I've been spending most of my time today eagerly awaiting the latest from David Edelstein, formerly of Slate.com and now, since 01/01/06, film critic-in-residence at New York Magazine. I first got hooked on Edelstein after he got it completely right about "Eternal Sunshine" while Elvis Mitchell entirely failed to see or understand the film's emotional depths. I had Edelstein on the brain today anyway because right after I got to work I looked up his review of "Revenge of the Sith", which I saw for the first time last night (pretty awesome--I'm a sucker for anything epic and seamlessly CGI'd). In his review, subtitled "I Dream of Jedi," I was delighted to find that he quotes one of the more memorably saccharine, undoctored lines--"Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo"--really the pinnacle of priceless, cringe-worthy moments. Poor Portman!

Until Edelstein's return--or at least until I find the link to his latest review--there's this fantastic interview with the man himself from July 2005 at RockCritics.com. Oh, what a personable looking gent!