Making room for Confucius, Avatar (2D) is kicked out

Add this to the growing list of reasons we're not down with the old sage, Confucius' Chow Yun-fat starring "patriotic biopic" is coming and the film ministry is using that reason to shove Avatar out of theaters. Apparently, all that talk about analogies between the Na'vi and nailhouses, and perhaps all that whining from the Chinese film community, has caused the Central Publicity Department to determine that the millions theaters are raking in from the James Cameron smash hit just aren't worth it. They'll keep the 3D versions open for now (since there's so little 3D options, its influence will be "limited"), but the 2D version will end its run on January 23. Then anyone who wants to watch the film without the fun special effects can run to their nearest fake DVD store instead.