Paul Greengrass Articles

Green Zone: Amy Ryan, Matt Damon (top); director Paul Greengrass, Matt Damon on the Green Zone set Paul Greengrass' Iraq War thriller Green Zone follows a US Army officer (Matt Damon) who discovers there's a government conspiracy at work to dupe Americans into believing Saddam Hussein's Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction." As to be expected, right-wingers have called the movie "anti-American," while US critics [...]

Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway in Alice in Wonderland (top); Brendan Gleeson, Matt Damon in Green Zone (upper middle); Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve in She's Out of My League (lower middle); Robert Pattinson, Pierce Brosnan in Remember Me (bottom) Alice in Wonderland dominated the North American box office on its second weekend, grossing an estimated $62 million (an impressive $16,631 per screen) according to [...]

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (top); Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass' Green Zone (middle); Emilie de Ravin, Robert Pattinson in Allen Coulter's Remember Me (bottom) Alice in Wonderland continued to lead the pack on Friday, according to various box-office reports. Tim Burton's fantasy adventure grossed an estimated $17.4 million, far outpacing the competition. No surprise there. The Paul Greengrass-Matt Damon Iraq War drama Green Zone [...]

As a film for both adults and children, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (above, with Helena Bonham Carter) will surely dominate this weekend's box office. How forceful that "domination" will be remains to be seen. Even if the adventure-fantasy drops by 50 percent, that will still mean a remarkable $60 million over the next three days — but figures could go even higher. Alice in [...]