Article: Middle East terror thriller; THE KINGDOM (15, 109 mins) Action/Thriller. Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Chris Cooper, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston, Richard Jenkins. Director: Peter Berg. *** cinema.(Features)

Article: culture films: The Kingdom 15 ***; Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 5, 2007 ;     555 words ...AT a time when the involvement of British and American troops in the Middle East continues to make headlines, Peter Berg's thriller considers the vicious circle of bloodshed that links warring nations. However, The ...

Article: "To not humanize them is to ignore them, and to ignore them is to ...
The Washington Post;  September 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... yada, yada, boom: 9/ 11 happens. We asked director Peter Berg about mainlining history along with violence and suspense ... cycle of violence? Look at countries that are thriving in the Middle East, like Dubai -- capitalism is working in Dubai. Capitalism ...

Article: Arabian Knights; THE BIG PICTURE The Kingdom (Cert 15) Starring: ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... fiction with lots of big bangs and gun battles. Director Peter Berg and scriptwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan do attempt to give ... works. The uneasy mixture of politics and violence in the Middle East is sensitively explored but is eventually abandoned in favour ...

Article: Political drama is short on originality; cinema LIONS FOR LAMBS ...
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  November 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... fashioned from headlines about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and the responsibilities borne by the men in suits on Capitol ... far right). He discloses details of a new offensive in the Middle East. In California, college professor Stephen Malley (Redford ...

Article: Foxx is on the hunt in enemy territory; Cinema TARA CAIN THE ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  October 5, 2007 ;     698 words ...AT a time when the involvement of British and American troops in the Middle East continues to make headlines, this frantically-paced thriller considers the vicious circle of bloodshed that links warring nations ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Kingdom' explores U.S. relationship with ...
University Wire;  September 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... citizens into a commentary on the delicate and often ambiguous relations between America and the Middle East is no small task. Yet director Peter Berg's "The Kingdom" does exactly that, showing not only the cycle of misguided violence between ...

Article: 'The Kingdom' a huge hit in Middle East
The Hindustan Times;  December 24, 2007 ;     377 words ... ... the biggest hit in the Middle East, except for Kuwait ... banned. Directed by Peter Berg, the film was extensively ... every country in the Middle East except Kuwait, who ... well received in the Middle East because it doesn't ...