlaw 
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2009 Box Office Crosses the $10 Billion Mark

Earlier this month I reported that 2009 will be a “milestone year” for Hollywood, now that prediction has been confirmed, as 2009 ticket sales for America and Canada are projected to have…

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Movie News Wrap Up: December 21, 2009

Written on December 21st, 2009 by Niall Browne 
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Movie News Wrap Up: December 21, 2009

This week: Avatar might be blue,but it sees green; Wild Hogs 2 runs out of gas; Bruce Willis sees Red in October; Steven Spielberg saddles up a War Horse and Segal joins a Neighborhood Watch. …

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