We'll see if my schedule allows me to do a compressive 'end of summer' box office wrap-up, but since summer 2010 doesn't officially end until September third, I figure I've got time.
Jake Gyllenhaal worked hard to embody the fearless hero Prince Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time -- getting bulked up and mastering sword ...
Jake Gyllenhaal had his debut as big screen action hero with the world premiere of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" in London Sunday night.
He w...
In the latest effort to censor texts considered to be "offensive to the public good", an Egyptian NGO is attempting to ban the popular book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
The summer months are generally a time when the studios roll out their blockbusters, and 2010 is no exception. From highly anticipated action flicks l...
In an effort to have a legacy, every man has three dreams. We want to be made into an action figure, be immortalized in a comic, or be frozen in carbonite.
So no one goes to Prince of Persia for its politics. But how much would anyone have enjoyed The Fugitive if it contained extended sequences of Kimble gunning down police as he fled to find his wife's real murderer?
The film may have opened with 58% of the third film's $121 million opening weekend grosses, but Shrek: The Final Chapter is proving to be more resilient than many, including myself, predicted.
Why are they making another sequel to two films which, future studies will show, can cause brain damage to anyone who watches them? Because adults don't matter to Hollywood.
This Memorial Day week-end our youngest asked us to go see the Prince of Persia. He loves the Prince of Persia Legos his father bought him (He says t...
After decades of portraying Iranians as terrorists and villains, Hollywood has taken the first step toward giving my community its due by creating a blockbuster fantasy/action epic film.
In the sixteenth episode of Cinefantastique's weekly Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski sif...
By any normal standards, a movie opening with $71.2 million in three days would be a pretty big success. But unless overseas numbers explode, Shrek: The Final Chapter will live up to its name.
Legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer had his hands and feet cast in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater Monday in LA. Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage an...
Jake Gyllenhaal premiered his upcoming "Prince of Persia" in Moscow this week, and he thoroughly enjoyed himself at the afterparty.
Below is some vid...
Jake Gyllenhaal, who is promoting 'Prince of Persia,' took some time to explain how to pronounce his "ridiculous" surname.
"It's Yil-En-HOO-Le-Hay,"...