CG Monsters, Villains Star in Slightly More Coherent Wrath of the Titans Trailer

Forget John Carter's controversial budget woes and terrible tracking for a minute; Wrath of the Titans has been threatening to be the first big biff of 2012 since it was announced, thanks largely to its poorly received predecessor, Clash of the Titans. The sequel's initial Marilyn Manson-themed trailer didn't help, either, but Warner Bros. have thankfully tightened things (and stopped lingering on Sam Worthington's Kenny Powers 'do) for a new trailer that actually promises some fantastic CG creature work. Bring on the lava monster thingy!
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Ray Harryhausen Turns 91! Let's Pick His Best Stop-Motion Moment

A hearty, happy birthday this week to legendary animator Ray Harryhausen, who turned 91 on Wednesday and remains one of Hollywood's greatest living effects icons. His work in stop-motion animation brought believable larger-than-life effects to live-action cinema for decades before the ascendancy of CGI, and in a career spanning four decades, he brought movie magic to films like The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and Clash of the Titans. Which of his landmark sequences take the cake?

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