Avatar opens in theaters Dec. 18.

San Francisco Chronicle
“LIFE ON MARS: SERIES 2.” (2007. NOT RATED. $59.99. FOUR DISCS.)
To the depressingly short list of shows you wish had never ended, prepare to add the original British version of “Life on Mars.”

By David Germain
Associated Press
On rare occasions, putting a novel through the Hollywood wringer does the story a real service.
The rather whiny tone of Walter Kirn’s “Up in the Air” vanishes in Jason Reitman’s extreme makeover …

Ratings based on four-star system.
‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’
Rated PG-13
? 1/2
As every Stephenie Meyer fan knows, this is the one where studly vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) dumps human girlfriend Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) for …