The Lion King: Remake Might Be Too Realistic for Its Own Good
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13 MONDAY, JULY 22, 2019 THE LION KING (PG)(ADVENTURE/DRAMA/FAMILY) (NEW) STUBER (15+)(ACTION/COMEDY) OASIS JUFFAIR (ATMOS) : 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 + 12.00 MN OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM KAREN GILLAN, DAVE BAUTISTA, BETTY GILPIN OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 ععع (PM SUPER 30 (PG-13)(HINDI/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE (ATMOS): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN SEEF (II): 11.00 AM + 4.00 + 9.00 PM CITY CENTRE (3D): 12.00 + 2.30 + 5.00 + 7.30 + 10.00 PM + (12.30 MN HRITHIK ROSHAN, MRUNAL THAKUR, PANKAJ TRIPATHI THURS/FRI) عععع عععععع (CITY CENTER (IMAX 2D): 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.30 PM ANNABELLE COMES HOME (15+)(HORROR ععععع ععع CITY CENTER (IMAX 3D): 1.00 + 6.00 + 11.00 PM CITY CENTRE: VIP (II): 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MN SEEF (I): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PM VERA FARMIGA, MCKENNA GRACE, MADISON ISEMAN SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) JOHN WICK 3 PARABELLUM (15+)(ACTION/THRILLER/CRIME) SEEF (II) (3D): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM WADI AL SAIL:10.30 AM + 11.15 AM + 1.00 + 1.45 + 3.30 + 4.15 + 6.00 + 6.45 + KEANU REEVES, HALLE BERRY, IAN MCSHANE 8.30 + 9.15 + 11.00 PM + 11.45 PM ععععع (WADI AL SAIL (3D): 12.30 + 5.00 + 9.30 PM THE HUSTLE (PG-15) (COMEDY/CRIME SAAR: 10.30 AM + 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 1.30 + 3.30 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 9.00 + 11.00 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 1.45 + 6.45 + 12.00 MN DONALD GLOVER, SETH ROGEN, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 2.30 + 6.30 + 10.30 PM ANNE HATHAWAY, REBEL WILSON, ALEX SHARP THE KID (15+)(CRIME/DRAMA) (NEW) FINDING STEVE MCQUEEN (15+)(CRIME/ROMANTIC) SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL (PG-13)(ACTION/FANTASY) SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 4.30 + 9.30 PM SEEF (II): 12.45 + 4.45 + 8.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 + 12.00 MN ETHAN HAWKE, DANE DEHAAN, CHRIS PRATT RACHAEL TAYLOR, TRAVIS FIMMEL, WILLIAM FICHTNER SAAR: 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 3.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 9.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE : 12.30 + 5.00 + 9.30 PM KAYA SCODELARIO, BARRY PEPPER, ROSS ANDERSON TESSA THOMPSON, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, REBECCA FERGUSON إإإإ (AMI (18+)(THRILLER/HORROR THE SONATA (15+)(THRILLER/HORROR) (NEW) (NEW) ععععع (AVENGERS: ENDGAME (PG-15)(ACTION/ADVENTURE ععععع (SEEF (II): 2.00 + 7.00 + 12.00 MN SEEF (II): 10.45 AM + 2.45 + 6.45 + 10.45 PM THE EXTRACTORS (15+)(ACTION/THRILLER RUTGER HAUER, JAMES FAULKNER, FREYA TINGLEY DEBS HOWARD, PHILIP GRANGER, SAM ROBERT MUIK CITY CENTRE: 10.45 AM + 12.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.45 PM SEEF (II): 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN BRIE LARSON, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., KAREN GILLAN LOABA AL AMRICANNA (18+)(ARABIC/COMEDY) SYLVESTER STALLONE, DAVE BAUTISTA, 50 CENT SEEF (II): 12.30 + 4.30 + 8.30 PM SHUBHA RATHRI (PG-13)(MALAYALAM) OASIS JUFFAIR: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM عععع ععع (AHMED FAHMY, NAHED ELSEBAI, SHAIMAA SAIF MOHAMMED HUSSAIN (PG-15)(ARABIC/COMEDY CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 6.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 PM + DILEEP, ANU SITHARA, SIDDIQUE SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (PG-15)(ADVENTURE) (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (I): 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 PM + 12.00 MN PATHINETTAM PADI (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) MOHAMED SAAD, MAI SALEEM, MOHHAMED THARWAT CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN + (12.45 MN OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM THURS/FRI) SEEF (I): 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: VIP (I): 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (II): (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) SEEF (I): 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 2.45 + 8.15 PM WADI AL SAIL: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM AL HAMRA : 6.00 + (12.00 MN THURS/FRI) SAAR: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM MAMMOOTTY, PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN, UNNI MUKUNDAN, AARYA TOM HOLLAND, SAMUEL L. 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JHOOTHA KAHIN KA FOR () (HINDI/COMEDY) CITY CENTRE: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM FROM FRIDAY 19th SEEF (II): 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL: 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM SEEF (I): 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM WILL SMITH, NAOMI SCOTT, MENA MASSOUD RISHI KAPOOR, JIMMY SHEIRGILL, LILLETE DUBEY (ARDAAS KARAAN () (PUNJABI/DRAMA ععععع (CRAWL (18+)(THRILLER/HORROR OASIS JUFFAIR: 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN SEEF (II): 1.45 + 6.45 + 11.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN GIPPY GREWAL, GURPREET GHUGGI, MEHER VIJ MOVIE REVIEW The Lion King: Remake might be too realistic for its own good Jon Favreau’s photorealistic• copy of the classic 1994 animated feature is a virtual triumph KNOW WHAT he Lion King is a 2019 Beyonce, Donald Glov- American musical film directed and produced er and Seth Rogen are T some of the famous by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by voices in a super-re- Walt Disney Pictures. It is a pho- alistic version of the torealistic computer-animated Disney and Broadway remake of Disney’s traditionally favourite animated 1994 film of the same name. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Wood- ing disappointment”: “At almost ard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, every turn, this redo undercuts John Oliver and Beyoncé Know- its own melodrama by down- les-Carter, as well as James Earl playing its own emotions.” David Jones reprising his role from the Ehrlich of IndieWire panned the original film. The plot follows film, writing, “Unfolding like the Simba, a young lion who must world’s longest and least con- A scene from ‘The Lion King’ embrace his role as the rightful vincing deepfake, Jon Favreau’s king of his native land following a by-the-numbers retelling that geles Times called the film “pol- and enjoyable. But I missed the Dowd bemoaned the film’s (almost) photorealistic remake the murder of his father, Mufasa, lacks the energy and heart that ished, satisfying entertainment.” simplicity and vividness of the insistence on realism, comment- of The Lion King is meant to at the hands of his uncle, Scar. made the original so beloved – Todd McCarthy at The Holly- original hand-drawn images.” ing, “We’re watching a hollow represent the next step in Dis- On review aggregator website though for some fans that may wood Reporter considered it to A. A. Dowd, writing for The bastardization of a blockbuster, ney’s circle of life. Instead, this Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds just be enough.” be inferior to the original, not- A.V. Club, summarized the film at once completely reliant on soulless chimera of a film comes an approval rating of 55% based Metacritic gave the film a ing, “The film’s aesthetic caution as “Joyless, artless, and maybe the audience’s pre-established off as little more than a glorified on 289 reviews, and an average weighted average score of 55 and predictability begin to wear soulless, it transforms one of affection for its predecessor and tech demo from a greedy con- rating of 6.12/10.