Category: Movies

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Don’t Knock Twice (5.3)
Eliminators (5.4)
Eloise (4.7)
Kikoriki. Legend of the Golden Dragon (6.1)
Logan (9.0) ♦ ★

Other Movies Showing:
A Dog’s Purpose (4.8)
Gold (6.5) ♦
Hidden Figures (7.9)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (9.4) ★
Kung-Fu Yoga (6.2)
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Mercury Plains (4.3)
Ozzy (5.6)
Rings (4.6)
Rock Dog (5.7)
Split (7.5) ♦
The Devil’s Candy (6.7)
The LEGO Batman Movie (8.1)
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (7.9)

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
A Dog’s Purpose (4.8)
Hidden Figures (7.9)
Mercury Plains (4.3)
Pet (5.7) ♦
Rock Dog (5.7)
The Devil’s Candy (6.7)
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (7.9)

Other Movies Showing:
Gold (6.5) ♦
John Wick: Chapter 2 (9.4) ★
Kung-Fu Yoga (6.2)
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Ozzy (5.6)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (7.0)
Rings (4.6)
Split (7.5) ♦
The Last Face (2.8) ♦
The LEGO Batman Movie (8.1)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Arsenal (4.0) ♦
Dalida (6.5)
Gold (6.5) ♦
The Last Face (2.8) ♦
The Remains (3.7)
The Space Between Us (6.3) ♦

Other Movies Showing:
John Wick: Chapter 2 (9.4) ★
Heartbeats (N/A)
Kung-Fu Yoga (6.2)
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Live by Night (6.5) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Ozzy (5.6)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (7.0)
Rings (4.6)
Split (7.5) ♦
The LEGO Batman Movie (8.1)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Heartbeats (N/A)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (9.4) ★
Rings (4.6)
Split (7.5) ♦
The LEGO Batman Movie (8.1)

Other Movies Showing:
Kung-Fu Yoga (6.2)
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Live by Night (6.5) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Ozzy (5.6)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (7.0)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Kung-Fu Yoga (6.2)
Jackie (7.3) ♦
Live by Night (6.5) ♦
Ozzy (5.6)
Split (7.5) ♦
Swallows and Amazons (6.3)

Other Movies Showing:
Ballerina (6.8)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Monster Trucks (5.4)
Patriots Day (7.2)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (7.0)
Sing (7.3)
Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania (N/A)
The Great Wall (6.0)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Monster Trucks (5.4)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (7.0)
The Bye Bye Man (3.8)
WEAPONiZED (4.5)

Other Movies Showing:
A Monster Calls (7.8) ★
Ballerina (6.8)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Patriots Day (7.2)
Sing (7.3)
Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania (N/A)
The Great Wall (6.0)
Within (5.3)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Mysteries of the Unseen World 3D (7.5)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

Hey Guys. So, most of you have probably forgotten who I am, but at some point in time I used to write film reviews for this blog (I think i ended up writing 3 in total?). Where did I go? Well, to that vast wasteland we like to call laziness. But, here’s hoping this article will lead a more frequent visit from myself so here goes.

2016. A terrible year by all accounts, but strangely, an incredible year for cinema. After one of the worst summer movie seasons of all time, without a single film sticking out, it’s quite the surprise reaching the end of the year and finding so many hidden gems.

My taste in film might not appeal to most, but the point of this post is that hopefully you will learn about or discover a hidden gem that otherwise you wouldn’t have considered. I’ve also made it a point not to include any foreign films, as there were many beautiful ones, but this is a year that represents a renaissance in American Cinema with many films that are so unique and fresh that I had to celebrate them. So without further a do, here are the 15 best films of the year, according to my pretentious and unnecessary opinion.

Disclaimer: At the time of writing this article, I hadn’t seen the following highly acclaimed films that might have had a spot otherwise: Cameraperson, Hell or Highwater, Tower, Paterson, Fences, Krisha, The Fits, and The Handmaiden.

Check out my list below:

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Ballerina (6.8)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5.6) ♦

Other Movies Showing:
A Monster Calls (7.8) ★
Assassin’s Creed (6.7) ★
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Patriots Day (7.2)
The Great Wall (6.0)
Sing (7.3)
Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania (N/A)
Warrior’s Gate (5.5)
Within (5.3)

The movies below are now showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

A Beautiful Planet 3D (7.9)
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (7.6)
Humpback Whales 3D (7.2)
Journey to Space 3D (6.5)
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom (6.0)
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean 3D (N/A)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
A Monster Calls (7.8) ★
Patriots Day (7.2)
Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania (N/A)
Warrior’s Gate (5.5)

Other Movies Showing:
Assassin’s Creed (6.7) ★
Collateral Beauty (5.4)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Sing (7.3)
Snow White’s New Adventure (2.7)
The Founder (7.3)
The Great Wall (6.0)
The Monster (5.3)
Within (5.3)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Florence Foster Jenkins (7.0)
Snow White’s New Adventure (2.7)
The Founder (7.3)
The Great Wall (6.0)

Other Movies Showing:
Assassin’s Creed (6.7) ★
Collateral Beauty (5.4)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
La La Land (8.9) ♦
Moana (8.2)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (8.3) ★
Sing (7.3)
The Monster (5.3)
The Snow Queen 3
Within (5.3)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

The movies below are now showing at either Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and Sky Cinemas:

New This Week:
Assassin’s Creed (6.7) ★
La La Land (8.9)
The Monster (5.3)
The Snow Queen 3

Other Movies Showing:
13 Days (N/A)
Allied (7.2) ♦
Collateral Beauty (5.4)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Incarnate (5.6)
Moana (8.2)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (8.3) ★
Sing (7.3)
The Girl with All the Gifts (7.3)
Trolls (6.7)
Within (5.3)

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

ARÉATA is a short film by Ahmed Al Terkait, an independent Kuwaiti filmmaker. The film was officially selected to compete in the Dubai International Film Festival earlier this year and was only published online last week.

The film is a psychodrama/thriller following a young woman with a hair loss condition called Alopecia Aréata. She visits a psychiatrist hoping to uncover the mystery behind her illness. You can watch the full film above or you can checkout the trailer below.

Over the weekend one of my twitter followers sent me the image above. The barista at the local coffee place His Majesty The Coffee drew Jennifer Lawrence in her space suit from her new movie Passengers. How cool is that?

Thanks @Osamabul!

The movies below are now showing at Cinescape and Grand Cinemas:

New This Week:
13 Days (N/A)
Passengers (6.7) ♦
Sing (7.3)
The Girl with All the Gifts (7.3)

Other Movies Showing:
Allied (7.2) ♦
Arrival (8.4) ★
Collateral Beauty (5.4)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Incarnate (5.6)
Moana (8.2)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (8.3) ★
The Neighbor (5.8)
Trolls (6.7)
Underworld: Blood Wars (6.7) ♦

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.
★ is for movies I’m interested in. ♦ implies movie might contain censorship.

Last week Amazon announced that Amazon Prime Video was officially available in more than 200 countries… including Kuwait. I had previously assumed that there was no country restrictions since I was using Amazon Prime Video anyway, but I guess there was. Amazon Prime Video if you haven’t heard of it before is similar to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. They have a ton of popular shows and movies available on the network (like all 8 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm), but they also have a bunch of great exclusive content like The Grand Tour and my favorite, The Man in the High Castle. If you already have an Amazon Prime account then you already have access to Amazon Prime Video (and Music), but if you don’t then the monthly subscription to Amazon Prime Video is just $2.99.

I use Amazon’s FireStick to stream Prime Video onto my TV but there are multiple ways of watching including using your browser. For more details, check out this [Link]

Update: If you use the Kuwait version of Amazon Prime Video a lot of the content will be restricted similar to how Netflix restricts content based on geographic locations. To get around this you need a DNS proxy and I personally use smartdnsproxy.com