Cinema/TV

Toy Story 3: Hard to outgrow

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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’

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…
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