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Star power

It's been said before but it bears repeating: Take George Lucas away from his "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones" franchises, and he's an ordinary filmmaker. Immerse him in either series, however, and Lucas looks like a genius. Of course, that genius label may apply only if you're judging by box-office grosses. But it's an arguable point that Lucas' sense of cinema is marked also by originality and enduring influence. The former of those franchises – the one starring the Skywalker clan, Jedi Knights and that dark-masked creature with the voice of James Earl Jones – is the topic of the moment. And that's because today's big movie opening is "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," director Dave Filoni's animated variation on the "Star Wars" universe that Lucas invented in the mid-1970s. FULL STORY »

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Movie about movies is Stiller at his best

In "Tropic Thunder," writer-director-star Ben Stiller rounded up a cast of A-listers, took them to Hawaii, blew up $90 million worth of stuff and made a movie about making a movie that should never be made. FULL STORY »


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