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James Cameron’s career has been a lead up to making this film. Subjects he’s touched on in previous films, such as the environment and corporate greed, come together in this visually arresting sci-fi event. Like STAR WARS did, he takes tried and true conventions of the genre and twists them into something exciting and new.

The world of Pandora is a kaleidoscope of glowing colors and vicious creatures, and its inhabitants are tall, sleek, sexy blue-skinned warriors called the Na’vi. The SecFor corporation has come to the world to mine valuable minerals, but it lies under Na’vi sacred grounds. Flesh and bone avatars of the aliens controlled by human scientists are used to negotiate with the Na’vi and learn the planet. When one of the scientists is killed, the corporation brings in his twin, paraplegic Jake Sully (Sam Worthington, TERMINATOR SALVATION) to operate his avatar to save on growing a new, very expensive, avatar. Head scientist Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver, ALIENS) is furious about it because Jake isn’t a scientist, but a marine grunt. Her complaints fall on deaf ears, however, as corporate hack Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) is only interested in business, not science. This, however, encourages Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang, THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS) who sees Jake as a military spy.
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With THE HANGOVER now on DVD and Blu-ray, This Weekend’s Film rounds up some raunchy comedy for your viewing enjoyment. In addition to a black out filled trip to Las Vegas, there are bawdy stand-up comedians and an outrageous Austrian fashion journalist. Wanton drunkenness consumes the Sunday lineup with a holiday black comedy and the quintessential raunchy laugh fest.
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