Australian director Baz Luhrmann goes over the top, writes Sarah Watt.
Not really a Great Gatsby
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Man of Steel gets action crazy
The first trailers for the Superman reboot Man of Steel have been sombre affairs: a lot of soulful staring and angst from our hero as he wanders the world searching for answers. The voiceovers and mournful wailing of the soundtrack are all very beautiful but if Warner Bros is to get bums on seats – and the latest tracking figures show that Man of Steel isn’t a must-see picture for audiences – then it needs to showcase a hero who can still punch throw walls and whizz about the heavens faster than speeding bullet
Bugarach: The French City That Will Survive the Apocalypse?
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Ancient quasar can give clues to the dawn of the universe
It’s hard to overstate the shock astronomers felt when the true nature of quasars began to dawn on them in the early 1960s.
College Admissions: 5 Things to Know About Waitlists
It’s past Memorial Day, and while some high school seniors are sporting new college sweatshirts, others are still in purgatory on a waitlist. The bad news
George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis go public
His hand still bandaged from a motoring accident last month, George Clooney was spotted arriving in Venice Monday sporting something that’s all the rage in Italian trends — TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis. The day before the premiere of his movie, “Men Who Stare at Goats,” the couple — who landed at Venice’s Lido Nicelli Airfield Monday evening — made a grand arrival at the Venice Film Festival following a water taxi ride across the city’s lagoon, prompting Italian papers to gush over the pair as the next Brad and Angelina.