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James Cameron’s Best Movie
What is James Cameron’s best movie? It’s not Aliens. It’s not Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It’s not even Titanic. No, his best movie is one that he planned more than a decade before it became a reality....
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Joke of the Week: The Terminator
What container did Sarah Connor put the ashes of her dead love Kyle Reese into? The answer is… A bag of Reese’s Pieces. Filed under: Joke of the Week
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5 Awesome Endings to Bad Movies
There are some terrible movies that have a special place in my heart because they took me by surprise with their superb endings. After doing my list of five good movies with bad endings, I figure it’s...
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11 Movies That Actually Live Up to Their Hype
Hype is a necessary part of the movie industry. Theatrical film releases have to compete with home theaters, tablets, and various other means of enjoying entertainment that are more convenient than...
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Predator Is Surprisingly Deep for an Action Movie
Happy April Fools’ Day. I’m only half-joking when I say that the 1987 classic Predator is surprisingly deep for an action movie. It’s not exactly the kind of movie you watch hoping for a lot of subtext...
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10 Good Sequels That Sowed the Seeds of Their Series’ Destruction
It’s really hard to make a good sequel to a hit movie. The filmmakers have to please fans of the first film while also adding something new to the mix to make the sequel stand on its own. But something...
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‘I’ll Be Back’ Takes on New Meaning: Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s First Half...
October 26, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Terminator. That was James Cameron’s first real directing job, and he followed it up with the even better Aliens and The...
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10 Clever Uses of Old Pop Songs in Modern Movies
I love good music. And while I appreciate how some films (for example, Star Wars) manage to create a completely original orchestral accompaniment that complements the action, sometimes I like to relax...
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Why Terminator: Genisys Is a Good Movie
Last week I had to choose between seeing Jurassic World or Terminator: Genisys with some friends. First-world problems, I know. I’ve never really cared for the Jurassic Park series. I saw the first...
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What If the T-1000 Had Found Miles Dyson First?
I love Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It’s a perfect sequel that goes full speed ahead and leaves little time to wonder about any possible paradoxes or other directions the story could have taken in the...
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Strong Female Characters: Joss Whedon vs. James Cameron
Joss Whedon and James Cameron are famous for their strong female characters. For example, Cameron singlehandedly turned Sigourney Weaver into an action star while Whedon basically did the same for...
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How I Uncover Cinematic Chiasmus
I’ve written more than a dozen articles explaining how the story structure of some special films fall into the category of Cinematic Chiasmus. These are films that unfold in a particular way in which...
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James Cameron Villain Deaths Ranked
I love almost all of James Cameron’s films. He does a great job of building up interesting characters, and that includes villains. Pretty much all of his villains are memorable, and most of them have...
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Terminator 2 and The Spy Who Shagged Me Are Pretty Much the Same Movie
I’m feeling much better this week, and I am stoked to share this movie comparison, which was also inspired by a conversation with another of my brothers. I had just finished watching Austin Powers: The...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with Me?
Something feels wrong. I love movies in general, but it’s been a long time since I cared about any movie in particular. I had been looking forward to Avengers: Infinity War long before it debuted back...
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Sequel-Proof Movies That Somehow Got Sequels
There are some movies that you can tell the filmmakers never intended to make a sequel to. They either just wanted to tell a solid, self-contained story or they wanted to eliminate the possibility that...
View ArticleIs ‘Hasta La Vista, Baby’ a Bait-and-Switch?
Terminator 2: Judgment Day has a number of great lines, and probably the most famous is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s legendary delivery of “Hasta la vista, baby.” But I’ve started to wonder if it was...
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James Cameron’s Many Imitators
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then James Cameron must be one of the most beloved directors in Hollywood. Every one of his films has been aped at least once, sometimes before they even...
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No One Knows What to Do with James Cameron’s Child Characters
Terminator: Dark Fate killed the child character from James Cameron’s previous installment in its opening scene. After all of Sarah Connor’s sacrifices to stay alive, give birth to the future savior of...
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Do Sequels Need to Be in the Same Genre as Their Predecessors?
Does the next Ghostbusters movie need to be a comedy? Based on the trailer, it looks like it’s going in a completely different direction than the first ones, and it might actually be a drama. I don’t...
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