No Craigslist in Beirut, I Beg to Differ
You’ll need to watch the video (below) to get the full story but here is the summary:
For the new "Bruno" movie by Sacha Baron Cohen, they wanted Bruno to interview a "terrorist" and not a person playing a terrorist but an actual terrorist. In the end they interviewed someone from the Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade [...]
LLB Certificate: First Convert
I was pleasently surprised when I received an email from Tyler Hanley, after receiving my "Looks Like Beirut" Certificate in response to my post:
Dear Jad,
I received my "Looks Like Beirut" Award in the mail today, and I’ll
admit, it was an eye-opener. Not only did it make me re-think the
Beirut stereotype so many of us [...]
“More Shouting and Explosions than a Super Bowl in Beirut”
Thanks to Babagannouj, we have a new winner this week. This is a review of the movie, Terminator Salvation:
Director McG (“Charlie’s Angels”) fuels “Terminator Salvation” with exceptional visual effects and sharp sound, but more shouting and explosions than a Super Bowl in Beirut.
So I guess the movie is heavy in shouting like the Super Bowl [...]
Lebanonwood
We might need to add another -wood to the family of movie productions zones:
…the government’s ministries of culture and tourism are coming together to promote Lebanon as a potential film destination.
The Lebanese Tourist Board of Paris is launching an initiative dubbed “At 35mm From Beirut” with a view to building relations between Lebanese and international [...]
When a Documentary Comes to Life
Some irony from down under:
A film about Lebanese Australian gangs set amid race riots that rocked Sydney four years ago has been pulled from cinemas in the city after brawls broke out at screenings, its distributor said on Sunday.
Apparently the distributor has withdrawn the movie, “The Combination” after patrons duked it out at the screening.
The [...]
