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Review: Avatar: Special Edition; news on the Even Specialler DVD

Attention, Avatards. First up, we've got Rob's review of the Avatar: Special Edition and what to expect in the nine additional minutes. Then follows news about the DVD even-specialler edition, with sixteen new minutes. Then follows... you get the idea. Yeah, this is basically the new Star Wars now.

James Cameron got paid, son

According to reports, director James Cameron made a pretty tidy profit from Avatar. How much? Find out, and what this means for your weekend, after the jump!

"James Cameron is an idiot"

Holy attention-seeking headline! Those aren't our words, of course, rather the rantings of journactivist Ann McElhinney, as she takes Cameron to task over his mega-blockbuster Avatar. Why? Fucked if I know.

Rant: Why 3D movies are a total con

James Cameron conquered the world with it. Pixar and DreamWorks are enamoured with it. Steven Spielberg has adopted it as his new plaything. The future of cinema, we are told, is three dazzling dimensions. Why, then, does the idea of a whole new crop of 3D blockbusters elicit a big, flat shrug from audiences?

Oscar winners 2010: Avatar gets thrown in The Hurt Locker

Low-budget war movie about the might of the American military beats big-budget anti-war metaphor at the Irony Awards.

Cameron has 'road map' for Avatar 2

An Avatar sequel? Already? Don't we have to wait, like, 14 years for the next one or something?

Oh God, when will it end? 3D Star Wars inevitable, says George Lucas

Brace yourself for a whole new slew of Star Wars re-releases, complete with a whole new dimension. It's all Avatar's fault, apparently.

Avatar mental news round-up

It's set to become the highest-grossing movie ever, but The Pope doesn't like it because the Na'vi sex scene made him so depressed he considered suicide. Or something.

Avatar breaks billion dollar record

Told you.

The Avatar that could have been

CHUD have uncovered the original script for Project 880, which would ultimately become Avatar, written by James Cameron after he wrapped on Titanic. Ring the fascinating changes after the jump.