Check out our handy guide to the latest movie releases coming out this week…

Whether you’re planning a trip to the cinema with the kids for some family-friendly laughs, or a catch up with friends that include a horror flick or the latest action-packed film, here are our top picks of the best films out in cinemas in Dubai this week.

English

Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil & Vile

The movie is inspired by true events of the crimes of Ted Bundy, who became famous in the 1980s for committing several heinous crimes against women. It follows the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Starring: Lily Collins, Zac Efron, Angela Sarafyan
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama (PG15)

The man who killed Don Quixote

Toby, a disillusioned film director, becomes pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.

Starring: José Luis Ferrer, Ismael Fritschi, Juan López-Tagle
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama (15+)

Godzilla: Resurgence

Japan is plunged into chaos when a skyscraper-sized lizard-monster rises from the deep of Tokyo Bay and lays waste to Tokyo.

Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama (PG12)

The Intruder

A young married couple buy a beautiful house on several acres of land – only to find out that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.

Starring: Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid, Michael Ealy
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery (18+)

A Vigilante

A once abused woman, Sadie, played by Olivia Wilde, devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the husband she must kill to truly be free. A Vigilante is a thriller inspired by the strength and bravery of real domestic abuse survivors and the incredible obstacles to safety they face.

Starring:  Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery (15+)

Hindi

Blank

Hanif is trained by a local extremist group to carry out suicide bomb attack alongside 24 other suicide bombers in the city of Mumbai. He ends up losing his memory and doesn’t know why he has a bomb attached to his chest. It’s up to the Anti-Terrorism Squad to figure out Hanif’s plans and realise that the bomb connected to Hanif’s heartbeat will lead to 24 other bombs exploding at different locations.

Starring:  Sunny Deol, Ishita Dutta, Karan Kapadia
Genre: Action, Thriller (15+)

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