KABUL, Afghanistan — The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the importing of “The Kite Runner,” a film based on the best- selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation ...

The dippy dystopian action film “Kite” isn’t bad because Samuel L. Jackson is in it, but the ubiquitous star’s umpteenth phoned-in badass is certainly an indication of how inconsequential the whole ...

The Kite Runner: Drama. Starring Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi and Zekiria Ebrahimi. Directed by Marc Forster. (PG-13. 122 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) It would be much easier to praise "The ...

The Kite Runner" has been published in dozens of countries—and bootlegged in several more. But the trickiest translation arrives this month, and at a movie theater near you. Hollywood adaptations are ...

Never Underestimate a Girl with Nothing to Lose. Based on the groundbreaking cult-classic anime, "Kite" tells the story of Sawa (India Eisley, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", "Underworld: ...