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Clash of the Titans This remake of the 1981 film combines 3-D technology with Greek fantasy action. The adventure follows Sam Worthington as Perseus in his attempts to fulfill his destiny as the son of Zeus (Liam Neeson). He must stop the god of the underworld, Hades (Ralph Fiennes), while saving Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos). […]

Baumbach brings out the worst in his actors


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Why don’t you sit on my d-ck,” is all Roger Greenberg has to say to his best friend Ivan after several waiters surround their table and present Greenberg with a piece of cake and sing happy birthday to him in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s most recent film, Greenberg. The character Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is just the […]

Film explores emotion across spectrum


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It’s difficult to say whether grief or love is the greatest emotion one can experience. Both are overwhelming, full-body sensations that tend to linger long after the damage is done. So it’s no surprise, then, how one can replace the other over time. In The Greatest, a character-driven family drama that premiered at the 2009 […]

Floyd moving on by returning to his roots


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Ask around and it’s not hard to see that Tim Floyd doesn’t have the greatest of reputations on the USC campus. Sure, the former men’s basketball coach — who was hired March 29 to take the helm at the University of Texas at El Paso — compiled a very respectable 85-50 record in his four […]