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GOGRAND #alwaysentertaining SOCIALISE TALK MOVIES CL @GCLEBANON BOOK E/TICKET • E/KIOSK • GC MOBILE APP EXPERIENCE FIRSTWORD FEAT. DOLBY ATMOS ISSUE 125 When it’s time to GRAND MAGAZINE online edition kick back and relax now interactive! With school back in session, it’s easy to get caught up in preparations and never-ending homework — that’s why it’s important to unwind LOCATIONS and recharge with a dose of entertainment. And at Grand Cinemas, you can count on it. Stay tuned to our social media pages to find out LEBANON JORDAN about upcoming events, and take advantage of the G-POINTS Loyalty GRAND CINEMAS GRAND CINEMAS Card to access special offers and earn fantastic rewards. This issue in ABC VERDUN CITY MALL 01 795 697 962 65 813 461 GRAND MOMENTS, find out about the spectacular premiere attended MX4D featuring IMAX DOLBY ATMOS by French movie star Josephine Japy, among many other surprises. GRAND CLASS In our SPOTLIGHT feature, we talk to Johnny Depp about his CLUB SEATS KUWAIT GRAND AL HAMRA comedy drama Richard Says Goodbye, while 5 HOT FACTS rounds up GRAND CINEMAS LUXURY CENTER , ABC ACHRAFIEH 965 222 70 334 the most exciting tidbits about Domino starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. 01 209 109 MX4D ATMOS With FAMILY FIESTA you’re all set for the perfect outing: discover 70 415 200 GRAND GATE seven amazing stats about Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon, get ready GRAND CINEMAS MALL ABC DBAYEH 965 220 56 464 to party with Big Sean and Snoop Dogg in Trouble, and check out 04 444 650 Angelina Jolie’s comeback in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Need more GRAND CLASS NEW GRAND CINEMAS adult content? SEASON PREVIEW is your one-stop guide. 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ANITA NASR EDITOR grandcinemasme.com 3 GOTEAM #dropusamail 22 PUBLISHING DIRECTORS 12 CARLY RAMIA HABIS [email protected] JEAN RAMIA [email protected] 38 EDITOR ANITA NASR [email protected] FOR YOUR MARKETING INQUIRIES 20 46 ISAAC FAHED [email protected] RALPH SEMAAN GRANDMAGAZINE [email protected] FOR YOUR SEP/OCT 2019 ADVERTISING INQUIRIES MPS T: 01 253 577 GRAND MOMENTS SEASON PREVIEW RIMA KAI 06 Learn all about the star- 22 Check out the movies now [email protected] studded premieres and events playing and coming soon to a GEORGE RAHI happening at Grand, and join GC near you, featuring Brad [email protected] us next time! Featured this Pitt’s Ad Astra, It Chapter Two issue: Josephine Japy attends and the fantastic new Lebanese PUBLISHER the launch of Mon Inconnue. comedy Yerbo bi Ezzkon. SELIM RAMIA & CO FAMILY FIESTA SAVE THE DATE HABER BLDG, M LEVEL 12 Pack the kids into the car and 38 On the way: Roland P.O. BOX 146 head over to Grand Cinemas Emmerich’s epic Midway, HAZMIEH, BEIRUT T: 05 457 146 for many wonderful new Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie F: 05 457 221 adventures, including Shaun the in Radioactive, the new entries www.srndco.com Sheep: Farmaggedon, Trouble in the Star Wars and Jumanji and Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent: sagas, and much more. Mark Mistress of Evil. your calendars. SPOTLIGHT: RICHARD 5 HOT FACTS 20 SAYS GOODBYE 46 Charming Game of Thrones A global, unique star, Johnny star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Depp schools us about life in a leads the action thriller PRINTED BY touching comedy drama about Domino, and we’ve round up BYBLOS PRINTING SAL a professor coming face to face the top five reasons you don’t T: 01 697 111 with his end. want to miss it. [email protected] 4 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 GRAND GRANDPREMIERE nder the patronage of the French Embassador in MUST-SEE Josephine Lebanon H.E Bruno Foucher U and the support of Centre ROMANCE Japy Culturel Francais and Unifrance, SR&Co and Grand Cinemas launched French movie Mon Inconnue in a Due to popular demand by film shines lavish red carpet premiere at Grand fans, Mon Inconnue continues to ABC Achrafieh in attendance of the play at Grand, starring Joséphine Japy and François Civil. at Mon film's lead actress, Josephine Japy, in a special engagement for the event. During a press junket earlier Inconnue in the day, the French star expressed her fondness for Lebanon and the premiere local culture, and was thrilled to have spent two days sightseeing FRENCH STAR WINS and experiencing the Mediterranean summer’s delight. THE HEARTS OF GRAND We at Grand Cinemas send our Cynthia Kanaan) and Unifrance, CINEMAS PATRONS warmest thanks and gratitude to and an "au revoir" to the charming l'Institut Francais au Liban (namely Josephine Japy. Until we meet again! 6 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 GRAND GRANDPREMIERE Bala Hayba kicks off with star- studded event ovie premieres tend to be exciting affairs. Film fans experience the unique thrill Mof rubbing shoulders with PHOTO CAPTION celebrities and being the first to Bala Hayba stars attend a newly released feature; Abbas Jaafar and Stephanie Atala share industry reps enjoy a gathering a celebratory moment of their peers; and stars get the on the red carpet. chance to celebrate each others' accomplishments and share their latest with the media. The evening of August 5th was no different when the cast and crew of Bala Hayba congregated at Grand Cinemas ABC Verdun for the laughter-filled launch. The new Lebanese comedy puts a spin on the popular series with a hilarious parody. 8 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 GRAND GRANDPREMIERE GRANDLAUNCH Royal Artist Aline kick-off Lahoud for The reveals new Queen's Shayalo clip Corgi usical artists converged at Our youngest patrons enjoyed PHOTO CAPTION (above) Singer Aline Lahoud Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafieh celebrates the release of her video clip with her activity-packed fun fit for a Mfor the launch of Aline uncle Romeo Lahoud and her father Nahi king with their parents at the Lahoud's brilliant new video clip Lahoud; (below left) Aline Lahoud with Imad July 27th Grand Cinemas ABC Feghaly, Mirna Mkarzel, Dory Samarani, Chady for her single "Shayalo", an event Richa and May Matar; (below right) Ziad Sahhab Dbayeh premiere of the ani- attended by the media and industry. with his wife and friends attend the launch mated film The Queen's Corgi, sponsored by Spinneys and Beiruting Kids. Stay tuned to our social media pages for more events! SENSORY FRIENDLY SCREENINGS Grand Cinemas' sensory- friendly screenings offer children with autism and those with special needs the chance to be entertained in a carefully tailored environment, with adequate lighting and reduced volume throughout the show. All profits are pledged to the autism program at SESOBEL. WHEN Last Saturday of each month WHERE Grand Cinemas ABC Dbayeh Long live Rex! 10 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 family fiesta It’s close encounters of the herd kind in Shaun’s new out of this SHAUN THE world movie SHEEP MOVIE 2 trange lights over the quiet town of Mossingham herald the arrival of a mystery visitor from far across the galaxy… but at nearby Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun has other things on his mind, as his mischievous schemes are continually thwarted by an exasperated Bitzer. SWhen an impish and adorable alien with amazing pow- ers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun (Justin Fletcher) soon sees an opportunity for alien-powered fun and adventure, setting off on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organisation can capture her…can Shaun and the flock avert Farmageddon on Mossy Bottom Farm before it’s too late? Hold on to your seats as we blast off on an exciting and heart-warming sci-fi comedy adventure that takes us from Mossy Bottom all the way into deep space, via a car wash! IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 3 DIRECTORS WILL BECHER, RICHARD PHELAN STARRING JUSTIN FLETCHER, JOHN SPARKES, KATE HARBOUR GENRE COMEDY ADVENTURE 86 MINS 12 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 amazing 7stats 1 Despite having first appeared in Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit 1995 classic A Close Shave, Shaun the Sheep, somehow, is still just in his early teens (in sheep years) 2 3 Farmageddon needed No less than 28 animators Shaun’s biggest sets ever were tasked with bringing – up to 70 of them, in fact, Shaun and his new friend, with up to 35 units shooting the magical alien called on them at any one time Lu-La, to life 4 5 On average, just two A typical Shaun the tune in! seconds of animation is Sheep puppet is 17cm Farmageddon features four produced, per animator, per tall and weighs 100g. He new tracks that were written day. A Shaun movie takes also has over 5 million for the film by more than three years Facebook fans the industry’s hottest acts. 6 7 KYLIE To record the score, at To date, Shaun has MINOGUE London’s iconic Abbey shot 150 episodes JORJA & THE Road, composer Tom Howe of his TV show, 1 TV SMITH VACCINES enlisted an orchestra of special and, now, two more than 100 feature-length movies grandcinemasme.com 13 14 GRAND CINEMAS SEP/OCT 2019 TROUBLE rouble has always lived a lavish life, playing in a large mansion, eating filet mignon and sleeping on the finest T linens.