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10 Movies Avatar Unfortunately Resembles

10 Movies Avatar Unfortunately Resembles

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By Christopher Campbell posted 2 months ago
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James Cameron’s Avatar is supposed to be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. So why does it look so familiar? One of the most disappointing things about the film’s promotion so far is how derivative the film looks in the trailer that (eventually) debuted online today. And much of what we’re reminded of wasn’t even that great to begin with. To help illustrate our feeling of déjà vu, we’ve captured a few screenshots from the trailer and, where available, put them next to their older visual counterparts.
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Batman was Nixon? Clip of the Day

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By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago
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It seems appropriate to follow yesterday’s footage of Oliver Stone’s W. with the international trailer for Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon. Both films are about leading candidates for worst U.S. President of all time (well, after we discount Harding, Buchanan, Jackson, Pierce and a number of others). And each has a subject that apparently inspired the year’s biggest blockbuster, The Dark Knight.

Weeks ago, in an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, mystery author Andrew Klavan basically stated that Batman is George W. Bush in the comic book adaptation. Today, Gabe at Videogum jokingly wrote, “just from watching this trailer, I learned that Richard Nixon was the inspiration for Batman’s voice in the Dark Knight.” Now, the question is, will either of these comparisons help their respective films ride the success of TDK? Oh, and how does Entertainment Weekly’s caricature of McCain as Batman figure in?

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There WILL Be Score

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By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago
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Almost a month after streams of the There Will Be Blood score were posted on a Paramount Vantage page, and then promptly disappeared, The Playlist has a preview of two tracks composed by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood for the film. I’ve embedded the MP3 player above. Also, a new trailer for the film is getting everyone all excited.