Category: Movies

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

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

New This Week:
Collateral Beauty (5.4)
Into the Forest (5.9) ♦
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (8.3) ★

Other Movies Showing:
Allied (7.2) ♦
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Incarnate (5.6)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Moana (8.2)
The Last King (6.1) ♦
The Neighbor (5.8)
Trolls (6.7)
Underworld: Blood Wars (6.7) ♦
Wolves at the Door (7.6)

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

Just a heads up, Rogue One is out in Kuwait already. I just got my tickets for tonight and there were still spots available, so if you want to watch it tonight you need to get your tickets now.

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

New This Week:
Incarnate (5.6)
Lion (7.7)
Moana (8.2)
The Last King (6.1) ♦
The Neighbor (5.8)
Wolves at the Door (7.6)

Other Movies Showing:
Allied (7.2) ♦
Arrival (8.4) ★
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
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.

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

New This Week:
I Am Not a Serial Killer (6.2)
Italian Race (7.5)
Man Down (6.3)
Underworld: Blood Wars (6.7) ♦

Other Movies Showing:
Allied (7.2) ♦
Arrival (8.4) ★
Bleed for This (6.4) ♦
Doctor Strange (8.0) ★
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Ghost Coins (7.5)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
The Accountant (7.8) ★
Trolls (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.

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

New This Week:
Allied (7.2) ♦
Arrival (8.4) ★

Other Movies Showing:
Bleed for This (6.4) ♦
Doctor Strange (8.0) ★
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Ghost Coins (7.5)
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (6.8)
Raven the Little Rascal – The Big Race (7.6)
The Accountant (7.8) ★
Trolls (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.

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

New This Week:
A Street Cat Named Bob (7.4)
Bleed for This (6.4) ♦
Complete Unknown (5.5)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (8.3)
Ghost Coins (7.5)
Raven the Little Rascal – The Big Race (7.6)

Other Movies Showing:
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Doctor Strange (8.0) ★
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Operation Chromite (6.3)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (6.8)
Shut In (N/A) ♦
The Accountant (7.8) ★
Trolls (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.

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

New This Week:
Hacksaw Ridge (8.8) ★♦
Operation Chromite (6.3)
Scare Campaign (5.8)
Shut In (N/A) ♦
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (6.5) ♦
Trolls (6.7)

Other Movies Showing:
American Pastoral (6.2) ♦
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Doctor Strange (8.0) ★
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Inferno (7.1) ♦
Kill Kane (3.9)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (6.8)
The Accountant (7.8) ★
The Great Gilly Hopkins (6.6)
Under the Shadow (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 Cinescape and Grand Cinemas:

New This Week:
American Pastoral (6.2) ♦
Doctor Strange (8.0)
Kill Kane (3.9)
Space Dogs Adventure to the Moon (5.2)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (6.6)

Other Movies Showing:
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Inferno (7.1) ♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Keeping Up with the Joneses (5.4)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (6.8)
Storks (7.1)
The Accountant (7.8) ★
Under the Shadow (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 Cinescape and Grand Cinemas:

New This Week:
Broken Vows (4.1) ♦
Ouija: Origin of Evil (6.8)
The Accountant (7.8) ★
Under the Shadow (7.5)

Other Movies Showing:
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Desierto (5.7)
Don’t Breathe (8.3) ♦
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (7.7) 4DX Release
Inferno (7.1) ♦
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Keeping Up with the Joneses (5.4)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Precious Cargo (4.6)
Storks (7.1)
Sully (7.9)
The Mermaid Princess (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 Cinescape and Grand Cinemas:

New This Week:
Desierto (5.7)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (7.4) ★
Keeping Up with the Joneses (5.4)
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (5.8)
Precious Cargo (4.6)
Sacrifice (4.2)
The Duel (5.7)
The Mermaid Princess (N/A)

Other Movies Showing:
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Don’t Breathe (8.3) ♦
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (7.7) 4DX Release
Inferno (7.1) ♦
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Snowden (6.2) ♦
Sully (7.9)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (5.1)

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 Cinescape and Grand Cinemas:

New This Week:
Inferno (7.1) ♦
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (7.7) 4DX Release

Other Movies Showing:
Deepwater Horizon (7.2)
Don’t Breathe (8.3) ♦
Lights Out (6.7)
Mechanic: Resurrection (6.5)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (7.2)
Snowden (6.2) ♦
Storks (7.2)
Sully (7.9)
Tank 432 (3.6)
The Disappointments Room (4.3) ♦
The Magnificent Seven (7.0) ★
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (5.1)

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