In the past, eager would-be Spielbergs in the audience have blocked aisles and caused a commotion.

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For every Nora Ephron (RIP), Kathryn Bigelow or Sofia Coppola there are twenty Finchers and Spielbergs.

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Each time a PlayStation 2 or Nintendo GameCube makes its way atop another television, or another family subscribes to an online game service, what passes for entertainment today--our movies and our stars, the Steven Spielbergs and Meg Ryans--fades just a bit, and we edge just a bit forward from our position as couch potatoes into couch possibilities.

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