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The long, complex evolution of the blockbuster

By Paul Risker

Nearly 50 years since Jaws changed the shape of cinema, the term 'blockbuster' has come a long way – but not always for the better.

Avatar: The Way of Water

By David Jenkins

A gaudy blue folly which encapsulates James Cameron’s strength as an image-maker, but weakness as a storyteller.

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Why it’s high time we started appreciating the art of 3D cinema

By Ben Schwartz

As Avatar 2: The Way of Water heads into cinemas, it's worth reconsidering the strange, polarising world of 3D, and what it can bring to the big screen.

Avatar will reclaim its all-time box office record with a Chinese re-release

By Charles Bramesco

Put that in your Infinity Gauntlet and smoke it, Avengers: Endgame!

3D can still be the saviour of cinema

By Phil W Bayles

Audiences have started losing interest, but the technology still has the potential to reshape the artform as we know it.

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