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Initial thoughts: I’m still in a bit of post-movie euphoria, but…overall, ep III was surprisingly good…even great–the best installment since “Empire.” What it had that ep I and ep II completely lacked was real conflict…not “conflict” in the sense of people fighting one another–the previous two films had that–but “conflict” in the sense of human …

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I was greatly releived to hear that the local theater–the only local theater–showing Episode III had apparently obtained an additional print of the movie and had added another 12:01am showing…since the intial 12:01 showing was sold out by the time I went to get tickets.

I went to the movies this weekend an saw the much-lauded Sideways. The film itself was mildly amusing in a trite NPR-esque way, but what really struck me were the previews. Thankfully there were only three, but as a group they exhibited a stunning lack of originality. Two of the three were of the “wacky …

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