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Arts and Entertainment

DVD Tuesday: Will Avatar suck in 2-D?

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3-D televisions are still a technology of the near-future so everyone who buys Avatar will be watching it in good old-fashioned 2-D. Absent the gloriously immersive world created by James Cameron, will audiences be distracted by the obvious plotting and tinny dialogue? Jeff Bridges should have won an Oscar long before getting one for Crazy Heart ( The Fisher King anyone?). While his turn as Bad Blake didn't blow me away, it was a solidly professional turn in an otherwise mild movie. A year ago, smart money pegged Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones as a surefire Oscar contender. Nope! We need more movies like 44-Inch Chest. Is Ray Winstone ever not awesome? Don't worry -- Solar Anus Cinema isn't what you think. It's, you know, arty .

Avatar
Crazy Heart
Young Victoria
The Lovely Bones
44 Inch Chest
35 Shots of Rum
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
Vivre sa vie (The Criterion Collection)
Summer Hours (The Criterion Collection)
Tales from the Script
Orlock The Vampire 3D
Reefer Madness
Cannibal Lolita
Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
Solar Anus Cinema

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