Director James Cameron’s new film Avatar may be on its way to become a massive hit, as the film’s online trailers have attracted a total of 4.7 million views so far. The epic 3D blockbuster witnessed an increase of 109 per cent in the trailers viewer ship on the net just a week before the release of the film, reports Variety. Speculators feel that the movie’s trailer will surpass total viewing figures for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7.4 million), and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (5.9 million), reports the Daily Telegraph. Australian actor Sam Worthington …

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Just recently New York Times critic Manohla Dargis made some waves with an interview she gave using some salty language and calling out a few people here and there. Today she delivers a list of her favorite films of 2009.
While beating the dead horse that is the hatred for such films as G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen she also has a few kind words for some films that didn't make her ultimate list such as Star Trek, Julie and#038; Julia (agree keep the Julie), Duplicity, A Perfect Getaway, Up and A Single Man.
I have listed her top 13 directly below as she listed them, "in order of their domestic release" with links to my reviews where available. Following that is a list of her "other favorites." Like I said when I linked to her interview, "I have mixed feelings when it comes to …
- Brad Brevet

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Probably still the most revered man in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg's opinions on films typically become big talking points. Already this year we've heard about his reaction to Paranormal Activity and Transformers 2, both of which he got rather excited about, and now he's given his opinion on Avatar. But before we get to that... let's consider why we should even care. One argument would be that Spielberg is a tremendously knowledgeable filmmaker who can make some incredibly informed and sophisticated assessments of movies based upon their craftsmanship, representations and context. Another one - and the one I'm going to put forward - is that Spielberg is somehow an incredible barometer of widespread public taste. There's a famous story about Star Wars that you may not have heard. George Lucas screened an early cut of the film for some of his fellow movie Brats, including Brian DePalma and Spielberg. When it was done, …
- Brendon Connelly

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Top Ten Worst Movies of 2009 **Disclaimer** This list is for entertainment purposes only. No studio is safe. No actor is safe. No movie is safe! You have been warned.What's more fun to read, the best movies of the year, or the crappiest movies of the year? I know as a writer, I Love listing the worst movies of the year. And 2009 had some pretty big stinkers. From failed comedies, (what a shock that a Kate Hudson movie would make the list two years in a row) to failed action flicks to unwatchable "arthouse", 2009 served up a big ol plate of dog crap. So sit back, relax and see if you agree with any of my choices. Yes, I'm well aware that there are 500 million movies out there that went straight to DVD. I'm only listing theatrical releases. I'm sure there are plenty of films I've missed or just didn't see. …

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The Critics' Choice Awards and The Golden Globes announced their nominations this week (and someone asked a really stupid question), and I thought I'd give you a comparison-style look at what's hunting for awards. Do you know the ins and outs of these categories? These movies? Should you? Do you care? Do you have a really stupid question? Leslie Gornstein, who I guess is The Answer B!tch at E!Online's website (or whatever), apparently received this question - Why does the movie industry even give out awards anymore? It's not like anybody cares what they think. New Moon was the biggest phenomenon of 2009, and the critics can't stand it. —Glama, Detroit via the Answer B!tch inbox This led to The Answer B!tch's article, If New Moon Doesn't Win Awards, What's the Point of Awards? In the article she goes on to say such things in response as -
Increasingly, …
- Marc Eastman

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Avatar
Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver
Directed by James Cameron
Rated PG-13


James Cameron is one of the few filmmakers who has the luxury not only of working at his own pace but also of waiting to work at his own pace until the available technology catches up with his imagination. He has been afforded that luxury, of course, because of Titanic, but Cameron's techno tinkering goes back years before that.
You can see his handiwork in a number of films; I like to point out The Abyss, for which Cameron and his brother invented new underwater cameras, something they'd do again with the IMAX documentary, Ghosts of the Abyss.
But his new film, Avatar, is easily the most ambitious film he's ever made, which automatically qualifies it to be among the most ambitious films anyone has ever made. That's the good news, or at least, it's part of the good news. …
- Colin Boyd

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James Cameron's long-awaited 'Avatar' finally hit the screen. If hype is how you judge, you’ll be disappointed. It’s Dances with Wolves in space. But I liked it, and its groundbreaking technology will certainly change the way movies are made.


Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), crippled in body and spirit, considers the mission before him — inhabiting an alien body on a lush and dangerous world in James Cameron's much-hyped Avatar.
Minneapolis — It's 4:15 am, and I just got home from the midnight viewing of the much-hyped, long-awaited Avatar, directed by the often-maligned James Cameron. I'm about to collapse from exhaustion but here's how I summed it up in my 6,600th tweet:
Saw Avatar. If hype is how you judge, you'll be disappointed. It's Dances w/Wolves in space. But I liked it & the tech will change movies. 
There's nothing ground-breaking about the story. You've seen it before: Cynical, …

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The Day After Tomorrow. Knowing. 2012. What do all of these movies have in common (other than being complete wastes of time and money)? They are all crappy thrillers where the protagonist learns of the coming apocalypse and, using that knowledge, tries to save the earth. All of them were also number one on opening weekend and considered financial successes. So you know what that means: we get another one. Producer of favorites like Doom, Imagine That, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Lionsgate are now producing Panopticon, the newest from director Peter Cornwell and writer Craig Rosenberg, according to Variety. The film follows a salesman (enter "everyman" actor here) who receives a "pre-recorded message to himself" telling him that he has to save the world from certain doom. Research finds that a panopticon is a prison designed by Jeremy Bentham …

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It's the end of December, which means we're knee-deep in the annual awards season. The nominations for the Golden Globe Awards came out earlier this week, and the Screen Actors' Guild Awards nominees were announced this morning. Though the Academy Award nominations won't be announced until February 2, the Oscars have sent out the list of the 63 original songs from films that will be eligible for a nomination in the Best Original Song category. There are a handful of soundtrack tunes from blockbusters (like Linkin Park's "New Divide," from "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"), plenty of foreign fare and a ton of Miley Cyrus tracks.
But there's one song that really stands out: Lykke Li's "Possibility," which comes from the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." The moody piece is one of the standouts from the excellent soundtrack (which also features Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke and …
- Kyle Anderson

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Seven ridiculous film plots, five unlikely weapons and the five scariest children in film
Seven Ridiculous Film Plots
1 Star Trek
Physicists could have a quantum field day with the rebooted space opera's loose interpretations of black holes, supernovas, "red matter", etc – but relax, it's only sci-fi! Harder to swallow was the bit when Kirk was exiled to a barren, snowy planet, but luckily landed right outside the cave of Leonard Nimoy. Or the fact that Kirk and Spock could two-handedly overpower a 24th-century Romulan spaceship like it was a 60s Bond movie. Didn't those guys invent security cameras yet?
2 The Invention Of Lying
Ricky Gervais told us this was set in a world where nobody knew how to lie. He lied. In a lie-free world, there'd be no corrupt cops like Ed Norton's. There'd be no corruption. Or secrecy, bribery, exaggeration, artifice, or, in fact, crime. There'd be no cops at all, …
- Charlie Brooker, Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Malik Meer, Steve Rose, Richard Vine

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