Empire magazine has unveiled these two, new, extremely stylish posters for ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.’ They look more like covers for Empire magazine than actual movie posters, but who are we to question Jerry Bruckheimer? Continue reading ‘Prince of Persia’s New Posters
Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Alec Guiness, Sir Sean Connery … everyone talks about these thespian knights, but what about Sir Ben Kingsley? It seems that Sir Ben tends to get shafted a bit on recognition of his mastery of the art and craft of acting, but maybe that’s because he’s the only one from this list still “in the biz.” With Sir Laurence and Sir Alec having passed on, and Sir Sean having placed himself into early retirement, Sir Ben is the last remaining Hollywood Sir, but is he getting his due respect?
What got me really thinking about this was my recent viewing of Jonathan Levine’s ‘The Wackness’ and the fact that Sir Ben was not only excellent in the movie but was down-right lots of fun to watch… as usual. Sure, he’s not always cast in stellar, successful movies that hail extreme critical applause, but even in the most stinky of cinematic stench (i.e. – Blood Rayne, Thunderbirds) he still makes his mark. Amongst my favorite performances from Sir ben include the following: as ‘Ghandi’ (1982) of course, as the psychotic British mobster Don Logan in ‘Sexy Beast’ (2000), his stellar portrayal of an Iranian-American in the intensely sad and depressing ‘House of Sand and Fog’ (2003), as Frank the alcoholic assassin in ‘You Kill Me’ (2007) and certainly as the pot-smoking shrink Dr. Squires in ‘The Wackness’ (2008).
With that said, surely I’m not alone. I really don’t care what the film is or what it’s about… if it features Sir Ben I’m game. Well, the one difficult exception may be if he chooses to appear in another Uwe Boll film… God help us all. What movies truly stand out for you from Sir Ben Kingsley? Aside from ‘Ghandi’ what is his best performance to date? His worst, perhaps? His least appreciated? If you had to choose one pitch-perfect, dream casting role to fit Sir Ben into, what role in what film would it be?
A paparazzi site known as Just Jared has scored the very first images of Jake Gyllenhaal all decked out in his Prince of Persia getup.
‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ is currently filming in Morocco. It was recently announced that the Jerry Bruckheimer produced video game adaptation had its release date pushed back from Summer 2009 to May 28, 2010. This was evidently due to the nature of the post-production special effects the film will incorporate.
The film is being directed by Mike Newell and also stars Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina. It is being released by Disney.
The story revolves around an American couple (Harrelson, Emily Mortimer), who are traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway from China to Moscow only to become pulled into a mysterious journey filled with deception and murder.
The movie is directed by Brad Anderson, whose resume consists of a few unrecognizable flicks. He writes most of the films that he directs and this one is no different. Transsiberian is scheduled to hit theaters on August 1st, in limited release.
Let me just say that Sir Ben Kingsley shall not be overlooked in this performance!
