So last week I asked for recommendations of shows to watch on my 6 hour flight to Paris. I ended up watching two things, Cocaine Bear and binge watching Poker Face. Cocaine Bear was one of the best movies I’ve watched in a long time, it was hilarious, really silly, had lots of famous actors and was a lot of fun to watch. It’s extremely underrated! Highly recommended.
Poker Face is a Peacock original show and I started watching the first episode just to see if I liked it or not and surprisingly it was great. Not sure how many episodes I ended up watching back to back, maybe 4 before I finally arrived to Paris. I’m heading back to Kuwait today and I’m hoping to continue binge watching it on the way back.
Now Barbie. I watched it a few days ago here in Paris, obviously the uncensored version although now that I watched it I have no clue what was censored and why it was banned to begin with. I focused so hard throughout the film trying to figure out what was so controversial and I have no idea honestly, like zero clue. There wasn’t even a kiss in the whole movie, no gay characters or lesbians, there was nothing! Maybe one scene with a rainbow in the sky in the background but no flags, trans or even bad language. WHY WAS THIS BANNED? I am so confused!
Movies at the Cinemas
The movies below are now showing at the local cinemas:
New This Weekend:
Blue Beetle (6.8)
Haunting of the Queen Mary (4.9)
I’ll Be Watching (3.9)
Retribution (5.7)
Other Movies Showing:
Cats Museum (4.4)
Elemental (6.8)
Gran Turismo (7.0)
Haunted Mansion (6.3)
Meg 2: The Trench (6.0)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (8.2)
Oppenheimer (8.7)
Sound of Freedom (7.8)
The Adventures of Jurassic Pet (3.7)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (6.5)
The Secret Kingdom (5.0)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (7.4)
The classic films below are currently showing at the 1954 Film House:
Inside Man (6.6)
Flubber (5.3)
Training Day (7.7)
The numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at the time of publishing.
25 replies on “Movies & TV Shows to Watch this Weekend”
TV recommendation:
– Invasion (2021) season 2 escalated quickly
I think the real reason Barbie was banned was because its ideas, themes and messaging was too much for a society like Kuwait 😂
What ideas, themes and messaging? The whole thing was an ad for Barbie and nothing about it was serious.
The movie was all about female empowerment, emancipation and how bad toxic masculinity is. How did you not notice this? 😂
You found that offensive???
You asked a question , he replied. And yes most would be offended by labeling masculinity as toxic, just so if it were the opposite. Real question that should be asked is , why would a grown man (or person) like you even watch barbie?
Real question, why are you so insecure with your sexuality? Do you think if you watch Barbie people will figure out you’re gay?
Not me, but the Censorship Board would, that’s what my original comment meant.
Oh cuz I was wandering, I wouldn’t think anyone would be offended by saying a woman can be a doctor.
The movie is rated 15+ in the arabic countries. Many people here will think it’s a kids movie because of the name. Btw it’s also banned in Lebanon
The movie is rated PG13, are you saying that all movies rated higher than PG should be banned in Kuwait? Not sure what you’re implying here.
It was banned because its has a lot of overt feminist themes
Haven’t watched Barbie so this leaves me confused. Wasn’t Barbie widely regarded as bolus dose of toxic feminism ? Someone upstairs mentioned ‘toxic masculinity’ so I ask.
The movie is about Barbie so obviously it’s going to be pro woman but that’s what Barbie is. I wouldn’t describe it anything close to “toxic feminism” and the fact it’s a comedy makes it more confusing why anyone would think that.
I didnt enjoy Cocaine Bear for your exact description of it. Nothing about it was even close to the actual story. It was ok at best. I just hold a higher standard in films.
It’s not a documentary, if it was the story would end 5 mins in with the bear dying of an overdose (that’s what happened in real life). This is a comedy.
No not a doc but was described as “based on real events” which wasnt even close. Once i see that i like to research it & the only thing based on real events was bear finding it & dying from it quickly. Nothing else. Im just a tough film critic.
they were being sarcastic, it’s a comedy. have you watched Fargo? If you have then you know in the intro how they say it’s a true story? spoiler: it’s not
No have not seen Fargo. Wasnt there a recent made one made ? Only the original Fargo i think in 80s or 90s.
dont shit on oso de cocaina
its the one escape we get from reality, an insane film, i enjoyed the wild ride that is the badass hijo de puta oso de cocaine. infact im gonna watch it again just to spite you
Barbie was banned because the ministry’s censorship board doesn’t trust movie theaters who will let anyone into the theater and oblivious parents who will be taking their kids to watch this movie thinking it’s a kids movie. Another reason might be because one of the actors is trans. The movie does have many adult themes like Barbie getting sexually assaulted (she gets slapped on her ass), she gets sexualized by cops. She gets catcalled. She says she doesn’t have a vagina and Ken doesn’t have a penis. There is some mild profanity with one “Mother*****” being bleeped. There are 0 positive male role models in the movie. Any male character in the movie is depicted as either evil or dumb. Why not make this a kids movie that has a positive messages for young girls instead of putting all those adult themes in it?
I think the message was very positive for young girls, telling them they could be anything they want to be even becoming a president is as positive as it can get. I also don’t understand why you would want to dumb the movie down to become PG rated, PG13 is just fine and makes the movie more fun for adults many of whom actually grew up with Barbie and Ken while anybody under 13 nowadays most likely doesn’t care about Barbie.
I’ve been coming back to your blog just to see if you ever figured out why Barbie was banned. I’ve seen it twice and there is absolutely nothing that warrants censorship (not that anything should be censored for adults. But, you know, Kuwait)
What happened to the “things to do this weekend column?”
its summer, so no events