Avatar Archive

  • Cinematic Blues – 6/1/2010

    Cinematic Blues – 6/1/2010

    This week, I take a look at three films that all try to make us take a look at ourselves in one way or another. If you're a giant blue tiger rat, or a stubborn southern belle, or a soldier home from war, there's something for you in this week's Cinematic Blues.

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  • How to Turn AVATAR into a Movie I’ll Watch Again

    How to Turn AVATAR into a Movie I’ll Watch Again

    I wasn’t going to see Avatar in the theater, after being told repeatedly by friends who know me well that I’d hate it, but when a friend I don’t get to see very often wanted to go, and bought my ticket, I decided to go....

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  • Confessions of a Workrate (and Pop Culture) Junkie

    Confessions of a Workrate (and Pop Culture) Junkie

    First off, let me get this out of the way. For those of you wondering about the title or have wondered about the significance of my Twitter account name, let me explain “workrate”. “Workrate” is a term used in professional wrestling to measure the amount of effort...

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  • Day by Bay: Hugo Weaving is Mean [A Michael Bay Diary Entry]

    Day by Bay: Hugo Weaving is Mean [A Michael Bay Diary Entry]

    Dear Diary, $835,274,255. That is Eight hundred million! One time when I was in junior high I dressed in fishnet stockings and took a picture from behind and the waist down. I then went to school and told everyone that I had a picture of...

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  • [Humor] AVATAR Reviewed in About 18 Minutes

    [Humor] AVATAR Reviewed in About 18 Minutes

    From Red Letter Media, the guys that brought us The Phantom Menace Reviewed in 70 Minutes comes the 18 minute Avatar review. It starts a little slow, to be honest, but the laughs are pretty consistent from the 7:00 mark of part one through part...

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  • “Avatar” Take-Over Begins | Cast to be in Every Movie Made From Here On Out

    “Avatar” Take-Over Begins | Cast to be in Every Movie Made From Here On Out

    Latino Review is reporting Avatar and Terminator: Salvation star Sam Worthington will be playing… Dracula. In a movie called Dracula: Year Zero which I assume is the 2000 year prequel to Dracula 2000. Um. What? Worthington seems like an OK chap. He did call out...

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  • 2010 BAFTA Award Nominations | Line Leading to Cameron’s Feet Grows

    2010 BAFTA Award Nominations | Line Leading to Cameron’s Feet Grows

    The nominations for the British Academy of Television and Arts (BAFTA) are out and, I guess as expected, the institution steps right in-line with other major awards for the privilege to kiss James Cameron’s King of the Universe Ring. I didn’t dislike Avatar even though...

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  • 2009 The Year in Movies | 10 – 19

    2009 The Year in Movies | 10 – 19

    19. Drag Me To Hell I anticipated love for this film and instead just liked it. Drag Me to Hell is Sam Rami’s return to the horror genre where he made his name with the wildly overrated Evil Dead movies. Much the same here has...

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  • “Avatar” Review | Ryan Responds to Aaron

    “Avatar” Review | Ryan Responds to Aaron

    Ryan is the other part of 6-3DP. Aaron from 6-3DP weighed in with his “Avatar” review earlier . This is a continuation of a series of reader responses and review of the James Cameron blockbuster. I’ll start here by conceding that my 6-3DP blogmate Aaron...

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  • “Avatar” Review | Aaron’s experience.

    “Avatar” Review | Aaron’s experience.

    This is the first in what I hope is several installments of “Avatar” reviews ending with my own sometime before New Years. If you have a review of “Avatar” you wish to submit, please visit our contact page here, or mail to popbunker at mailas.com....

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