Nicolas Cage

 NY - Jon Turteltaub, Jon Turteltaub The hyperactive sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” sends its archaeologist hero, Ben Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage, flexing his deadpan), on a globetrotting quest that might have been devised after a long night of Wikipedia surfing. ...

 NY Proving that no one, not even Nicolas Cage, goes unaffected by a global recession, Agence France-Presse is reporting that Mr. Cage, the “Ghost Rider” and “Bangkok Dangerous” star, has sold his 28-room Bavarian castle in southern Germany. ...

 United States Dargis) ‘KNOWING’ (PG-13, 2:01) Nicolas Cage plays an astrophysicist who discovers a 50-year-old cipher, transcribed by a schoolgirl and buried in a time capsule, that seems to predict every major disaster up to and including the end of the world. ...

 NY Nicolas Cage in “Knowing” may have won the weekend box office sweepstakes in North America, but overseas it came down to a tie last weekend, at $8.8 million each, for Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino” and Jennifer Aniston in “Marley & Me. ...

 NY From All Movie Guide: Actor Nicolas Cage has always strived to make a name for himself based on his work, rather than on his lineage. As the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Cage altered his last name to avoid accusations of nepotism. ...

 NY Nicolas Cage is back in another sci-fi actioner called “Knowing.” And Paul Rudd plays a groom in search of a best man in “I Love You, Man.” Variety handicaps the battle, as does The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, Box Office Guru picks Mr. Rudd to win ...