Magnetic Olga Kurylenko Restrained by Scale of ‘The Courier’ Film, Aside from the Moments After Saving the Life of Kurylenko Becoming an Action • Star

09 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2019

AL FELOUS (THE MONEY) (PG-15) THE COURIER (15+ )(ACTION/THRILLER) MALEFICENT 2: MISTRESS OF EVIL (PG) OASIS JUFFAIR : 11.15 AM + 1.45 + 4.15 + 6.45 + 9.15 + 11.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.00 + 5.30 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 12.00 + 5.30 + 11.00 PM SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 PM + 12.00 MN ANGELINA JOLIE, TERESA MAHONEY, MICHELLE PFEIFFER CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 11.30 AM + 1.00 + 2.00 + 3.30 + 4.30 + 6.00 + 7.00 + 8.30 + 9.30 + 11.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN + 1.00 AM THURS/FRI) OLGA KURYLENKO, GARY OLDMAN, AMIT SHAH CITY CENTRE (VIP I) : 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM THAMBI (PG-13)(TAMIL) SEEF (I): 11.00 AM + 12.00 + 1.30 + 2.30 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 6.30 + 7.30 + 9.00 + TRAUMA CENTRE (PG-15)(THRILLER) OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.00 + 5.30 + 11.00 PM 10.00 +11.30 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 3.00 + 7.30 + 12.00 MN SEEF (I): 2.00 + 11.15 PM SEEF (II): (1.00 AM THURS/FRI) SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM AL HAMRA: 6.00 PM WADI AL SAIL: 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 BRUCE WILLIS, NICKY WHELAN, STEVE GUTTENBERG KARTHI, JYOTHIKA, SATHYARAJ TAMER HOSNY, ZEINA, KHALID EL-SAWI IP MAN 4 (PG-15)(ACTION/DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY) HERO (PG-15)(TAMIL) CITY CENTRE: 12.45 + 5.15 + 9.45 PM SEEF (I): 8.00 PM SEEF (II): 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM SIVAKARTHIKEYAN, ARJUN, ABHAY DEOL, KALYANI PRIYADARSHAN DONNIE YEN, SCOTT ADKINS, KWOK-KWAN CHAN KETYOLANU ENTE MALAKHA (PG-15)(MALAYALAM) MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7 (PG-15)(FILIPINO/DRAMA) OASIS JUFFAIR : 2.45 + 8.15 PM OASIS JUFFAIR:3.15 + 9.00 PM ASIF ALI, VEENA NANDAKUMAR SEEF (II): 11.00 AM + 1.30 + 4.00 + 6.30 + 9.00 + 11.30 PM AGA MUHLACH, JOEL TORRE, JC SANTOS PRATI ROJU PANDAAGE (PG) (TELUGU) SEEF (I): 11.00 AM + 5.00 PM JUMANJI THE NEXT LEVEL (PG-15) RAASHI KHANNA, SATHYARAJ, SAI DHARAM TEJ OASIS JUFFAIR: 2.45 + 8.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI) DRIVING LICENCE (PG-15) CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D) :11.30 AM + 5.15 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE (VIP II) : 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 SEEF (II): 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PM AL HAMRA: 3.00 + 6.00 + 9.00 PM WADI AL SAIL: 12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PM PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN, SURAJ VENJARANMOODU DWAYNE JOHNSON, JACK BLACK, KEVIN HART MY SANTA (PG-13)(MALAYALAM) STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (PG-13 OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM OASIS JUFFAIR: 11.45 AM + 5.30 + 11.15 PM SEEF (I): 2.00 + 8.15 PM OASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 2.30 + 8.00 PM AL HAMRA: 6.00 PM CITY CENTRE: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM DILEEP, SIDDIQUE, SUNNY WAYNE CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D) : 2.15 + 8.00 PM SEEF (II) : 12.45 + 6.00 + 11.15 PM VALIYAPERUNNAL (MALAYALAM) DAISY RIDLEY, MARK HAMILL, ADAM DRIVER OASIS JUFFAIR: 12.00 + 5.45 + 11.30 PM SEEF (I): 10.45 AM + 5.00 + 11.15 PM (AL HAMRA: 11.45 AM + (12.00 MN THRUS/FRI د (FROZEN 2 (PG)(ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY CITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM SHANE NIGAM, HIMIKA BOSE, JOJU GEORGE SEEF (II):10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PM SPIES IN DISGUISE (PG) KRISTEN BELL, IDINA MENZEL, JOSH GAD OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA): 1.00 + 3.15 + 5.30 + 7.45 PM ددد OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA): (3D) 10.45 AM + 10.00 PM 21 BRIDGES (PG-15)(CRIME/ACTION/THRILLER) 21 CITY CENTRE: 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE:DUBBED IN ARABIC: 12.00 + 2.15 + 4.30 + 6.45 + 9.00 + 11.15 PM CHADWICK BOSEMAN, SIENNA MILLER, STEPHAN JAMES CITY CENTRE (3D): 11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PM د (SEEF (II): 11.30 AM + 1.45 + 4.00 + 6.15 + 8.30 + 10.45 PM KNIVES OUT (PG-15)(CRIME/COMEDY/THRILLER SEEF (II):DUBBED IN ARABIC: 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PM CITY CENTRE: 3.15 + 8.45 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.15 AM + 1.30 + 3.45 + 6.00 + 8.15 + 10.30 PM DANIEL CRAIG, CHRIS EVANS, ANA DE ARMAS WILL SMITH, TOM HOLLAND, KAREN GILLAN دددددد (JOKER (15+)(THRILLER/CRIME/DRAMA CITY CENTRE: 12.30 + 6.00 + 11.30 PM د (GOOD NEWWZ (15+)(HINDI/COMEDY/DRAMA) DABANGG 3 (PG-15)(HINDI/ACTION/COMEDY From Friday 27th OASIS JUFFAIR : 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM JOAQUIN PHOENIX, ZAZIE BEETZ, ROBERT DE NIRO OASIS JUFFAIR : 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 10.30 AM + 1.30 + 4.45 + 8.00 + 11.15 PM CITY CENTRE: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM SEEF (II): 10.30 AM + 1.45 + 5.00 + 8.15 + 11.30 PM LE MANS ‘66 (PG-13)(DRAMA/SPORT/BIOGRAPHY) SEEF (I): 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.30 AM + 2.30 + 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PM CITY CENTRE: 2.30 + 8.00 PM WADI AL SAIL: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM MATT DAMON, CHRISTIAN BALE, JON BERNTHAL AKSHAY KUMAR, KAREENA KAPOOR, DILJIT DOSANJH SALMAN KHAN, SONAKSHI SINHA, WARINA HUSSAIN

MOVIE REVIEW Magnetic Olga Kurylenko restrained by scale of ‘The Courier’ film, aside from the moments After saving the life of Kurylenko becoming an action • star. a trial witness, biker Olga Aside Kurylenko holding up Kurylenko goes on the the film, we are treated to the run from Gary Oldman’s DON’T MISS IT stereotypes of the crime action super-dull supervillain genre. While the courier fights all the rent-a-bad-guy extras in London and Dermot Mulroney nce in while a film Olga Kurylenko un- appears in a couple of scenes comes along that is am- earths a few shreds for a quick paycheck, we have Obitious, thrilling and ac- of humanity in a flat, the delightfully deranged with- tion-packed. It blows you off empty take on the ‘ba- out reason William Moseley as your feet and makes you realise dass woman’ the pill-popping psycho who that you love this kind of film, spends most of his time staring the action film with shoot outs, tant character but really, she is at CCTV screens yelling into an fighting and some kind of crimi- Olga Kurylenko in ‘The Courier’ more like Mad Max, arriving intercom. We are so from Narnia nal underworld plot that loosely in the middle of another story, now, aren’t we? From his perfor- holds the film together as well protection in London. But the film back. The first being that Even getting in heavyweight she just so happens to be there. mance, it would be great to see as connects the characters that night the witness is meant to this film is meant to take place Gary Oldman cannot guarantee What’s misleading is that the Moseley appear in another film seem familiar but you don’t mind testify Mannings’ people on the in two different cities over one success. Oldman is a great actor opening credits hint to her past in a very similar role, just for fun. because you’re too busy being inside try to eliminate them. A day and night. But seeing as the but it feels as if he just needed of being part of black ops and With a thinner than thread- taken into a whole new world courier who just happened to action taking place in each city a role to tide him over until the a vigilante but this never fol - bare plot, questionable charac- at the cinema. The Courier is take the wrong job ends up be- and time zone are the polar op- next best thing comes along. He lowed up on. We instead learn ters and a drone gun that shows not that film. It rather plays out coming embroiled in the fight posite, the film quickly becomes barely has anything to do in the a bit more about the witness, up past the midway mark of the as if it wanted to be the next to keep the witness alive against disorganised. Mannings, accom- story apart from saying a snarky Nick, played by Amit Shah with film, The Courier can be thank- blockbuster action film but it all the hired guns Mannings’ panied by his daughter, under comment to the FBI and threaten genuine horror and surprise per- ful for Kurylenko who is the just doesn’t ever evolve, it stays people can find. In order to save house arrest is not very inter- people on the phone. He does get manently fixed onto his face. It’s standout from the film by far within the car park of the build- the case against Mannings, they esting and really doesn’t need to wear an eye patch though and just a shame Shah doesn’t know but Die Hard in a Car Park it is ing of which it is set and stub- have to survive the night. to be cut to more than a couple look menacing in a posh looking how to swear, but this might be not. In a few years down the line bornly doesn’t move. The concept of a mysterious of times. The actual action in dressing gown. the script adding in these words this will be that film that will be Major crime boss, Ezekiel courier becoming involved in the car park with the courier The stand out performance unnecessarily. These two make an easy watch and be enjoyed on Mannings is finally arrested in a high-profile case and shoot and the witness is also not very and only real reason to ever a highly unlikely duo and as this a late Friday night but as it lacks New York and held under house out sounds like the perfect ac- interesting unless someone is watch this film is Olga Kurylen- film takes place in real-time no the cinematic edge in all areas, arrest as the prosecution has tion crime hybrid but there are being killed in a horrible bloody ko. She is the courier and unrealistic bond is forged which for now, you don’t have to rush a key witness currently under several elements holding the way, this says a lot about the film. thought to be the main impor- is actually the best part of the to the cinemas to catch this.