Cinema/TV
Toy Story 3: Hard to outgrow
June 22, 2010
Toy Story 3: Hard to outgrow
There aren’t many computer-animation films that could make a coming-of-age tale featuring cowboys, spacemen, potato-heads, and a Barbie doll and…
The A-Team: 20 years later
June 14, 2010
The A-Team: 20 years later
As I sat alone at an early afternoon screening of The A-Team (2010) in a cinema in Manial, I went…
The Egyptian Arab: No place like home
June 9, 2010
The Egyptian Arab: No place like home
Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy knows his craft and cares about it. The actor, known for picking original ideas and developing…
El-Dealer: A new low
June 7, 2010
El-Dealer: A new low
El-Dealer (The Dealer), starring Ahmed el-Saqa and Khaled el-Nabawi, is the latest addition to a series of unfortunate projects el-Saqa…
Q&A with Adel Yehia, dean of Egypt’s High Cinema Institute
June 6, 2010
Q&A with Adel Yehia, dean of Egypt’s High Cinema Institute
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni formed a committee of legal experts and professors from Egypt's High Cinema Institute to investigate…
‘Prince of Persia’: No WMD
May 31, 2010
‘Prince of Persia’: No WMD
As someone who has never played the video game (nor heard of it--gasp!), I walked into Prince of Persia with…
LOST, and found
May 25, 2010
LOST, and found
The television series Lost ended its six years of airtime this Sunday on a high note. The puzzling show is…
Representing Christians in Egyptian cinema
May 20, 2010
Representing Christians in Egyptian cinema
Last month American University in Cairo professors heard the defense of a thesis on the representation of Christians in Egyptian…
Egypt celebrates third Arab-Hispanic Women Film Festival
May 17, 2010
Egypt celebrates third Arab-Hispanic Women Film Festival
Seventeen films from a women's perspective will be screened at the Center of Creativity on the premises of the Opera…
Fey, Carell deliver in ‘Date Night’
May 17, 2010
Fey, Carell deliver in ‘Date Night’
Tina Fey became a worldwide celebrity when she performed a series of parodies of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on…