Forty years on, James Cameron’s transformation of Ridley Scott’s horror classic remains a masterclass in how to make a sequel.
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The 1986 science fiction thriller features everything from robotic exoskeletons to terraforming.
Rather than simply recounting history, each new version reworks a shared cultural template for contemporary audiences.
The original 1984 film’s vision of rogue AI turning on humanity remains hugely influential.
The technology holds huge potential for use in visual effects, but there are also risks for the industry.
The Terminator not only redefined the science fiction but also explored the dangers of unchecked technological advancement.
Rhyddhawyd Jurassic Park ar y sgrin fawr ym mis Mehefin 1993 a newidiodd sinema am byth.
Jurassic Park was released on the big screen in June 1993 and changed cinema for good.
A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
In 1997 we were all swept up in the romantic tale – but the film doesn’t stand up to scrutiny today.
25 years on from the release of James Cameron’s epic, Titanic, a film expert reflects on how the late-Nineties blockbuster explored the anxieties of the new Millennium.
Avatar 2 is released this week - but now it’s hard to remember a single detail from the original film. Does this make it a ‘forgotbuster’?
Fans hoping to find an incisive message about the climate crisis in the Avatar sequel will be disappointed, as a geopolitical climate expert explains.
Disney says the Marvel movie just beat ‘Avatar’ as the top-grossing movie of all time. Inflation tells a different story, as an economist explains.
It’s why Marvel’s effort to break the worldwide box office record is doomed, as an economist explains.
Trending on Twitter this week has been Gen Y shock and awe that Titanic isn’t just the name of a film. Apparently someone has accidentally stumbled onto the fact that the Titanic story was a tad more than…
Today as I ate lunch, Titanic, Terminator and Avatar director James Cameron was at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in the ocean. We know this for a couple of reasons. Not only did he…
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