BREAKING NEWS! (check for constantly updated and inserted info) FRIDAY 9:45 AM: Twas the weekend before Christmas, but I refused to wax poetic before I saw some actual numbers about whether James Cameron's long awaited and much discussed big budget technopic would be a hit or a miss. That's because 20th Century Fox's Avatar finally hit theaters last night in North America and 106 countries overseas after years of fan curiosity, followed by recent months of negative buzz, followed by the past two weeks of mostly strong reviews (82% positive on Rotten Tomatoes). But I can reveal what Steven Spielberg said about the film after screening it on the Fox lot: "The [...]