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Titanic Actress Gloria Stuart Dies at 100
Actress Gloria Stuart died on Sunday at her home in West Los Angeles at the age of 100. Though the actress starred in a number of films in the 1930s, you probably know Stuart from her Oscar-nominated performance as the 101-year-old version of Kate Winslet’s character Rose in the 1997 film, “Titanic.”
According to her daughter, Stuart had been diagnosed with lung cancer several years ago.
Stuart had pretty much abandoned acting when a casting director contacted her to audition for the… More »
My Belated Thoughts on Avatar
I finally did it. I contributed my $15 to the $500 billion that’s already been pulled in from the movie. My investment was well worth the $15 I spent to see James Cameron’s latest sci-fi adventure in all its glory with the help of IMAX and 3-D projection.
It took me awhile to finally get into the theater and enjoy the movie. I went to see it twice and both times it was sold-out in the showing I hoped to view…. More »
Panasonic teams with James Cameron’s Avatar
You may have heard of this little mega-budget blockbuster called Avatar (due in theaters this December), which is director James Cameron’s first film since Titanic. Panasonic is teaming with 20th Century Fox to help promote the film, providing its “Full HD 3D” technology to help launch a global advertising campaign. Panasonic will show Avatar footage in Full HD 3D at multiple events, to give consumers a taste of what’s possible with modern 3D technology.
Among Panasonic and Fox’s intentions are plans… More »
Comic-Con ’09: Avatar panel
For the true geeks among us, there could be no bigger event at Comic-Con than uber-director James Cameron showing up to promote his shrouded-in-secrecy new project, Avatar. Not a single frame of footage, not one rendering or piece of concept art has been shown from the film. Until today.
Cameron chose Comic-Con 2009 as the venue at which to unveil Avatar to the world, and he did not disappoint, delivering an in-depth preview of the film that stacked up at about… More »
E3 ’09: Ubisoft press conference highlights
Monday evening brought the much-anticipated Ubisoft press conference, hosted by The Soup’s Joel McHale. (I plan on putting together a highlight reel of McHale’s best moments, which I’ll share with you soon.) Take a look at a just few of the highlights.
Red Steel II shows a completely new art style and narrative direction. It’s also made to work with the new Wii Motion Plus. Take a look.
A very special and unexpected treat arrived in the form of legendary film director… More »