(MENAFNEditorial) UAE, July 2017 VIACOM International Media Networks (VIMN) is excited to announce an exciting lineup of summer movie highlights on Paramount Channel, the fastest growing brand in the VIMN's international portfolio (OSN Channel No. 34). Paramount Channel offer audiences a rich variety of blockbuster movies, contemporary series and behind-the-scenes features.
Sit back and relax as Paramount Channel delivers heartwarming stories and recognisable contemporary moments with another round of the channel's I Love That Movie offering. Weekdays at 22:30 KSA/ 23:30 UAE this month enjoy Christian Bale and Sean Bean in Equilibrium, where freedom is outlawed and outlaws must become heroes. Then Tom Cruise hires cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him around LA while he kills people in Collateral. Ryan Reynolds stars in The Amityville Horror, trapped in a haunted house for 28 terrifying days. Finally, don't miss the chance to see Just Like Heaven as Mark Ruffalo falls in love with the spirit of Reese Witherspoon and end the month with Men in Black, as Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones join forces to police extraterrestrials living on earth.
Tune in every Thursday to catch Thursday Focus. Starting on 3rd August at 20:30 KSA / 21:30 UAE, Paramount Channel invites you to be a teenager again with Lindsay Lohan as she survives high school, transforming from a fish out of water to a member of the elite group of Mean Girls called ‘The Plastics'. Watch the wealthy fashionista Alicia Silverstone, in Clueless at 22:05 KSA / 23:05 UAE and a young Reese Weatherspoon turn an Election for student body president into Professor Matthew Broderick's worst nightmare at 23:40 KSA / 00:40 UAE.
A ‘bromance' is a close, emotionally intense, platonic bond between two men. On 10th August starting at 20:30 KSA / 21:30 UAE, we celebrate men and friendships with back-to-back bromance movies filled with drama, action and an abundance of ridiculous situations. Watch men struggling to find their identities and their happiness in Good Will Hunting. Then catch the heartfelt and hilarious performances of Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in I Love You Man at 22:35 KSA / 23:35 UAE. Finally, watch Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as these bro's bring sabotage, hitchhiking and jewellery heists to the next level at 00:20 KSA / 02:10 UAE.
Robert De Niro became a well-known face in the 70s thanks to immortal roles like Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle, and he has remained one of the greatest movie stars over the last four decades. Fitting that he is the protagonist of Paramount Channel's Thursday stunt on 17th August. A man of many faces, watch him as a widower visiting his children in Everybody's Fine at 20:30 KSA / 21:30 UAE, an internal affairs investigator in Copland at 22:10 KSA / 23:10 UAE and as the one and only Al Capone in The Untouchables at 23:55 KSA / 00:55 UAE.
Meryl Streep is widely considered to be the world's greatest living actress, a fact sustained by her many awards and nominations. On 24th August, Paramount Channel will focus on two of her lauded roles: the suspicious principal of a Catholic school in Doubt at 20:30 KSA / 21:20 UAE and a determined U.S. Senator in The Manchurian Candidate at 22:15 KSA / 23:15 UAE.
The summer of fright also continues throughout August. Prepare to enjoy more screams and more fight against evil with Midnight Madness on Fridays and Saturdays at 00:00 KSA / 01:00 UAE. Paramount Channel has put together another selection of favourite horror movies, providing sequels and modern remakes to get a fright night fix. This month, witness the fight for survival of the human race between vengeful angels and archangels in The Prophecy series, then watch Wes Craven's contemporary take on the myth of Dracula and face off against the sadistic pinhead in Hellraiser.
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