I was lucky enough to see some preview footage of James Cameron’s Avatar at the cinema in 3D, and whilst they managed to not reveal much of the story at the time, the visuals were extremely impressive. This first official trailer for Avatar tells much more about the plot of the film. Watch and enjoy! Let me know what you think in the comments.

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home.James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of Titanic, first conceived the film 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not exist yet. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a  live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

James Cameron's AVATAR

We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair.  Despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart.  He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earths energy crisis. Because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human drivers have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air.  These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora the Navi.

Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again.  He is given a mission to infiltrate the Navi who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore.  But a beautiful Navi female, Neytiri, saves Jakes life, and this changes everything.  Jake is taken in by her clan and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures. As Jakes relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Navi way and finally takes his place among them.  Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.

AVATAR opens in cinemas everywhere Thursday December 17, 2009.

Following on from yesterday’s review of Jennifer’s Body, we’ve now got 5 copies of the Jennifer’s Body Graphic Novel (illustrated by Jim “Clerks” Mahfood) to give away to our lucky readers!

The movie stars Megan Fox as a gorgeous cheerleader who becomes possessed by a demon force, so her bookish lifelong best friend (Amanda Seyfried) must take drastic measures to protect their small town from the seductive teenager’s insatiable appetite for high school boys.

The Jennifer’s Body Graphic Novel ties into the movie,  and expands on its universe, with writing by Juno‘s and Diablo Cody artwork from Rick Spears, Jim Mahfood, Nikki Cook and Ming Doyle.

All you have to do to win, is answer the following question:

Name Megan Fox’s character in the giant robot franchise in which shot to fame.

This competition is now closed!

The competition closes on 6th Nov 2009 and is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. There will be 5 winners. By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the rules of this full rules which can be read here.

The Wolfman in UK cinemas February 12

Lot’s of stuff for the The Wolfman (due in UK cinemas February 12) appearing on the web today and we have this great trailer!

The Wolfman stars Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brothers fiance, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself one he never imagined existed.

Trailer after the jump…

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Just been sent this exclusive little background clip from the great vampire show True Blood. Loved season 1 and looking forward to season 2 coming to the UK. Don’t have a UK air date for True Blood season 2 yet, but the moment we do, i’ll post it on the site.

Clip after the jump

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Jennifers Body - In UK Cinemas from November 4th 2009

Megan Fox - Cheerleader

For any of you planning on seeing 20th Century Fox’s new film Jennifer’s Body starring Megan Fox in the hope that you can read a book by it’s cover… or indeed film by it’s title, then you won’t be disappointed. Apart from being a super slick and comic teen horror, it is largely based around Miss Fox shrink wrapped in various high school outfits that don’t leave much to the imagination. I think they only made her a cheerleader so they could dress her up.

Saying that, it’s not a bad film for what it is. The story follows Needy, played by Amanda Seyfried (Mama Mia), a four eyed geeky but quietly cool type who is best friends with the hottest and most popular girl in school, Jennifer, Megan Fox (Transformers). When self obsessed Jennifer is turned into a blood lusting, boy killing monster by an antagonistic rock band of satanists, led by Adam Brody, Needy has to find a way to stop her from preying on her all too easy male classmates.

Amanda Seyfried

No surprises that it’s not the most complicated of films but behind the cringe worthy bed chat, bloody violence and rock music there is an honest portrayal of hormonal angst ridden teenage life, which is laugh out loud funny at times. The two leads are surprisingly brilliant and un-stereotypical. It’s hard to believe Seyfried is the same sickly sweet girl who sang Abba to us and besides the body, Fox does put in a great performance as a terrifyingly disgusting man eating demon so it turns out she ain’t just a pretty face. Plus OC fans will be glad and not at all disappointed to see Adam Brody back on screen.

The special effects and make up were realistic enough to make me cover my eyes but without being over the top. All in all it was fun, a bit of an old school tongue in cheek horror but more sexy. I wish my school had been that sassy…maybe without the guts and relentless murdering.

6/10

Okay, so it’s not the return of Firefly (damn you Fox), but Nathan Fillion does don the Browncoat one more time in the form of a Halloween costume in ABC’s Castle. I love the kid’s remark… “Didn’t you wear that 5 years ago?..  Don’t you think you should move on?”