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

What's on at the cinema?

By David Light

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Our nomination for movie of the week is this true-life story of a journalist trying to expose the truth behind the Soviet Union’s shiny façade in the 1930s. In 1933 Welsh newspaperman Gareth Jones (James Norton) is riding high after an interview with Adolf Hitler gained worldwide attention. He embarks for Moscow with the aim to interview Joseph Stalin on Russia’s expansion and its seemingly successful five-year development plan. While there he journeys to Ukraine and discovers the true human cost of the supreme leader’s ambition. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 84%
Our nomination for movie of the week is this true-life story of a journalist trying to expose the truth behind the Soviet Union’s shiny façade in the 1930s. In 1933 Welsh newspaperman Gareth Jones (James Norton) is riding high after an interview with Adolf Hitler gained worldwide attention. He embarks for Moscow with the aim to interview Joseph Stalin on Russia’s expansion and its seemingly successful five-year development plan. While there he journeys to Ukraine and discovers the true human cost of the supreme leader’s ambition. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 84%
During 2010, YouTube filmmaking mania hit Saudi Arabia. Shams Al Maarif charts three middling high-school students and their movie-obsessed teacher as they try and produce a horror film for the platform with zero experience and zero financial backing. As you can imagine, things do not go smoothly. There are so far no ratings.
During 2010, YouTube filmmaking mania hit Saudi Arabia. Shams Al Maarif charts three middling high-school students and their movie-obsessed teacher as they try and produce a horror film for the platform with zero experience and zero financial backing. As you can imagine, things do not go smoothly. There are so far no ratings.

Published: Sat 5 Sep 2020, 5:24 PM

In honour of lead actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away at the age of 43 this week, 21 Bridges (2019) will be playing across theatres. In it Boseman plays a successful NYPD cop who takes the unprecedented decision to shut down all of Manhattan’s exit points (21 bridges) in order to trap a killer on the island. It’s just as intense as it sounds. IMDb gives it 6.6
In honour of lead actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away at the age of 43 this week, 21 Bridges (2019) will be playing across theatres. In it Boseman plays a successful NYPD cop who takes the unprecedented decision to shut down all of Manhattan’s exit points (21 bridges) in order to trap a killer on the island. It’s just as intense as it sounds. IMDb gives it 6.6

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