Movies Hitting the Cinema This Week, July 1-7, 2024

Looking for some cinematic adventures this week? Check out our week-by-week guide to every new movie premiering in UAE theaters. Find out about their release date, plot, movie ratings, and more!

White Bird: A Wonder Story

Julian has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage. During her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. Together, they find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy's mother risks everything to keep her safe.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Bryce Gheisar, Hellen Mirren, Gillian Anderson, Orlando Schwerdt, Ariella Glaser

Language: English

Despicable Me 4

In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favourite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go on the run. The film features fresh new characters voiced by Joey King (Bullet Train), Emmy winner Stephen Colbert (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live). Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions and Oscar® nominee Steve Coogan returns as Silas Ramsbottom.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Will Ferrell

Language: English

The Absence of Eden

An undocumented immigrant, who finds herself working with a morally conflicted ICE agent to save the life of an innocent girl from a ruthless cartel.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Zoe Saldana, Adria Arjona, Garrett Hedlund

Language: English Spanish

Gawaza Toxic

Karim and Farida are about to get married. Worlds collide when their respective families meet. Karim's conservative parents, disapproving of Farida’s liberal background, resort to a series of funny tricks and pranks to stop the wedding from happening. Will their love triumph or succumb to social prejudice?

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Layla Eloui, Bayoumi Fouad, Mohamad Anwar, Tamer Hagras

Language: Arabic

Esabet El Max

El Maxiky is accustomed to carrying out theft and smuggling operations alone without help. However, he gets embroiled in a major operation that requires outside assistance but eventually discovers that those he chose for help are implicating him in problems that threaten the operation's success.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Lebleba, Ruby, Hatem Salah, Ahmad Fahmy, Muhammad Osama

Language: Arabic

Korean Film Fest 2024: Road to Boston

After setting a new world record and winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, SON Kee-chung covered his chest with the laurel pot on the podium while the Japanese anthem played. From this incident, he emerged as a national hero to Koreans, but was banned from running under Japanese oppression. In Seoul, 1947, after Korea's liberation from Japan, SON appears to SUH Yun-bok, a hopeful known as ‘the next SON Kee-chung’ in marathons. Suddenly, SON asks SUH to participate in the Boston Marathon.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

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Language: korean

Patsy Lee and The Keepers of The 5 Kingdoms

The small town of Globe, Arizona, Chuck Lee (James Hong) and his teenage granddaughter, Patsy, discover an ancient relic that transports them and her friends to a magical world of Hopping Vampires, Goblin Witches, Zodiac Warriors and Talking Wizards. Our teenage heroes, led by Patsy Lee, must battle monsters and magic in their journey to stop the evil sorceress, Kuang, before she finds the key to the 5 Kingdoms and destroys the entire world!

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: James Hong, George Takei, Bai Ling, Dante Basco

Language: English

Cold Meat

A driver saves a waitress from her ex. He continues driving but crashes during a blizzard. Now injured and trapped in a ravine, he spots a beast stalking him. With dwindling time he must find a way to survive the cold and the predator.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Allen Leech, Nina Bergman, Yan Tual

Language: English

A Sacrifice

American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event, while his daughter becomes embroiled with a mysterious local boy.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, Sylvia Hoeks

Language: English

Kill

During a train trip to New Delhi, a pair of commandos face an army of invading bandits.

Release Date: 04 July 2024

Starring: Raghav Juyal, Lakshya ., Tanya Maniktala

Language: Hindi

Korean Film Fest 2024: Love Reset

Despite heavy opposition from family, Jung-yeol and Nara succeed in getting married through the sheer power of love. But fast forward two years, and the two are leaving a courthouse after receiving a 30-day divorce settlement period, when a car accident causes them to lose both their memories. The amnesia-stricken couple quickly fall for each other again, and their family members devise an elaborate 30-day plan to recall their memories and complete the divorce.

Release Date: 05 July 2024

Language: korean

Korean Film Fest 2024: Noryang: Deadly Sea

The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin (KIM Yun-seok) learns that the Wae invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdrawal following the deathbed orders of their leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. “The war cannot end this way,” Admiral Yi declares. Determined to destroy the enemy once and for all, Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to mount a blockade and annihilate the Wae army. However, once Ming commander Chen Lin (JUNG Jae-young) is bribed into lifting the blockade, Wae lord Shimazu Yoshihiro (BAEK Yoon-sik) and his Satsuma army sail to the Wae army’s rescue at Noryang Strait. Admiral Yi’s last valiant battle unfolds in epic scale!

Release Date: 05 July 2024

Language: Korea

Korean Film Fest 2024: Dream Palace

Hye-jeong, who lost her husband in an industrial accident, moves into a sparky new town apartment called Dream Palace. However, things go awry, construction defect occurs in her unit. To scrape up the cost of repairs, she joins the discount promotion of the apartment. But her neighbors ostracize her for devaluing the apartment. To protect the unit she purchased as the exchange on her husband’s life, she dives into the demonstration once more.

Release Date: 07 July 2024

Language: Korean

Korean Film Fest 2024: Sleep

Hyun-su and Soo-jin are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

Release Date: 06 July 2024

Language: Korean