James Cameron

...who could handle the action but also pull the audience along on an adventure that covers a lot of emotional ground as well as exotic alien-jungle terrain. Cameron said that, in aspiration, "Avatar" has more in common with Rudyard Kipling,...

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...were producing team Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. VES • James Cameron will also be feted by the Santa Barbara filmfest with their Modern Masters award on Feb. 6. Last year, Clint Eastwood received this lifetime achievement prize.

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...Cameron ("Avatar"). All of the aforementioned are straight, white guys -- and frankly, from everything I know about the many-times-married Cameron, when it comes to being straight, you'd have to count him twice. Mark Twain had a term...

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...shy away from its 'Dances With Wolves'-meets-'Pocahontas'-in-space vibe, and its CG-heavy look … but I can't bring myself to write off James Cameron. So, tentatively, he goes on the list. Then there's 'Nine.' If it works, it could vault to...

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...Oscar voters cannot ignore it. Another film with the potential to earn strong box office and, thus, Academy Award voters are "Titanic" director James Cameron's long-awaited space adventure "Avatar." Critics' darling Clint Eastwood is...

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...season publicity breaks. Oh, and they'll also be trying to overshadow the daily box office watch for James Cameron's excruciatingly expensive "Avatar" and grosses for the expected blockbuster "Sherlock Homes." Thankfully, there are a small...

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