Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (movie)

Stuntwoman leaps off tall buildings — and makes it look ugly

2013-02-17 22:35:00

Before climbing the scaffold, Heidi Pascoe checked the wind — throwing a handful of dirt into the air to see how hard it was blowing. Pascoe, satisfied that conditions were safe, weighed her options. Should she do a backfall (falling backward),...

Quick Takes: N.Y. Phil names director

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Kauai remains a popular film location

2011-10-23 00:00:00

Kauai has been a favorite film location since it stood in for Bali Hai in the 1958 movie version of "South Pacific." It has been Maui in the Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy "Just Go With It" (released this year), and it played the...

Reel China: Political maneuvers drive 'Beginning of the Great Revival's' success

2011-06-24 00:00:00

— Political films can be a tough sell in many countries, to say the least. But director Huang Jianxin is confident that he's sitting on a blockbuster with "Beginning of the Great Revival," a historical epic detailing the founding of China's...

Disney shuts down production of 'Lone Ranger'

2011-08-12 21:43:06

'Pirates of the Caribbean' plunders foreign markets

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Americans appear to be growing tired of riding the high seas with Capt. Jack Sparrow, but "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" found box office treasure anyway. The fourth entry in the Johnny Depp-starring "Pirates" series raked in $256.3...

Blackbeard's anchor recovered off North Carolina coast

2011-05-27 13:52:00

Disney Taps 'Kon-Tiki' Filmmakers to Direct 'Pirates of the Caribbean 5â€²

2013-05-29 18:30:05

Disney has selected "Kon-Tiki" helmers Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg for the directing duties for "Pirates Of The Caribbean 5." Disney is in final negotiations for the Norwegian duo to come on board the tentpole with Johnny Depp returning as Captain...

'Well Digger's Daughter' is good old-fashioned French filmmaking

2012-10-04 14:54:00

Let "The Well-Digger's Daughter" take you back in time, not once but several times over. This traditional French film tells the story of a complicated romance between a rich man's son and a poor man's daughter in the Provence region of a century ago, a...

Datebook

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Sunday, July 29 Onstage, outdoors The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents "Romeo and Juliet" and "Pride and Prejudice" at 6 p.m. at Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3691 Sarah's Lane in Ellicott City. Admission is $15-$36; free for children...

Disney cruise captures the wonder of Alaska

2011-08-02 12:09:00

If you can judge the worth of a vacation by the number of times you get goose bumps, then my family's Disney cruise to Alaska in June ranks among the best. My first shiver came our first day at sea, when our ship glided between two large mountains,...

'Potter' takes down Batman with $168.6M weekend

2011-07-17 21:57:00

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight and a band of pirates with a record-setting magic act at both the domestic and international box office. Warner Bros. estimates that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"...

Penelope Cruz came aboard as Capt. Jack Sparrow's enamorata, and "Chicago" director Rob Marshall took the helm, in this fourth installment of the successful series. Critics hated it, but audiences made it the No.

2012-05-02 19:34:50

The fourth installment of the Johnny Depp-led franchise received more negative reviews than its three predecessors, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 34% fresh, but its worldwide box office total of more than $1 billion placed it in the No. 3 spot of Disney's highest-grossing features.

2012-04-20 14:21:00

Academy Award-winning actress Penelope Cruz joins a swashbuckling Mickey Mouse for the red carpet premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" at Disneyland.

2012-02-13 17:28:56