Strangers on a 'Transsiberian' train Aug 16, 2008
It has Ben Kingsley in a Russian accent ... Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Eduardo Noriega, Kate Mara, and Ben Kingsley. (Boston Globe)
Hurtling Forward Aug 16, 2008
Starring Emily Mortimer, Woody Harrelson, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega and Ben Kingsley ... Roy and Jessie's new roommate is an ex-KGB detective played by Ben Kingsley, who seems to be in every other independent film this summer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Woody Allen's best film in years Aug 15, 2008
" I didn't watch the reportedly spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, a $43 million production overseen by Chinese master filmmaker (and opera director) Zhang Yimou, although I've read various descriptions and background articles with considerable interest. As you may have read elsewhere, Steven Spielberg was originally supposed to work with Zhang as a consultant, but bailed on the project earlier this year, citing his concerns over China's refusal to pressure the Sudanese... (Salon)
Movie review: 'War, Inc.' is a strange love of comedy and chaos Aug 14, 2008
That troubled past is presented in flashbacks featuring Hauser's CIA trainer played by Ben Kingsley, who sports a Southern accent. Hauser is similar to the memorable hitman Cusack played in "Grosse Point Blank," another movie he co-wrote. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Up close with Penelope Cruz: Actress poised for breakout with two new films Aug 14, 2008
The film opens Friday and goes up against Cruz's other project, "Elegy," an intimate adaptation of Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal." Cruz is Consuela, a Cuban student who falls in love with her much older and very conflicted professor (Ben Kingsley). Cruz has been doing publicity nonstop for both movies on both coasts. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Ludivine Sagnier on her new film (don't call it porn) Aug 14, 2008
Pen;lope Cruz gets art-history naked and Ben Kingsley is diamond-brilliant in an overly pretty film adaptation of Philip Roth's "Dying Animal.". Friday, Aug 8, 2008 21:44 EDT. (Salon)
The fake voice of an angel Aug 13, 2008
For more information on what is really going on in China, watch this free online documentary entitled China's Stolen Children narrated by British Actor, Ben Kingsley (star of the movie 'Ghandi'): http://www. youtube. (Globe and Mail -- International)
See Tarantino's next movie right now (sort of) Aug 13, 2008
Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh and Penelope Cruz as Consuela Castillo in "Elegy." ... It offers Ben Kingsley and Pen;lope Cruz in the best performances of their recent careers, as an older professor and his ex-student turned lover (and, as advertised, there are long, contemplative, art-history-lecture style shots of Cruz's naked torso). (Salon)
Penelope Cruz is poised for breakout Aug 12, 2008
Cruz is Consuela, a Cuban student who falls in love with her much older and very conflicted professor (Ben Kingsley). Cruz has been doing publicity non-stop for both movies on both coasts. (USA Today)
Review: The Love Guru Aug 12, 2008
The star of the film (also its co-writer) doesn't pull any punches, and shamelessly comes up with lame character names (how can Gandhi Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley accept playing Guru Tugginmypudha. and implying that all Indian people have part-time gigs outsourcing technical support services. (Suite101.com)
A Penny for his thoughts Aug 10, 2008
Ben Kingsley and Pen;lope Cruz play teacher-student lovers in a rare and sympathetic adaptation of a Philip Roth story ... Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz star in Elegy, released earlier this week ... Cast: Deborah Harry, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, Sir Ben Kingsley. (guardian.co.uk)
New releases Aug 10, 2008
"The Wackness" 1994 Manhattan: Josh Peck plays a high school grad who sells pot to his psychiatrist (Ben Kingsley, delightful) while falling for the doctor's step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby of "Juno"). A coming-of-age drama from writer-director Jonathan Levine, it's a smart, sentimental, period-specific labor of love. (Boston Globe)
Q&A: Penelope Cruz Aug 10, 2008
She's in her home town, Madrid, dashing to an evening shoot for Pedro Almodovar's Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces"), while talking to us on her cell as her driver zips in and out of traffic. She's got two other films to plug: the mournful Elegy opposite Ben Kingsley, and Woody Allen's decidedly more cheerful Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in which she locks lips with both Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson. (So not a big deal, she says, but "it was very crowded that day on the set. ") Question:... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Philip Roth meets his match with Elegy Aug 9, 2008
Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh and Pen;lope Cruz as Consuela in Elegy ... In The Dying Animal, Roth's occasional alter ego, the celebrated academic and broadcaster David Kepesh (played in Coixet's film by Ben Kingsley), describes his infatuation and affair with Consuela (Pen;lope Cruz), a beautiful Cuban-American student little more than a third of his age. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Short Takes: 'Rockin' Role' and other films for the weekend of Aug ... Aug 9, 2008
With Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz ... Ben Kingsley plays David Kepesh, a seasoned literature professor whose affair with Consuela (Penelope Cruz), a former student, leads him into obsession. (New York Daily News)
Ben Kingsley shed all disguises for Elegy Aug 9, 2008
Ben Kingsley shed all disguises for Elegy - Movie interviews- msnbc ... Ben Kingsley shed all disguises for Elegy ... Ben Kingsley wanted to strip down all his layers to play David Kepesh in "Elegy." I worry about CGI when it tries to replace the actors human experience, Kingsley said. (MSNBC -- News)
Too 'ugly' to model? 27 unique looks Aug 9, 2008
He picked clothes that both David Kepesh and Ben Kingsley could wear. Multimedia. (MSNBC -- News)
Dennis: Penelope like Sophia Loren Aug 9, 2008
Veteran actor Dennis Hopper has praised his Elegy co-stars, Sir Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz. "When I saw this film, I think Sir Ben and Penelope are just incredible," said the 72-year-old. (Metro)
'Elegy': Alone In The Dark. By Kurt Loder Aug 9, 2008
Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz, never better ... Ben Kingsley is gazing with admiration at the unhaltered breasts of Pen. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Elegy: Death Becomes Them Aug 9, 2008
This is not a matter David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) particularly likes to dwell on ... Ben Kingsley is, of course, a fine actor, but in this instance there seems to me something smug, held back, in his work. (Time.com)
"Elegy" for a topless bombshell Aug 9, 2008
Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh and Penelope Cruz as Consuela Castillo in "Elegy." ... It offers Ben Kingsley and Pen;lope Cruz in the best performances of their recent careers, as an older professor and his ex-student turned lover (and, as advertised, there are long, contemplative, art-history-lecture style shots of Cruz's naked torso) ... Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home. (Salon)
Critics' Picks Aug 9, 2008
Pen;lope Cruz gets art-history naked and Ben Kingsley is diamond-brilliant in an overly pretty film adaptation of Philip Roth's "Dying Animal."Andrew O'Hehir. Some love the games for the competition. (Salon)
Transsiberian Review Aug 8, 2008
Unfortunately, Jessie's opportunity to relive her glory days is short-lived when an accident puts her on the run from a detective named Grinko (Ben Kingsley) who is also traveling to Russia. Anderson's greatest talent as a filmmaker is his facility for misdirection; in The Machinist, for example, he dexterously deflects the truth of his main character's circumstances until long after audiences stopped questioning them. (IGN FilmForce)
Stoners in films and on TV resemble the rest of us Aug 8, 2008
In the art-house film "The Wackness," Ben Kingsley plays a pot-smoking psychiatrist and, in the new comedy "Pineapple Express," Seth Rogen portrays a sky-high legal process server. Some culture watchers say these new portrayals promote use of the illegal drug among children; the film and TV producers argue they simply reflect a change in society. (Los Angeles Times)
Movie review: Don Juan acts his age in 'Elegy' Aug 8, 2008
Starring Ben Kingsley, Penlope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard ... In place of etchings, Professor David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), the aging lothario at the center of "Elegy," brings nubile female students home to see a letter Kafka wrote mounted on a wall. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Elegy': A lament for the still-living Aug 8, 2008
Animal instincts: A professor (Ben Kingsley) becomes obsessed with a grad student (Penelope Cruz) in the film, which is based on a Philip Roth novella ... Elegy* * * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Peter SarsgaardDirector: Isabel CoixetDistributor: Samuel Goldwyn FilmsRating: R for sexuality, nudity and languageRunning time: 1 hour, 48 minutesOpens Friday in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle ... While everyone in the ensemble... (USA Today -- Life)
Coming attractions: Not all boys make Taylor Swift cry Aug 8, 2008
And like Elegy, an adaptation of Philip Roth's novellaThe Dying Animal starring Ben Kingsley andPenelope Cruz as unlikely lovers, her new one is "a very sexy and romantic script." Donna Freydkin. Televison. (USA Today -- Life)
The art world's Pepsi Generation Aug 8, 2008
" Throughout Margaret Brown's moving and surprising documentary we are assured that the Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., remain strictly segregated because both of the city's major racial communities want it that way. Of course, it's generally white people who say that to Brown's camera, and the way they say it isn't terribly different from the way many Southern whites, in another era, talked about the Jim Crow laws. But Brown's film is nothing if not subtle, and the fact that those... (Salon)
Patricia Clarkson in 'Elegy' Aug 7, 2008
ELEGY: Two-time Emmy winner and 2003 Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson plays Carolyn, sometime lover to a cultural critic, played by Ben Kingsley. Patricia Clarkson: Recent roles have her rolling around with the likes of Javier Bardem and Ben Kingsley and working with Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese ... lope Cruz next week, and "Elegy" with Ben Kingsley (and Cruz again) on Friday. (Los Angeles Times)
Rose In Brief Aug 7, 2008
His questions to a horny literature professor played by Ben Kingsley were a lot shorter than in real life. At the after-party at Socialista, Penelope Cruz wore a low-cut dress showing off the "perfect breasts" Kingsley admires in the movie. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Patti Smith: The comeback years Aug 6, 2008
" It's arguably more old-fashioned than any of those movies, channeling a strain of dark British social realism that stretches back to the 1950s, but "Boy A" is a compelling, compact melodrama that packs an emotional wallop. It's my nominee for sleeper surprise of the summer, at least so far. ? Andrew O'Hehir "Dark Knight" backlash, counterbacklash and so on. Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home. Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 14:14 EDT I... (Salon)
Powerful Elegy packs a punch Aug 5, 2008
Penelope Cruz stars as Consuela Castillo, a student who draws theattention of a teacher,David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley),in "Elegy." ... Ben Kingsley stars as David Kepesh, the sort of literary light who talks about books on NPR and The Charlie Rose Show ... Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Hopper, Peter SarsgaardDirector: Isabel CoixetRun time: 1 hour, 46 minutesMPAA rating: R. (MSNBC -- Movies)
PartyGaming bets on Empire Online Aug 4, 2008
Could Ben Kingsley have been as big as the Beatles. BEST BUYS. (Yahoo News -- Gambling & Lottery)
BARBIE, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HER Aug 4, 2008
Also in Screens, Ruthe Stein talks with French high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit about "Man on Wire," a new documentary about Petit's 1974 wire walk between the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center (Page 22); and Delfn Vigil interviews director Isabel Coixet and actor Ben Kingsley about "Elegy," an unusual May-December romance (Penlope Cruz is the May to Kingsley's December) based on Philip Roth's novel "The Dying Animal" (Page 24). In Sounds, Chuy Varela tells us how the former Bajofondo... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Dying Animal Aug 3, 2008
That's where the stereotype-busting acting chops of Ben Kingsley came in handy. Having Kingsley, along with Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Deborah Harry, in the cast, Coixet couldn't resist taking on the project. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hollywood pushes higher grade of film and TV stoners Aug 2, 2008
In the art-house film "The Wackness," Sir Ben Kingsley plays a pot-smoking psychiatrist and, in the upcoming comedy "Pineapple Express," Seth Rogen portrays a sky-high legal process server. Some culture watchers say these new portrayals promote use of the illegal drug use among children, while the film and TV producers argue they simply reflect a change in society. (Reuters)
Killer attitude Jul 27, 2008
Don Logan (Ben Kingsley) "Sexy Beast" (Jonathan Glazer, 2000). Glazer casts Kingsley completely against type as Cockney nutjob Don Logan who travels to the Costa del Crime to force Gary 'Gal' Dove (Ray Winstone) out of retirement for one last bank job. (CNN -- International)
Goody's top 10 Jul 25, 2008
Ben Kingsley has a ball chewing all the available scenery as Peck's psychiatrist and customer. He even gets to kiss Mary-Kate Olsen (all together now: yuck). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Four clueless actors, a dream and a paper bag Jul 25, 2008
Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home. Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 14:14 EDT. (Salon)
Millions needed to fix Hollywood's "health hazard" Walk of Fame Jul 24, 2008
The latest entertainers to be honoured include Robert Downey Jr, Cameron Diaz and Sir Ben Kingsley. Their stars will be unveiled in 2009. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Movies that will loosen your corset Jul 23, 2008
Genre typecasting: Hugh Grant, Ben Kingsley and Brit character actor mainstays Simon Callow, Denholm Elliott, Billie Whitelaw, James Wilby and Rupert Graves. Eye candy: A real cricket match and all the white linen that scenario implies. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Does Batman represent America? Plus: A chilly thriller Jul 23, 2008
Some or all of these people aren't quite who they appear to be, and then there's Grinko (Ben Kingsley), a twitchy Russian police detective in late middle age who pines for the Soviet era and is exactly what we think he is ... Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home. (Salon)
The saga of George W. Batman Jul 23, 2008
Some or all of these people aren't quite who they appear to be, and then there's Grinko (Ben Kingsley), a twitchy Russian police detective in late middle age who pines for the Soviet era and is exactly what we think he is. When Roy disappears from the train without a trace, and teetotaler Jessie finds herself boozing alone with Carlos, both drawn to him and suspicious of him, I thought "Transsiberian" was heading for truly ambiguous psychological and erotic terrain. (Salon)
'Transformers 2,' 'Star Trek,' 'G.I. Joe' Lead Our Most Anticipated Movies Of Summer ... 2009 Jul 21, 2008
Thank goodness, then, for Jake Gyllenhaal, who will step into the titular role of Prince Dastan, a sixth-century Persian prince who must rescue the Sands of Time from an evil nobleman (Ben Kingsley). Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Disney is hoping that this is the next "Pirates" a fun romp with boffo effects. (VHI.com -- Music News)
THRILLER RIGHT ON TRACK Jul 18, 2008
Jessie returns alone and Roy arrives on the next train with his new pal Grinko, a wily Russian narcotics detective, a veteran of the Soviet era played by Ben Kingsley. Things build to an action-packed climax aboard the train as Jessie tries to dump incriminating evidence and deflect accusations by Abby. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
"Transsiberian": An engaging thriller unfortunately ends up sidetracked Jul 18, 2008
Transsiberian" is a handsomely remodeled variation of a cherished genre you might call the mystery-train movie. Updated by the director Brad Anderson ("The Machinist"), who wrote the screenplay with Will Conroy, it skillfully manipulates familiar tropes: innocents abroad, ominous glowering foreigners, conspiracy and duplicity, erotic intrigue. Until it fizzles in an anticlimactic train crash, it is extremely entertaining. (The film is being released this summer in the United States and Russia,... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Anderson's Trans Talk Jul 17, 2008
We liked the idea of a woman, particularly, put into this very precarious situation where she's done something that she feels guilty about and then she's back on this train which she can't get off of ; it's like a prison in a way ; and there's this guy, this Russian guy who's an inspector played by someone like Ben Kingsley who is watching her very suspiciously. Setting it on a train allowed us to build up the level of paranoia and anxiety for her character more and more. (IGN FilmForce)
Vintage fashions fit for the stars Jul 17, 2008
NEW BEDFORD - You may not notice Hilary Duff's Girl Scout vest, complete with merit badges, in the upcoming film "Greta." Ditto for Sir Ben Kingsley's vintage '50s duds in "Ashecliffe" the thriller based on Dorchester native Dennis Lehane's book, "Shutter Island." ... "I found what I needed there, some hats and coats for Ben Kingsley," Padovani said. (Boston Globe)
Canadian filmmakers: no longer a rare breed Jul 16, 2008
The film stars Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley. Control Alt Delete (Canada First. (National Post)
A cornucopia of Canadian movies Jul 16, 2008
Skogland's Fifty Dead Man Walking, starring Ben Kingsley, Rose McGowan and Kevin Zegers, is a gala presentation. Set in the late 1980s, at the height of the Irish civil conflict, the story follows Martin (Jim Sturgess), a recruit of the British police ordered to spy on the IRA.. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Emily Mortimer: Finding the darkness within the perky Jul 15, 2008
And in Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian," opening Friday, which also stars Ben Kingsley and Woody Harrelson, she plays a seemingly earnest and ordinary young woman with a past and a secret; you can see her troubles flickering over her face; and as the movie progresses, she unpeels herself in layers. Being in the play was terrifying, Mortimer, 36, recalled over lunch recently at a restaurant near Boerum Hill in Brooklyn, where she lives with her husband, the actor Alessandro Nivola, and their... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Beyond 'cow-pat': Ralph Vaughan Williams's complex legacy Jul 15, 2008
Palmer has long concentrated on musical subjects, having produced well-regarded documentaries on Benjamin Britten and William Walton, and a bizarre yet fascinating dramatization of "Testimony," the disputed secondhand memoirs of Shostakovich, starring Ben Kingsley. That Palmer approached Vaughan Williams with an agenda to shake up the status quo is apparent from the opening statement by Stephen Johnson, a music historian. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
More Actors Who Never Won an Oscar Jul 14, 2008
In six of the years he lost to actors that gave career performances: 1962 (Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird); 1964 (Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady); 1968 (Cliff Robertson, Charlie); 1972 (Marlon Brando, The Godfather); 1980 (Robert De Niro, Raging Bull); and, 1982 (Ben Kingsley, Gandhi). In 1969, he lost to sentimental favorite John Wayne (True Grit) and in 2007 to Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood). (Suite101.com)
'Hellboy II' tops boxoffice Jul 14, 2008
Among limited releases, Sony Pictures Classics' Ben Kingsley starrer "The Wackness" added 25 engagements for a total of 36 and grossed $224,715, or a solid $7,249 per playdate, with a cume of $478,964 ... Among limited releases, Sony Pictures Classics' Ben Kingsley starrer "The Wackness" added 25 engagements for a total of 36 and grossed $224,715, or a solid $7,249 per playdate, with a cume of $478,964. (Hollywood Reporter)
Olivia Thirlby has the spirit of independents Jul 13, 2008
Set in New York during the sultry summer of 1994, the film chronicles an unlikely friendship between Luke (Josh Peck), a kind-of-a-loser teenage dope dealer who desperately wants some female attention, and Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), a middle-aged psychiatrist who exchanges therapy sessions for pot, and is similarly desperate. Thirlby is Stephanie, the unattainable object of Luke's desire - and Squires's stepdaughter. (Boston Globe)
On Movies: 'Wackness' writer's life not quite so wacky Jul 13, 2008
TEXT SIZE: JOJO WHILDEN Josh Peck as dope-dealing high school grad Luke, Ben Kingsley as dope-buying shrink Dr. Squires in "The Wackness," written and directed by Jonathan Levine. READER FEEDBACK SAVE AND SHARE. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Love Guru Jul 13, 2008
Stars: Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake ... Throw me in the Ganges, but I never expected to watch a movie featuring Mike Myers and Gandhi Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (Tugginmypuddha -- got it yet. (NEWS.com.au)
The Wackness Jul 13, 2008
Starring Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley and Olivia Thirlby ... He pays for his therapy with a maturity-challenged shrink, Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley), with baggies full of grass. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Boy, it takes a lot to be a man today Jul 13, 2008
In The Wackness, Luke befriends a much older psychiatrist (Ben Kingsley) who's even more in thrall to and mystified by women than he is. That character is totally invented, Levine said. (Globe and Mail)
Lee Grant's Outtakes Jul 13, 2008
Meanwhile, Ben Kingsley, so gross in The Love Guru, redeems himself as Thirlby's stepdad and a shrink to Peck, his patient and dealer. Both the young director and the veteran, Oscar-winning actor learned from each other. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Josh Peck leaves Drake & Josh behind Jul 8, 2008
On the positive side, he manages to lose his virginity to a beautiful girl in a buck-naked shower scene with Olivia Thirlby, who plays the stepdaughter of Lukes psychiatrist (Ben Kingsley). advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Sony Pictures Classics' The Wackness Jul 8, 2008
Starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck (TV's Drake & Josh), Olivia Thirlby (Juno, Snow Angels), Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Adams & rapper/actor Method Man ... He trades weed for sessions with his therapist, Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), whose much-younger wife (Famke Janssen) is slipping away from him. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Art House Movie Review: Elegy Jul 5, 2008
Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz and Patricia Clarkson star in this melancholic adaptation of the Philip Roth short story "The Dying Animal" ... Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz have an unlikely love affair ... Professor David Kapesh (Ben Kingsley) is introduced hocking his book about hedonism in early America on Charlie Rose , which paints an indelible portrait of Kapesh s own blithe disregard for puritanical ideals. (Suite101.com)
Just a Minute With Josh Peck for "The Wackness" Jul 4, 2008
But a slimmed-down Peck, 21, is now starring in art house drama "The Wackness" as a New York City high school dope dealer, Luke Shapiro, who trades marijuana for counselling with his psychologist, portrayed by Sir Ben Kingsley. The role in the adult-oriented film, in which Luke falls in love for the first time, is a major departure from Peck's TV show aimed at young teenagers. (Reuters)
WEED BETWEEN THE LIES Jul 4, 2008
Which is not to say you can't get high from this sharply written and observed coming-of-age/midlife-crisis comedy set in 1994 Manhattan, with Ben Kingsley as a drug-addled shrink named Dr. Squires. Dr. Squires' favorite patient is Luke (Josh Peck), a pot dealer about to go off to his safety college, who pays the psychiatrist in weed. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
