2017-02-07 08:36
Did Imam Al Ghazali destroy scientific development in the Middle East? We have again assisted the aspiring YouTuber Amjad Abdelhamid on his new channel to help question how far be… Read More
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2017-02-07 07:58
15 or so years ago on a cool Abu Dhabi night, I decided to catch the midnight showing of the new Resident Evil flick starring Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez. I was never a fan of zomb… Read More
2016-12-19 13:09
In a post-Twilight world, we need vampires to be vicious and bloody again and far removed from that emo teen romance that abstractly still haunts us today via the 50 Shades of Grey movies. B… Read More
2016-12-07 14:22
Hollywood is not in a good place right now. While Netflix, HBO and AMC continues to challenge cinema’s dominance with Grade A original television that is both cinematic in scope and lo… Read More
2016-11-19 16:35
In 2015, people all over the world, from Europe to America, Asia and the Middle East, began remembering history, differently. In a phenomena that is now known as The Mandela Effect, sufferer… Read More
2016-11-04 12:25
The 3rd Phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) takes a dramatic departure from science fiction to examine the mystic sciences with a visually impressive, mind bending, multidimensional… Read More
2016-10-25 10:20
…. if of course Arabian Knight ever gets his own show. &n&hell…Read More
2016-10-18 07:15
With the ever growing presence of Middle Eastern talent making an impact on the American Entertainment scene, we have put together a selection of our favorite artists who continue to make in… Read More
2016-07-28 10:24
From conception and execution, to bad marketing decisions, what went wrong? A little over 30 years ago, four ‘scientists’ saved the city of New York, postponed… Read More
2016-07-20 12:08
The team at One Nine Seven One Media (1971 Productions) are excited to announce the production of two new (but very different) projects firmly rooted in the entertainment arena.In developmen… Read More
2016-06-09 11:27
At the age of 74 Muhammad Ali Clay, the much loved three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, was finally laid to rest after battling Parkinson’s Disease. A powerful icon from the 1… Read More
2016-05-15 09:25
With costs sometimes rivalling that of a mini-movie, filmmakers back in the 1980s to the early 2000s were often given free reign with their creative wits to deliver music videos that look li… Read More
2016-05-09 08:19
Sanaa Hamri is a Moroccan American film director, music video director, television director, and television producer, and is one of the leaders in her field. If you have been a fan of Americ… Read More
2016-05-07 11:17
At nearly 50 Years Old and covering hundreds of years, the groundbreaking sci-fi series Star Trek is set to enter its 50th Year with not only the release of its 13th movie, but also a brand… Read More
2016-04-24 12:48
Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1926, the iconic filmmaker Youssef Chahine is today considered as one of the leading figures in the history of Arab cinema.Responsible for producing some of the… Read More
2016-04-13 09:54
Back in 2013 we published a blog post on famous European and American celebrities who most naturally assumed were just 'European' or 'American', but were also in fact of Middle Eastern origi… Read More
2016-03-18 16:14
A look at the best in cutting edge Arabic cinema from the past forty years......This month we launched our entertainment video channel/blog with episode one of our new docs-series The Cuttin… Read More
2016-03-01 13:50
By the time the hugely popular television series The X-Files came to a close, it had already completed 9 years of television, produced two feature films and birthed a spinoff series or two… Read More
2016-02-22 08:18
A guide for film enthusiasts wishing to film from the UAE’s skies. Its Dubai 2016, and although we do not have flying cars and hover boards (at least, not real ones) and other fu… Read More
2016-02-20 09:12
A look at the cinematography of 10 beautifully shot movies from the past 20 yrs...Spanning a multitude of genres and decades, there have been a select number of movies from the modern a… Read More
2016-02-19 18:17
A look at the most successful Middle Easterners who work behind the camera......An accomplished Emirati director recently told me that whenever he attended a meeting regarding a project, he… Read More
2016-02-19 18:16
Developing an organic film industry in the UAE where local talent is supported...Developing an organic film industry in the UAE where local talent is supported and nurtured may be an admirab… Read More
2016-02-18 18:32
That rare place in modern cinema where story plus visual aesthetics equals art. There is a rare place in science fiction cinema where the story plus the visuals equals art. For a… Read More
2016-02-18 18:31
A basic introduction to the Art of Cinematography, and why it is important......Cinematography is what separates a good film from a great film, and in the same breath can quite often make or… Read More
2016-02-11 09:31
Are 2016's Academy Awards nominations the 'whitest' ever? Well no, not really... Yet according to Gotham’s Jada Pinkett Smith, it is. While for the second year running no black actors… Read More
2016-01-19 06:58
Due to the graphic nature of this article, reader discretion is strongly advised. Psychologist Sigmund Freud writes about the ‘uncanny’, where he states there is a… Read More
2016-01-10 14:47
Can Tarantino's use of the 'N-Word', racism and violent misogyny be justified...?Lets get straight to the facts. Is The Hateful Eight a good film? At three hours long you are not going… Read More
2015-12-29 16:40
How does one cleverly title a review of Will Smith’s Concussion? Concussion: A movie that hits you head on. Or, Concussion: A Film That Knocks You Out, Or, Concussion, a movie that tri… Read More
2015-12-27 07:11
As dramatic as the title of this post reads, the impact Netflix has had on the international entertainment industry since its inception cannot be understated. What was once considered as a f… Read More
2015-12-23 16:54
From issues surrounding state vs individual privacy, to the birth of artificial intelligence, to even rogue planets on a collision course with Earth, Google is beginning to play a central ro… Read More
2015-12-20 08:26
Warning: This review contains spoilers.It has been a bad 24 months for bio-pics. 2013’s Jobs and last year’s Aaliyah:The Princess of RnB have both gone down in history as horribl… Read More
2015-12-09 12:24
In our previous article we took a cursory look at the current state of the UAE film industry, where it was failing, and where it is successful. In part two of this brief examination, and wit… Read More
2015-12-03 08:39
When aliens, ghouls and monsters invaded the Middle East.Back in 2010 the Review AE published a much-needed introductory guide to Middle Eastern science fiction. Until that time, the terms … Read More
2015-10-09 10:16
Star Trek Beyond Interview with One Nine Seven One on Alhurra TV.Any outsider from this region would perhaps be in for a culture shock if they knew that being a sci-fi geek is as common in t… Read More
2015-10-09 10:15
One Nine Seven One Media has acquired the US film and television rights to American author and playwright Farzana Moon’s successful series of fact-based historical novels that chart th… Read More
2015-10-09 07:33
Recently, 1971:The Review AE brought you a comprehensive review of the history of anime in the Arab world, and we have seen just how anime has touched many in Arab nations. From the nostalgi… Read More
2015-10-09 07:33
In 1988 the groundbreaking animated movie Akira introduced the world to Japanese anime and Manga. Although already an established industry in Far East Asia, anime was forever changed by the… Read More
2015-10-09 07:32
It is not a good year for Old Testament biblical flics in the Middle East. While the critically trashed Son of God inexplicably got a free pass to be shown across the region, Darren Aronofsk… Read More
2015-10-09 07:32
Maryam Al KaabiWith the Dubai International Film Festival with us again, I would like to announce that ONE NINE SEVEN ONE Media's own short film, 'We Grew Up Brother' made for… Read More
2015-10-09 07:31
Following in the wake of last year’s Gravity, while paying homage to Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Carl Sagan’s Contact, Director Christopher Nolan’s latest sci… Read More
2015-10-09 07:24
With a screenplay written like it was copy and pasted straight out of the pages of Wikipedia (as one upset fan so eloquently put it) could director Bradley Walsh’s, Aaliyah: The Prince… Read More
2015-08-28 16:03
‘Grandiose, exhibitionistic, narcissistic’, and everything else that is wrong....Some of the biggest, most critically acclaimed Hollywood movies have this hero: an outsider from… Read More
2015-07-22 09:40
By Hussein AlatoliCould Mona Al Beheiri the simple yet charismatic Egyptian mother who rocketed to online superstar meme status with her grammatically incorrect attack against President Bara… Read More
2015-07-15 13:20
“Ramadan has a special energy for Muslims: a time of reflection and togetherness. While my childhood was filled with family meals and festive celebrations, I’ve had to fast alone… Read More
2015-06-19 18:58
With 2015 promising to be one of the biggest years for movies with the likes of Jurassic Park 4, Star Wars Episode VII, Terminator 5, Avengers 2 and several other big budget features ex… Read More
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