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IR Film Review: BILLIE EILISH - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - THE TOUR - LIVE IN 3D [Paramount]

Billie Eilish does have a style and approach and, like most artists, she will evolve as she grows older. But the singing style she and her brother Finneas created in their teens has a classical ring that feels at times more like jazz than pop. Director James Cameron somehow found an interesting muse in Eilish and knows enough using his 3D cameras to find a way to capture a concert like you are there and do it in one night.

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IR Film Review: AVATAR - FIRE AND ASH [20th Century Studios]

From any point of view, the new "Avatar" film "Fire And Ash" is breathtaking. Granted it uses certain formulas and concepts of history but the sheer spectacle of it coupled with the fact of James Cameron's prowess in making something both immense and intimate simply invites criticism as well as praise. But that said, it is a sprawling story that does take three hours and fifteen minutes to tell and would be hard to tell shorter than that.

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