Hollywood 2010
2010 could mark the beginning of decade where movies take advantage of the meteoric rise in advanced special effects that the noughties also heavily relied upon. It seems the big studios will make money (despite the ubiquitous recession) as long as there are super-hero graphic novels to pillage and tween vampire tales to tell. Unfortunately, this also means that the dearth of original ideas will continue to plague cinemas. Most mainstream movies today tend to be adapted from or are sequels of a book, movie, blog and/or a memoir. In fact, one upcoming movie is even about facebook! As many of us plan the year ahead — with resolutions, family, vacations, career, etc — we at WearetheMovies.com have shortlisted, from the 200-odd movies that Hollywood will unload on cinemagoers this year, a few of the more popular titles that we look forward to. The aim is to get you excited about what’s in store. Some of these may be postponed, even cancelled. Others may turn out to be total duds (Transformers 2, anyone), and yet others may surprise everyone, coming out of nowhere and stealing the limelight (like last year’s funny Hangover). The titles are sorted in ascending order of their US release dates.
Daybreakers
Michael Spierig | USA | 2009
In a world inhabited by vampires, who are running out of valuable blood supplies, Ethan Hawke leads a group of his kind to try and save vampires (and humans). What works in building intrigue is the movie’s sleek trailer, the presence of the Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill and an apt rating of R (for Restricted kiddos). Daybreakers may finally give the grown-up boys a vampire movie to talk about after the Blade series. continue reading »»
Ashraf Ghori
Reel Cinemas is a 22-screen cinema megaplex located in The Dubai Mall, as AME Info ingratiatingly put it, “in the heart of Downtown Burj Dubai.” The new Cineplex competes in a somewhat monopolistic market dominated by two cinema players: Grand Cinemas which operates the majority of cinemas in Dubai; and Cinestar Cinemas whose home has remained the crowded Majid Al Futtaim shopping enterprises such as City Center and Mall of the Emirates. So what has Reel Cinemas really got to offer that other cinemas don’t? 
Every year brings a new set of expectations. But as the year progresses, expectations can turn into joy, frustration, even misery. For the avid movie fan a new year comes with the salubrious promise of exaltation. Let the WearetheMovies.com team take you through its selection of ten of the finest movies of 2009. 
In a year that saw Sara Palin running for VP, few things may be considered worst — yet the financial meltdown of global economies outwitted the formidable Alaska governor who keeps an eye on Russia from her bedroom window! The team at WearetheMovies.com bids farewell to the dismal 2008 with a selection of the finest films that forewarn the very idea of greed. 
Numbers may not mean much — but with a whopping 181 films to choose from, diversity was never a problem at the 5th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF ‘08), which got off to an unexceptional start but managed to impress in its last days. For our self-afflicted fest madness, complicated screening schedules were created, intricate routes to venues were devised and in the end, we somehow managed to see it all (at least what we wanted to anyway). It was quite an experience, this wild rush…yet in this hallowed quest by the girded WearetheMovies.com team, cinematic gold was indeed found. 
