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8 Low-Budget Films That Delivered Big
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8 Low-Budget Films That Delivered Big

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James Orbesen
/ 27 January 2020

Money isn't everything, although in filmmaking it counts for a lot. These eight films defied their minuscule budgets.

Deconstructing the Star Beast: How the ‘Alien’ Saga Went Wrong
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Deconstructing the Star Beast: How the ‘Alien’ Saga Went Wrong

By
J.C. Macek III
/ 4 May 2015
Alien was a planned B-Movie that transcended its genre and spawned the rare sequel that is neither imitation nor complete deviation. Then the saga went to hell.
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Tie Goes to the Computer: ‘Side By Side’

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Brendan Boyle
/ 5 March 2013
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Building the Perfect Star Beast: The Antecedents of ‘Alien’

By
J.C. Macek III
/ 20 November 2012
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Apologies to James Cameron: ‘Avatar’ a Sign of Changing Cinema

By
Aaron Sagers
/ 25 January 2010
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Blue World: James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’

By
Chris Barsanti
/ 17 December 2009
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Titanic: 10th Anniversary Edition

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Jesse Hassenger
/ 13 December 2007
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Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 24 April 2003

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