Canyon Lake families will be pleased to know that a favorite summer tradition is back! Taking advantage of warm evenings and a lovely setting overlooking the Lake, Friday night Movie Nights at Holiday Harbor are beginning tonight and will continue twice a month through August. Families are invited to bring their own blankets, chairs and snacks.

Tonight’s show, which begins at 8 p.m., will be “Avatar,” an epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, and Stephen Lang. The film is set in 2154, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora, a lush moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system. The film’s title refers to the genetically engineered Na’vi-human hybrid bodies used by a team of researchers to interact with the natives of Pandora.

Reel People Ron and Leigh Martel gave “Avatar” a rating of A- and A respectively, saying, “’Avatar’ is 161 minutes and rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences, sensuality, language and smoking. Cameron’s meticulous illustrations display exotic plants, bizarre animals, mutant transformers and a lab even more intricate than Doppler 7000. With such spectacular cinematography, see this movie, if only to visit the dazzling Pandora.”