CBS Early Show entertainment contributor and People magazine editor-at-large Jess Cagle looks at the DVD release of "Syriana." Earlier this year, George Clooney went from "A" list superstar to Academy ...

“Syriana”George Clooney won the supporting-actor Academy Award for this ensemble tale that examines the unseemly manner in which fuel gets into your car’s gas tank. Clooney, also an executive producer ...

The oil business. Government policy. Terrorism. These elements all come together in the fascinating “Syriana” (Warner, $29.98). Written for the screen and directed by Stephen Gaghan (he wrote the ...

George Clooney is opting for transparency when it comes to “Syriana,” opening Friday. “It’s complicated, confusing even. And it’s political. I’m not trying to sidestep that. I’m pleased about it.” ...

A power struggle over oil in the Middle East is the backdrop for the new film Syriana, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. Critic Kenneth Turan says the movie is one of "paradoxes, contradictions ...

Watch closely and listen carefully during “Syriana” because Stephen Gaghan’s movie is that rarity: a thinking person’s drama. And even thinking people might be forgiven for getting a little lost in ...

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George Clooney put on 30 pounds to play a CIA operative in "Syriana," but the weight that matters is in the movie itself -- a premium-octane thriller about a world that has become insidiously ...

STEPHEN GAGHAN KNOWS ALL TOO WELL HOW Hollywood handles political issues. “You pick some past event and you make it an allegory,” says the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Traffic. “You say, ‘They had ...

If you’re looking for a lion’s den to preview your film about the convergence of oil company greed, Beltway ambition and terrorism, Washington, D.C., must top the list. Dallas comes in a close second.