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CITY CENTRE : 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MN + IT CHAPTER TWO (15+)(HORROR (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) CITY CENTRE VIP (II): 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM CITY CENTRE :3.00 + 8.30 PM SEEF (I): 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN JAMES MCAVOY, JESSICA CHASTAIN, BILL HADER WADI AL SAIL:12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM SAAR: 10.45 AM + 3.00 + 7.15 + (11.30 PM THURS/FRI) DREAM GIRL (PG-15)(HINDI/COMEDY SYLVESTER STALLONE, PAZ VEGA, SERGIO PERIS-MENCHETA OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM CITY CENTRE : 1.00 + 6.30 + 12.00 MN ANGEL HAS FALLEN (PG-15)(ACTION/THRILLER AYUSHMANN KHURRANA, NUSHRAT BHARUCHA, ABHISHEK BANERJEE CITY CENTRE :11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (PG)(ANIMATION SEEF (II): 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR : (3D) 3.00 + 7.15 PM GERARD BUTLER, MORGAN FREEMAN, JADA PINKETT SMITH CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 3.30 + 8.00 PM AD ASTRA (PG-13)(DRAMA/THRILLER SUDEIKIS, JOSH GAD, AWKWAFINA CITY CENTRE : 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM TOY STORY 4 (G)(ANIMATION CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D) : 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.15 PM SEEF (II): 12.00 + 5.45 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE:1.15 + 5.45 + 10.15 PM WADI AL SAIL: 12.00 + 4.45 + 9.30 PM TOM HANKS, TIM ALLEN, JOAN CUSACK BRAD PITT, TOMMY LEE JONES, RUTH NEGGA 47 METERS DOWN : UNCAGED (15+) KHAYAL MAATA (PG)(COMEDY/DRAMA) CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 4.00 + 8.00 + 12.00 MN SOPHIE NÉLISSE, CORINNE FOX, BRIANNE TJU CITY CENTRE : 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) READY OR NOT (18+)(THRILLER SEEF (II): 10.45 AM + 1.15 + 3.45 + 6.15 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM ABOMINABLE (PG)(ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) BORN A KING (PG)(DRAMA/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY) CITY CENTRE: 2.00 + 6.00 + 10.00 PM AHMAD HELMY, MINNA SHALABI, HASSAN HOSNEY SAMARA WEAVING, ADAM BRODY, MARK O’BRIEN (IX) OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA) :11.45 AM + 4.15 + 6.30 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR :12.00 + 4.45 + 9.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA) :(ARABIC DUBBED) :2.00 + 8.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 1.45 + 6.30 + 11.15 PM ALADDIN (PG)(ADVENTURE OASIS JUFFAIR (3D): 12.45 + 9.15 PM CITY CENTRE : 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.15 PM CITY CENTRE 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM SEEF (I): 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM CITY CENTRE : (ARABIC DUBBED) 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + WADI AL SAIL: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM WILL SMITH, NAOMI SCOTT, MENA MASSOUD 10.45 PM SAAR: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + (11.15 PM THURS./FRI.) CITY CENTRE :(3D) 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM CHHICHHORE (PG-15)(HINDI ABDULLAH ALI, RAWKAN BINBELLA, ED SKREIN SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR :12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II):(ARABIC DUBBED): 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 8.45 + 11.00 PM LITTLE MONSTERS (15+)(COMEDY/HORROR) SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT, SHRADDHA KAPOOR, VARUN SHARMA SAAR: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 8.45 + (11.00 PM THURS./FRI) CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 4.45 + 9.30 PM SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MN KAAPPAAN (PG-15)(TAMIL) CHLOE BENNET, TENZING NORGAY TRAINOR, ALBERT TSAI WADI AL SAIL:2.30 + 7.15 + 12.00 MN OASIS JUFFAIR :3.00 + 8.30 PM SEEF (II): 2.30 + 8.15 PM THE INFORMER (15+)(CRIME/DRAMA) LUPITA NYONG’O, ALEXANDER ENGLAND, JOSH GAD AL HAMRA: (12.00 MN THURS/FRI) OASIS JUFFAIR : 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 11.15 AM + 4.00 + 8.45 PM THE WEDDING YEAR (15+)(ROMANTIC/COMEDY MOHANLAL, SURYA, BOMAN IRANI, , SAYYESHAA SAIGAL, PRAKASH RAJ CITY CENTRE :11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 + 12.00 MN + (1.00 AM CITY CENTRE :11.00 AM + 1.00 + 6.30 + 12.00 MN THURS/FRI) SEEF (II): 12.00 + 2.00 + 4.00 + 6.00 + 8.00 + 10.00 + 12.00 MN LOVE ACTION DRAMA (PG-15)(MALAYALAM) CITY CENTRE VIP (I): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM SAAR: 1.00 + 5.15 + 9.30 PM OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM SEEF (I): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (PG)(ADVENTURE NIVIN PAULY, NAYANTHARA, AJU VARGHESE SEEF (II):(1.00 AM THURS/FRI) SARAH HYLAND, JENNA DEWAN, ANNA CAMP OASIS JUFFAIR :10.30 AM + 5.00 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.30 AM + 2.00 + 4.30 + 7.00 + 9.30 PM + 12.00 MN THE ROOKIES (PG-15)(ACTION/COMEDY) CITY CENTRE: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM GANAGANDHARVAN (PG)(MALAYALAM) SAAR: 11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 + 9.00 + (11.30 PM THURS./FRI) CITY CENTRE : 2.15 + 7.00 + 11.45 PM SEEF (II): 11.15 AM + 4.00 + 8.45 PM STARTING FRIDAY 27th ONWARDS JOEL KINNAMAN, ROSAMUND PIKE, CLIVE OWEN SEEF (II): 11.00 AM + 3.15 + 7.30 + 11.45 PM ISABELA MONER, Q’ORIANKA KILCHER, BENICIO DEL TORO OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (I): 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN TALU WANG, SANDRINE PINNA, MILLA JOVOVICH FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS & SHAW (PG-15) WADI AL SAIL: 2.45 + 8.30 PM COLD BLOOD LEGACY (PG-15)(CRIME/THRILLER CITY CENTRE: 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM AL HAMRA: 12.00 + 6.00 PM SEEF (II):1.15 + 5.30 + 9.45 PM CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D) : 1.00 + 6.30 + 12.00 MN , , SNEHA BABU JEAN RENO, SARAH LIND, JOE ANDERSON SEEF (II): 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PM NAMMA VEETTU PILLAI (PG)(TAMIL) PREY (15+)(THRILLER/HORROR) DWAYNE JOHNSON, JASON STATHAM, IDRIS ELBA SEEF (II): 12.00 + 4.45 + 9.30 PM STARTING FRIDAY 27th ONWARDS OASIS JUFFAIR :11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PM JOEY ADANALIAN, JOLENE ANDERSON, VELA CLUFF THE LION KING (PG)(ADVENTURE CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 2.30 + 5.00 + 7.30 + 10.00 PM SEEF (I): 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (15+)(ACTION/CRIME SEEF (II): 1.30 + 6.15 + 11.00 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.45 AM + 5.30 + 11.15 PM AL HAMRA: 3.00 + 9.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR :12.45 + 6.15 + 11.45 PM DONALD GLOVER, SETH ROGEN, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR SIVAKARTHIKEYAN, AISWARYA RAJESH, ANU EMMANUEL

MOVIE REVIEW The Wedding Year: an engaging rom-com with teen appeal There’s a sharp edge to this romantic comedy that makes it charming, with lively characters and a silly premise that’s genuinely amusing

stretched-thin set pieces. In the film, a Hyland is bubbly and some- • times a little too energetic, but commitment-phobic she’s always likeable as a fear- 27-year-old’s relationship less young woman who cuts is put to the test when KNOW WHAT through the nonsense around she and her boyfriend her. Her chemistry with the spir- ited Williams is charming, both attend seven weddings when Mara and Jake are playing in the same year While much of the around and when they’re get- movie is rather corny ting sappy and romantic. So the here’s a sharp edge to and predictable, there scenes when they turn serious this romantic comedy actually resonate strongly. “It that makes it engaging, are some hilarious takes more than love to make T sequences along the with lively characters and a silly marriage work,” Mara says. It premise that’s genuinely amus- way, mainly thanks to sounds like a simple aphorism, ing. While much of the movie a cast adept at finding but it also rings true in the mo- is rather corny and predicta - the funny side in their ment. ble, there are some hilarious se- characters In the final act, the script fi- quences along the way, mainly nally attempts to dip beneath the thanks to a cast adept at finding surface, exploring some rather the funny side in their charac- profound things about the na- ters. And veteran director Rob- snaps with observational wit as ture of marriage, most notably ert Luketic definitely knows his A scene from ‘The Wedding Year’ they analyse each couple that’s male and female roles in society. way around the genre. getting hitched, while also tor- There’s never much of a doubt Quick-thinking Los Angeles date for love than for free meals. announce that they’re getting its challenges, some goofier menting various strangers they about there this is headed, al- shop-clerk Mara (Hyland) is Indeed, her latest match is a married. As do several of their than others. Of course, most of meet. It’s never in doubt that though at least it’s possible to great at helping people solve chef, Jake (Williams), but their friends, including Mara’s boss this involves the usual humour the standard rom-com formula hold out hope that Diego’s script their romantic issues, but hasn’t hookup develops into something Ellie (Camp). So now Mara and surrounding drunken dancing, will kick in at the designated might take a few left turns to get found a man for herself. Her gay lasting. Then both Mara’s sis- Jake have seven weddings to embarrassing speeches and awk- moment, but the sparky cast is there. And it definitely makes us best friend Alex (Shively) tells ter Jessica (Dewan) and Jake’s attend. ward reunions. Meanwhile, the adept enough to carry the au- laugh, and perhaps even sigh, her she’d probably do better to brother Robbie (Bikangaga) Each ceremony arrives with banter between Mara and Jake dience through even the more along the way.

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