Kreuter’s team must start to win sometime


Have you ever been really unlucky for a long period of time? How about for almost four years? And every time you were about to get on a positive run of some sort — every single time you started wondering if you were about to break your cold streak and snap out of it — […]

Man’s best friend is bound by science


With the arrival of warm spring weather, the purse pup is popping up again. Chihuahuas, pugs, terriers and other scantily furred little dogs won’t convulse to death if taken outdoors anymore, so their Los Angeles owners can once again sport them as accessories. You don’t see people wearing kittens, parrots or hamsters. Dogs are unique […]

In Theaters Today


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


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


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 […]