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Bolbol Hayran: A womanizer’s guide to Egyptian women
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Bolbol Hayran: A womanizer’s guide to Egyptian women

What is sad about the movie Bolbol Hayran (Bolbol is Confused) is that it marks actor Ahmed Helmy’s return to…
The Panorama of the European Film returns
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The Panorama of the European Film returns

The Panorama of the European Film, organized by Misr International Film, is taking place in Cairo for its third year…
Film review: Friends forever
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Film review: Friends forever

Full disclosure: this reviewer has never used Facebook. However, being an avid fan of director David Fincher’s notoriously cynical sensibilities,…
Film review: Sleeping with the enemy
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Film review: Sleeping with the enemy

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," the sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 classic on greed, is set at a time when…
Breaking the rules: Egyptian cinemas to screen American movies during Eid
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Breaking the rules: Egyptian cinemas to screen American movies during Eid

The Egyptian movie industry continues its decline during the Eid season. After suffering a tough summer with lower-than-usual income from…
Toy Story 3: Hard to outgrow
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Toy Story 3: Hard to outgrow

There aren’t many computer-animation films that could make a coming-of-age tale featuring cowboys, spacemen, potato-heads, and a Barbie doll and…
‘Prince of Persia’: No WMD
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‘Prince of Persia’: No WMD

As someone who has never played the video game (nor heard of it--gasp!), I walked into Prince of Persia with…
Remake on Elm Street: Reliving the nightmare
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Remake on Elm Street: Reliving the nightmare

A remake of the 80s cult classic A Nightmare on Elm Street was released across the globe on 30 April…
Can anyone stop the torrent?
Egypt

Can anyone stop the torrent?

A subsidiary of local internet provider LINKdotNET recently launched a website designed to facilitate the legal downloading of Egyptian movies.…
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