Mad about movies: This week's new UAE film releases

What's on at the cinema?

By David Light

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Taking on the often misogynistic world of entertainment, Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson play singer Grace Davis and personal assistant/ aspiring producer Maggie Sherwoode. The maturing Davis is being persuaded to take up a residency show, though wishes to release a new album. Sherwoode is the only one who believes it’s truly possible to create a hit despite statistics showing just five women over 40 have ever had a number one record and only one of them was black – a fact to which the male bosses cling. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 69%
Taking on the often misogynistic world of entertainment, Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson play singer Grace Davis and personal assistant/ aspiring producer Maggie Sherwoode. The maturing Davis is being persuaded to take up a residency show, though wishes to release a new album. Sherwoode is the only one who believes it’s truly possible to create a hit despite statistics showing just five women over 40 have ever had a number one record and only one of them was black – a fact to which the male bosses cling. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 69%
Where did this one come from? It looks excellent. A spy thriller at long last, assassin Ava (Jessica Chastain) becomes a marked woman when the agency deems her methods are rendering the talented contract killer a liability. Despite consistently completing missions, Ava is beginning to ask too many questions surrounding the people she is hired to eliminate. Suddenly everyone around her is a possible threat. IMDb gives it 5.8
Where did this one come from? It looks excellent. A spy thriller at long last, assassin Ava (Jessica Chastain) becomes a marked woman when the agency deems her methods are rendering the talented contract killer a liability. Despite consistently completing missions, Ava is beginning to ask too many questions surrounding the people she is hired to eliminate. Suddenly everyone around her is a possible threat. IMDb gives it 5.8
One for mainstream horror fans here, The Rental looks genuinely creepy. Starring the brilliant Alison Brie, four friends head up to a lonely cliff-top villa for the weekend. Immediately put off by the landlord’s comments during the greeting, the two couples soon begin to ease up as they are left to their own devices. When one discovers a camera located in a showerhead, it soon becomes apparent they are not alone. So begins a night of torment from a masked intruder, but is the sleazy proprietor really at the wheel? Rotten Tomatoes gives it 74%
One for mainstream horror fans here, The Rental looks genuinely creepy. Starring the brilliant Alison Brie, four friends head up to a lonely cliff-top villa for the weekend. Immediately put off by the landlord’s comments during the greeting, the two couples soon begin to ease up as they are left to their own devices. When one discovers a camera located in a showerhead, it soon becomes apparent they are not alone. So begins a night of torment from a masked intruder, but is the sleazy proprietor really at the wheel? Rotten Tomatoes gives it 74%

Published: Wed 12 Aug 2020, 6:29 PM

Last updated: Thu 13 Aug 2020, 9:18 AM

The elevator pitch for this film must have taken fewer than the usual 20 seconds. Let’s see if we can recreate it: “Jaws in a cave.” Done. Set in beautiful Australia, a group of cave divers descend into particularly nifty rock formation. All is well until a massive crocodile turns up to ruin the fun. The gang must escape and make it snappy. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 48% david@khaleejtimes.com
The elevator pitch for this film must have taken fewer than the usual 20 seconds. Let’s see if we can recreate it: “Jaws in a cave.” Done. Set in beautiful Australia, a group of cave divers descend into particularly nifty rock formation. All is well until a massive crocodile turns up to ruin the fun. The gang must escape and make it snappy. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 48% david@khaleejtimes.com

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