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Soderbergh wryly acknowledges the film’s origins and then manages, as he so frequently does, to transcend its limitations. While prepping his team for the heist, Danny explains precisely why he would attempt such an impossible mission. His reasons are succinct, his delivery is deadpan and his air...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Always Double Down on 'Eleven' | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

“You know the old cliche, ‘You have to pick your battles’?” Plants asks. “Paul picks every one.”

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: `Goofy' Gusmorino Revolutionized Job | 12/5/2001 | See Source »

A patient entrepreneur would revel in that assessment. But Kamen is a man running short on patience. For him, conquering the corporate market is merely a prelude to the battle to come. "The consumer market is where the big money is," says Michael Schmertzler, a Credit Suisse First Boston managing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing the Wheel | 12/2/2001 | See Source »

Gene Hackman is the thief, Danny DeVito is his financier, and for two hours they engage in an insanely complicated effort to rob a shipment of gold bullion and double-cross each other. Writer-director David Mamet has so many obligations to his plot that he has neither time nor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Heist | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

Never has the overworked cliche “a tale of two halves” applied so aptly to a Harvard football game as it did Saturday against Dartmouth.

Author: By Jared A. Causer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Tale of Two Halves | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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