Movies with screenplay written by James Cameron
Spoilers follow! James Cameron is widely viewed as being one of the most difficult and demanding directors, due in large part to the powerful streak of perfectionism that defines his filmmaking. Cameron's most difficult and contentious shoot to...
U.S. Release Date: 1989-08-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Ed Harris, Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr., Kimberly Scott, ...
Perhaps the best single word to describe James Cameron's Aliens is relentless. Tautly paced and expertly directed, this roller coaster ride of a motion picture offers a little bit of everything, all wrapped up in a tidy science fiction/action pack...
U.S. Release Date: 1986-07-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Mark Rolston, Al Matthews, ...
On the one hand, it’s possible to express deep admiration for the world-building and storytelling of Alita: Battle Angel and to offer praise and credit to director Robert Rodriguez and co-writer/co-producer James Cameron for providing a rive...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: : Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Christoph Waltz, ...
Screened in standard (non-IMAX) digital 3D. Avatar has been described as a "game-changer," and perhaps it is. I'll leave that for future historians to determine. What I can say with some assuredness is this is the most technically amazing motio...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-12-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, ...
The majority of this review is taken from what I wrote in 2009. I have tweaked and edited it to update it for 2022. Following the main review are a few new comments written following my re-watching of the film on September 23, 2022.Avatar has been d...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, ...
It’s finally here. After years of missed release dates related to postproduction issues, James Cameron’s oft-delayed sequel to 2009’s Avatar has finally arrived. Was it worth the 13-year wait? Unquestionably. It’s difficult to overstate ho...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-12-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Partial Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, ...
December 30, 1999: the penultimate day of the penultimate year of the century (the 20th century doesn't officially end until the close of 2000). In Los Angeles, the "biggest party of all time" is already underway. Crime is flowing as freely...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Josef Sommer, Brigitte Bako, ...
When James Cameron crafted The Terminator in 1984, the concept of a sequel was far from his thoughts. The film's box office performance, while more than justifying the movie's understated $6.5 million budget, did not result in studio executives ru...
U.S. Release Date: 1991-07-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, ...
The Terminator, the film that catapulted Arnold Schwarzengger into Hollywood's stratosphere, was never designed for more than a niche audience. Indeed, while the film made a nice profit for Orion Pictures (returning grosses about six times its cos...
U.S. Release Date: 1984-10-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, ...
Although Terminator: Dark Fate, the sixth film in the Terminator franchise, is an improvement over the other non-Cameron-directed sequels, it doesn’t rise to the level of the first two entries in the series. And, while Terminator die-hards a...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-11-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Tim Miller
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, ...