Ya Gotta Love Cinemagic

I blog about these people all the time. They really have some great movies showing and all for KD 1 including popcorn. Get a blanket and a flask of hot chocolate and go watch one of their movies. They are located on the roof of LG Electronics in Salem Al Mubarak street, Salmiya. Need more details [link]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3rd - 7:30 PM

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Director: DANIEL ALFREDSON
Country: Sweden
Release: 2010
Genre: Crime, drama
Running time: 129 minutes
Language: Swedish
English Subtitle
Awards: Winner Best Actress, Best Foreign Film
Rated: R

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden and a brutal murder and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. Mikael Bloomkvist, Salander's friend and Millennium's publisher, is alone in his belief of Salander's innocence. Digging deeper, Bloomkvist unearths evidence of implicating highly placed members of Swedish Society as well as shocking details about Salander's past. He is desperate to get to her before she is cornered but no one can find her anywhere.


SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5th at 7:30 PM

THE TIME THAT REMAINS
Director: ELIA SULEIMAN
Country: UK, Italy, France
Release: 2010
Genre: Drama
Running time: 109 minutes
Language: Arabic
Hebrew and English Subtitles
Awards: 3 awards, Best DIRECTOR, Best Film...
Rated: PG

"The Time That Remains is a semi-autobiographical film, in four episodes, about a family, my family, from 1948 until recent times. The film is inspired by my father's private diaries, starting from when he was a resistance fighter in 1948, and my mother's letters to family members who were forced to leave the country. Combined with my intimate memories of them and with them, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained and were labelled 'Israeli-Arabs' living as a minority in their own homeland." - Elia Suleiman

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10th at 7:30 PM

DEPARTURES
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Country: Japan
Release: 2008
Genre: Drama, music
Running time: 130 minutes
Language: Japanese
English Subtitles
Awards: 34 wins, Best Film, Actors, Cinematography, editing, sound, costume.
Rated: PG

Daigo plays cello in a Tokyo orchestra that dissolves. He is not good enough to find another chair, so he asks his cheerful wife Mika to move to his boyhood home in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. She assents. His mother is dead; his father left them when Daigo was small. He answers an ad, thinking it is for a travel agency, but it is to prepare bodies for burial in a ceremony in front of family and friends. The boss, Sasaki, is quietly forceful; Daigo takes the job, giving Mika no details. As he finds dignity in the ritual and a father figure in Sasaki, Daigo learns how others see this 'unclean' work. Has he found a place in the world; if so, what about Mika and his buried memories?


SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12th  at 7:30 PM

FOUR LIONS
Director: CHRISTOPHER MORRIS
Country: UK
Release: 2010
Genre: Comedy, drama
Running time: 97 minutes
Language: English
English Subtitles
Awards: 7 Nominations, Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay
Rated: R

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that while terrorism is about ideology-it can also be about idiots.



SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19th - 7:30 PM

NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS
Director: BAHMAN GHOBADI
Country: Iran
Release: 2009
Genre: Drama
Running time: 106 minutes
Language: Persian
English Subtitles
Awards: Cannes - Un Certain Regard, Special Jury Prize
Rated: PG

Based on real events, the film follows two young musicians, Negar and Ashkan, who are promised a gig in London and embark on a frantic mission to assemble a backing band. The couple have recently served prison terms for breaching the ban on Western and decadent music , and for Negar, these activities are particularly dangerous: as a female musician, unauthorised public performances can carry savage penalties. Now, they face a search for the elusive and costly paperwork that will permit them to leave for Europe. Teaming up with promoter and bootlegger Nader, their search takes them into Tehran and a vibrant underground culture of rappers, rockers, electro-artists and singer-songwriters...



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17th at 7:30 PM

THE SECRET OF KELLS
Director: TOMM MOORE
Country: France, Ireland
Release: 2009
Genre: Animation
Running time: 75 minutes
Language: English
English Subtitle
Awards: Best Animation
Rated: PG

Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide..


Seems it's a surprise film on
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24th  at 7:30 PM