GULF FILM LAUNCHES CINE 13 AT GRAND CINEMAS

In a partnership with Institut Français and Alliance Française and in association with the French Embassy in the UAE, CINE 13 promises a year-round calendar of International and French Cinema.

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AMERICAN HUSTLE AND GRAVITY LEAD THE OSCARS RACE

American Hustle, David O. Russell's crime caper starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence, and Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron's breathtaking space thriller starring Sandra Bullock, both have 10 nominations at the 86th annual film awards.

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OMAR GOES TO THE OSCARS

The film Omar was named on the final list of nominations in the foreign language category in this year’s Academy Awards, following on from Paradise Now, which earned director Hany Abu Assad her first Oscars nod in 2006.

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 RELEASES TWO ELECTRIFYING CHARACTER POSTERS

New character posters have been released for our favorite titular Superhero and his main nemesis – Electro, courtesy of Digital Spy. We’re certain that these won't be the last character posters that we enjoy to see for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Stay tuned here, as we will post them if and when they come online.

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THE WOLF OF WALL STREET GETS CHOPPED BY 45 MINUTES IN UAE

The National Media Council, the government body responsible for approving the release of films in the UAE, has denied the censoring of the latest controversial award-winning movie ‘The Wolf of Wall Street' which opened this week. Latest reports also claim it was the film’s UAE distributors who made the changes themselves before submitting it for approval.

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DISNEY’S HIT MOVIE-MUSICAL ‘FROZEN’ IS HEADING TO BROADWAY!

Dreams do come true as the hit animated film will follow in the huge footprints of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, and head on over to the Great White Way – Broadway!

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METRO MANILA IS SCENE CLUB’S FIRST OFFERING OF 2014

METRO MANILA is a British-Filipino independent film written, produced, directed and shot by Academy Award and Bafta-nominated British director Sean Ellis. It was entirely shot on location in the Philippines with Filipino cast and crew member.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA MEETS HIS NEW SIDEKICK

We are now just a few months away from the worldwide release of Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier this April, and to help us count down the days The Los Angeles Times has published two brand new stills from the movie.
 
In the photos below Chris Evans once again is suited up as the titular-star spangled superhero running alongside his new sidekick, Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and another is a photo of Cap just chilling out with his badass shield.

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VOX 4DX AND THE ULTIMATE MOVIE-GOING EXPERIENCE

Cinema in the UAE has entered an entirely new dimension, and movie-goers couldn’t wait to experience it. VOX Cinemas, which is owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim Group, has partnered with CJ 4DPLEX from Korea to launch the first 4DX sensory enabled theatres in the UAE

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KEANU REEVES MAKES AN EXPLOSIVE RETURN TO ACTION-ADVENTURE IN 47 RONIN

Universal Studios’ 47 Ronin brings to life one of Japan’s most beloved historical tales in a beautiful format that mixes ancient legend with modern movie fantasy. It depicts a fictionalized version of the real-life story of 47 leaderless samurai, who avenged the untimely and unjust death of their leader.
 
Directed by Carl Erik Rinsch, 47 Ronin stars Keanu Reeves as Kai, an orphan child believed to have been raised by demons. He was taken in and raised by Lord Asano (played by Japanese actor Min Tanaka), the samurai group’s fallen leader and ruler of the Ako territory in Japan.

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9M MOVIE-GOERS ENJOYED REEL CINEMAS IN 2013

Emaar Retail, which manages Reel Cinemas reported that the flagship 22-screen cinema in The Dubai Mall attracted over 2.6 million customers in 2013, up 25 percent on last year. Additionally, 325,000 people paid to watch movies at its boutique six-screen cinema at Dubai Marina Mall
 
The company said that both cinemas have posted a total of nine million movie-goers to date, four years after opening. The company also revealed that at present, Reel Cinemas gets 22 percent of the total UAE theatrical sales market.

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