James Cameron doesn't do anything unless he's doing it big.  The guy just doesn't do half-measures.  I guess it makes perfect sense, then, that the writer-director is going to be pretty single-minded about making the Avatar sequels, of which there might be one more than we expected.  Cameron's so all-about Pandora that from here on out, he won't be developing any films that don't take place in the Avatar universe.

Yesterday we saw a featurette focusing on one of the new CGI beasties in Wrath of the Titans, but today, Warner Bros. has released the first official clip from the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans remake.  While that featurette was all about the fire-breathing Chimera, this clip, clocking in at just over a minute, has formidable actors spitting figurative hot fire.  Principally, we're talking about Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, returning to their respective roles as Zeus and his brother Hades.

Synopsis: A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) --the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)--is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades (Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston). The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramirez), switch loyalties and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

Next Friday, Wrath of the Titans arrives in two and three dimensions at theaters nationwide, and Warner Bros. has released a new two-minute featurette to get your ass in a seat in a week and a half. 

As a sequel, Wrath of the Titans is obligated to contain certain elements from the first film, and like its predecessor, 2010's Clash of the Titans remake, the new film has no shortage of giant monstrous beasts wreaking havoc on the ancient world.  The Chimera is just one of these destruct-O-monsters, but he/she/it is the first to get their own featurette.

There's just over a month until Wrath of the Titans arrives in theaters, once again in 3D, so Warner Bros. is priming the pump with a new international trailer for its sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans remake. 

Like the domestic trailer, released back in December, this one opens with Liam Neeson as Zeus providing the necessary gravitas, then proceeds into the giant monsters and apocalyptic action.  This trailer spends almost even less time setting up the story and the involvement of Perseus, once again played by Sam Worthington.  Instead, it goes straight for the jugular with big visual effects, frenetic action, and epic happenings pretty much right from the start.

The titular quartet of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles haven't starred in a live-action feature film in just a hair under twenty years.  Though Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelango still form a recognizable property, it's been awhile since their early 1990's heyday, when the characters were an inescapable cultural presence.  As is the case with any movie property that carries a whiff of bankable nostalgia, there's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theatrical reboot in the works, and it might just have found an appropriately action-savvy director.

We've already seen one official poster and a bunch of banners for Wrath of the Titans, all of which appeared online in conjunction with the first trailer about a month and a half ago.  This is a sequel with something to prove, though, since the 2010 remake Clash of Titans made no small amount of money but wasn't dearly loved by too many folks.  In addition to changing up the director and whatnot, Warner Bros is making the case for Wrath of the Titans today with two new posters, both of which encourage us all to "Feel the Wrath."

Wrath of the Titans has a lot to prove, considering the response to its predecessor, 2010's Clash of the Titans.  That film made plenty of money worldwide, but wasn't terribly well-liked by damn near anyone and became an example of rushed, unnecessary post-conversion 3D.  For the sequel, quite a bit has been changed up.  

Several actors, led by Sam Worthington, are back in the monster-filled action spectacle, but the director is new and a whole slew of actors are fresh additions as well.  One of them is Rosamund Pike, who relaces Alexa Davalos in the role of Andromeda.  You can see the new Andromeda throwing down in a new image from Wrath of the Titans, along with two others featuring the newly hirsute Worthington as indomitable warrior Perseus.

Crime movies are a captivating genre because they are the perfect holdall; a crime thriller can be altogether suspenseful and grotesque and profound, a reflection of our dual humanity. It is in this spirit that Ami Canaan Mann (Morning, Friday Night Lights) helmed Texas Killing Fields, which is available on Blu-ray and DVD beginning January 31st, and is the director's follow-up feature film after more than a decade of writing and directing for TV.

The seedling for the script is found in Texas City, the outskirts of which harbor a massive, haunting field with a macabre history. Over sixty murders were dumped within this region, known by locals as the Killing Fields and it was from this that director/producer Michael Mann (Thief, Heat) was inspired to commission a script. Like a lot of movies in Hollywood, it took years for all the right particles to come together and greenlight a story into creation but when it finally did, the story succeeded in its director’s aim to do three important things: do right by the families of the real victims, put a face to the victims of sexual assault murders, and to evoke the horror of the story in a sophisticated, non-procedural manner.

To achieve all that, Texas Killing Fields makes use of the genre’s elasticity. On the one hand, you have the high-stakes plot: the story focuses on two detectives, committed to finding the culprit of a murder that had been dumped in the field, who end up having to race the clock in order to save the life of another potential Killing Field victim, played by Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass). Sam Worthington (Avatar) plays Detective Mike Souder, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) plays his partner, Brian Heigh, and Jessica Chastain (The Help) plays the former-Mrs.-Souder, Detective Pam Stall.

I recently had the immense pleasure of speaking with one of my all time favorite actors, Titus Welliver, about his prolific and impressive television work. But as accomplished as his TV resume is, the actor has just as distinguished of a film and stage career. Welliver first gained attention in the groundbreaking off-Broadway play “Riff Raff,” which was written, directed and co-starred actor Laurence Fishburne. He would eventually reprise the critically acclaimed role that he originated on stage as the sympathetic drug addict and part-time thief Billy “The Torch’ Murphy in the film adaptation of the play entitled Once in the Life, which also starred Fishburne and marked his feature film directorial debut. In fact, while the actor and I were chatting about the making of Once in the Life and his work in "Riff Raff," which also happens to be my all time favorite stage play, the actor happened to mention that he and Fishburne are discussing doing a revival of the show. “I have to say Laurence and I have been sort of toying with the idea of doing the play again even though it's been about twelve years since we made the film,” Welliver admitted.

While the actor is probably best known for his extensive television work that includes playing Silas Adams on HBO’s Western-based series Deadwood, the pivotal role of Kyle Hollis on the brilliant but short-lived NBC series Life, season three villain Jimmy O’Phelan on FX’s motorcycle gang series Sons of Anarchy, a recurring role on the current Fox series Touch with Kiefer Sutherland, and of course, as the Man in Black (A.K.A. the Smoke Monster) on ABC’s cultural phenomenon Lost. But he’s also appeared in many popular feature films including The Doors, Mobsters, Twisted, Assault on Precinct 13, and most recently Man on a Ledge, which opened on January 27^th and is in theaters now. But his most famous film roles have come from his collaborations with fellow actor and now critically acclaimed writer/director Ben Affleck. Welliver first appeared in Affleck’s Boston-based directorial debut Gone Baby Gone as Lionel McCready, and also appeared as FBI agent Dino Ciampa in The Town (also set in the Boston area) opposite Jon Hamm (TV’s Mad Men). Now, Welliver will achieve the hat trick by also appearing in Affleck’s upcoming third directorial effort Argo, which will be the first of his films, as a director, not set in Massachusetts.