Alien: Romulus

Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel

"...why Alien has the longevity it has achieved. When James Cameron walked into that studio meeting and pitched a..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Old Man

Uninspired cabin-in-the-words horror elevated by engaging acting

"...of sequels) as Miles Quaritch, the main antagonist in James Cameron’s Avatar, and more recently, as The Blind Man..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Colony

Post-apocalyptic drama gets lost in the smoke

"...the fuck, why not?” over at Ridley Scott’s & James Cameron’s casa melange is aiming for. Certainly lead adult..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aliens in Russia: Inside Sputnik

Director Egor Abramenko explores the Soviet myth of heroes

"...cinematic masters of the genre ("Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, James Cameron"), and now the director channeled their impact into..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terminator: The Musical at Fallout Theater

This is exactly the sort of loving parody of nuclear apocalypse and time-traveling AI everyone should experience at least once

"...to check out this unique 90-minute, song-and-dance take on James Cameron's action sci-fi classics. I'm also not the only..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...Alita: Battle Angel, the long-awaited manga adaptation produced by James Cameron and directed in Austin by Robert Rodriguez, continues..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Holmes & Watson

The Step Brothers bros get literary

"...point – and weirdly out-of-place references to Donald Trump, James Cameron’s Titanic, and the very modern mysteries of drunk..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Luc Besson's latest is a kaleidoscopic mess

"...militarism without getting too “Kumbaya” cornball in the way James Cameron did in Avatar. But in the end, it’s..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...drowning sequence that’s lifted virtually shot for shot from James Cameron’s perpetually underrated The Abyss. (Fear not: Dwayne Johnson..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unfriended

Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror

"...in the cogs of his 1936 masterpiece Modern Times. James Cameron’s The Terminator upped the ante apocalyptically, but it..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Guest

With their follow-up to You're Next, filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett prove the new kings of indie horror movies.

"...Eighties slasher films, small-town terrors, the early work of James Cameron and, yep, John Carpenter’s heyday as well. Even..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bittersweet Life

Folksinging, an education

"...the curtain to his performances as Possessed by Paul James, and tuning backstage might just jeopardize the naked honesty..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Gravity

Sandra Bullock is lost in space – alone with the beauty, terror, and the laws of gravity.

"...of Men), writing with his son Jonás, has topped James Cameron’s flawed but vastly underrated deep-sea catastrophe romance, The..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Q&A Hole: Which One Typeface Would You Eradicate Forever?

With Swissmiss, Marc English, Jennymarie Jemison, and more

"...15 minutes of fame as the subtitle text for James Cameron's Avatar or bottles of AriZona Iced Tea. How..."

March 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

In this 3-D spectacle, the wan drama takes a back seat to the Cirque's acrobatics.

"...original story, penned by Shrek 2 writer/director Andrew Adamson. (James Cameron and Vince Pace engineered the 3-D design.) In..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Resident Evil: Retribution

In the fifth installment of this horror franchise, Milla Jovovich again stars as the saga's heroine Alice, who fights the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.

"...There's obviously intentional echoes of the Ripley/Newt relationship from James Cameron's Aliens but it's a muted echo at best...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Final Destination 5

In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.

"..."clues" leading up to them. Director Quale, a longtime James Cameron crew member, and screenwriter Eric Heisserer manufacture some..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.

"...surely the most impressive use of 3-D CGI since James Cameron's Avatar. No mean feat, that. Picking up where..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Endhiran (Robot)

This extravagant Indian/Tamil production is an apocalyptic science fiction rom-com with elaborate dance set-pieces and music by A.R. Rahman.

"...and includes narrative elements that are heavily indebted to James Cameron's Terminator films, various permutations of Frankenstein, the Matrix..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: Roger and Julie Corman Lifetime Achievement Award

The king and queen of the Bs get the royal treatment.

"...this is a guy who had John Sayles and James Cameron work together on Battle Beyond the Stars...that's a..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Screens Top 10s

"...Hurt Locker), Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are), James Cameron (Avatar) BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Terminator Salvation

Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.

"...as I am, I have always been bewildered by James Cameron's inexplicable saddling of the potential savior of all..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...is crackerjack popcorn entertainment. The 3-D effects, developed by James Cameron's Lightstorm Productions for that director's own Aliens of..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tales of Bill Paxton

James Cameron - nicer than you know, according to Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Bill Paxton.

"...For those of you who think that Titanic director James Cameron should just keep his head under water without..."

March 11, 2007 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Poseidon

A handful of talented actors checked their egos at the door in hopes of … something, but this Poseidon is a wash.

"...it hardly bears viewing. (Come to think of it, James Cameron did a much better job, giant CGI wave..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...to Speed, and Doom looks good, sort of like James Cameron’s Aliens but with even more claustrophobia. But who..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Owing to budget woes in the College of Fine Arts, the UT PAC Prop Shop is closed for business, and local choreographers and dance companies earn national awards and international gigs.

"...Shop got the axe, and its two props masters, James Cameron and George Wenning, were fired. The move drew..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Country Bears

"...Peter Hastings. Starring: Stephen Root, Toby Huss, Brad Garrett, James Gammon, Candy Ford, Haley Joel Osment, Alex Rocco, M.C...."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

K-19: The Widowmaker

"...Bigelow (Near Dark, Strange Days, and ex-wife of director James Cameron, himself no slouch when it comes to the..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pearl Harbor

"...did so well with a few years back. Unfortunately, James Cameron's soggy romance ranks right up there with The..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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