{"id":60439,"date":"2020-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=60439"},"modified":"2024-02-12T05:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:49:15","slug":"missing-the-movies-here-are-some-cool-alternatives-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60439\/missing-the-movies-here-are-some-cool-alternatives-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing The Movies? 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All you need is your car, your company, and your appetite for some unforgettable fun. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60343\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Seanema<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CC3LO1tp2QU\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  A perfect summer cinema plan that is ideal for both sea lovers and movie fanatics. Put on your swimsuits, round up your friends, and grab your floaties for an unforgettable event. Movie nights will never be the same again!<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60438\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolis Cinema Outdoor Screenings<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCyhu14JDOB\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  After the indefinite closing of the Empire Cinema in SOFIL at the beginning of the year, Metropolis Cinema Association is now making a comeback with a set of outdoor screenings for movie lovers, in collaboration with various cultural institutions, spaces and initiatives in Lebanon. For details on their first event, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/718633735380449\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Editorial Purpose:<\/b> We are sharing this piece of content to spread some good energy and shed light on great local initiatives.<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  More like this:<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60429\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">25 Places To Tick Off Your Summer Bucket List In Lebanon<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/> <br \/> 1","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With movie theaters still closed down in Lebanon, cinema lovers &#8211; including ourselves &#8211; are left terribly missing the movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":623347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-60439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stuffwelove"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Missing The Movies? 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