Though two recent remakes have tarnished the original's reputation a tad, the 1981 Clash of the Titans remains a cult classic. Featuring Ray Harryhausen's final visual effects, the film follows a hero named Perseus on an epic quest pitting him against Gods and monsters. It's total Eighties cheese, but that lends itself perfectly to artist interpretation. Which…
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When Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans hit theaters in 2010, it was marred by a relatively early attempt at post-converted 3D. The effect was bad, with the sense of depth inconsistent from shot to shot, and some stereoscopic effects that mocked the actors by poorly sculpting their faces in three dimensions. Cranked out to…
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Last year's hit film Clash of the Titans is the poster child for bad 3D post-conversion. Everyone complained about getting headaches during the movie or there being little to no difference between watching the movie with or without glasses. Jonathan Liebesman is fully aware of this. The director of Battle: Los Angeles has been tasked…
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Whether it be a lack of sleep, medical reasons, or not using the right skincare, there are a number of reasons dark circles can develop.
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As the movie industry evolves, so to do the Razzies. The anti-Oscars, which infamously recognize the worst movies of the year, have announced their short list of eligible films which includes a brand new category: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D. What films are eligible for that award as well as Worst Film of the Year…
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TorrentFreak has compiled a list of the most pirated movies of 2010. So which film takes the top honor? It should come as no surprise -- James Cameron's Avatar, the highest grossing film of all time, which was released in late December 2009. The movie was downloaded an estimated 16,580,000 times, which would have translated…
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It takes a big man to admit he's wrong and Sam Worthington is certainly a big man. The star of the biggest movie of all time, Avatar, had quite a year in 2010, riding the box office and award waves of Pandora while also headlining Clash of the Titans, which pulled in almost half a…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the final 15 contenders for the 2010 Oscar for Best Visual Effects. This is only the first cut, though. Next, members of the Academy's visual effects branch executive committee will select seven of the final 15. At that point, all the members of the visual…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss whether or not 3D really is the future, praise the quiet certitude of The American, reflect on the sprawling nature of the Red Riding trilogy, and try to figure out why people in theaters are boo-ing at the mention of M. Night Shyamalan. Special guest…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. REPO MEN Paul Verhoeven has enough trouble finding love from critics as it is, so it's no wonder that a filmmaker emulating…
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/Film Reader Matt B dropped me an e-mail giving a nice rundown of director James Cameron's appearance at Ohio State. He talked about Avatar 2, post 3D conversion, Clash of the Titans, his Titanic suicide letter, the science of Avatar, and Jamie Lee Curtis' unexpected contribution to the pole dancing scene in True Lies. Read…
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It's been a week since Clash of the Titans opened, and I've already forgotten the movie, for the most part. There's too little there worth remembering, as the handful of good moments are overwhelmed by an excess of chaff and a terrible structure. (Read my thoughts on the film, or listen to the /Filmcast discussion.)…
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In this week's /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley express reservations about Paul Greengrass's upcoming 3-D film, reflect on recent incarnations of The Three Musketeers, and respond to M. Night Shymalan's recent interviews about race in The Last Airbender. Special guest Keith Phipps, editor of the AV Club, joins us for this episode.…
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Crafting a new version of Clash of the Titans shouldn't be a difficult task. You've got a hero, a quest, a few monsters and a handful of gods and humans kicking around as interested parties. It's fun stuff, as long as the proportions are all correct. The first time this story was told, by writer…
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Warner Bros has released 41 production photos for Louis Leterrier's remake of Clash of the Titans. The film screened for press this past week. I haven't seen the film yet but I've heard it isn't that great. At ShoWest, I did see a 7-10 minute presentation of post production-converted 3D clips from the film, and…
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Warner Bros will be releasing five movies in 3D in 2010 and nine movies in 2011. Alan Horn announced at ShoWest that all the studios tentpole movies, superhero films, and big special effects releases, will be distributed in 3D. He called it the new standard for the company. And yes, he was clear that this…
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At Warner Bros presentation at ShoWest, we were shown 7-10 minutes of Clash of the Titans clips, which were upconverted and presented in 3D. I will be completely honest -- it did not look great. It looked passable. General audiences might not notice the difference, but they will feel it. To me, the live-action post-converted…
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Here's a piece of marketing for Clash of the Titans that is at least commendably sneaky. Go to the UK version of Google. Search Kick-Ass. What do you get? In the main results, just what you'd expect to: IMDB, the official site and so on... but over in the sidebar of sponsored advertising? First of all,…
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USA Today got a chance to chat with filmmaker James Cameron who filmed the unannounced Black Eyed Peas concert with 3D cameras in New York's Times Square on Wednesday night. Cameron dropped a few interesting news tidbits, including information on the 3D release of Titanic, a possible extended cut rerelease of Avatar this Fall, more…
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Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto has signed on to star in Tarsem Singh's War of the Gods, a new Greek mythology epic which will be filmed in a like 300. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. Sleeper Code/Machine Gun Preacher scribe Jason Keller penned the most…
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MTV recently sat down with director James Cameron, and the result is a bunch of interesting, but not necessarily newsworthy, bits. I've embedded some of the more interesting video clips after the jump. Cameron talks about the Avatar Sequel, which he confirms will involve the same characters from the first film, including the humans, who…
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Box Office is reporting that Warner Bros has decided to bump Sylvain White's comic book adaptation The Losers from its previously announced release date of April 9th to June 4th 2010. It is assumed that the new Summer release was to give Warner Bros' other release Clash of the Titans more breathing room. Clash had…
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Warner Bros wants audiences to know that Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans remake is being released in digital 3D so they created the "very subtle" new posters and banners to promote the release. Check out the new "The Clash Begins in 3D" advertising art after the jump. Click on the images to enlarge and…
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The fact that Clash of the Titans was being pushed back to April 2 to accommodate a last-minute conversion to 3D has been accepted as fact, even though Warner Bros. hadn't officially said anything about the plan. Now there's an official press release from the studio that removes any doubt. Yes, Clash of the Titans…
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We've seen a couple trailers for the Louis Leterrier remake of Clash of the Titans, but they've been mostly monster and action shots so far, seemingly aimed at those who know the original film. A teaser isn't meant to give any indication of story, so we'll give that one a pass, but watch the first…
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With the price of 3D tickets playing no small part in the record-setting performance of Avatar, it's no surprise that other studios are jumping into the 3D tentpole business in a big way. What is a bit surprising is that some, like Warner Bros., are evidently jumping at the chance to convert films shot in…
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Last month it was rumored that Warner Bros was considering converting Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans remake into a digital 3D release. Leterrier quickly debunked the rumor, claiming that they tried hard to convert the film to 3D but that the studio "just won't have time" to meet the announced theatrical release. But now…
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