Movies Hitting the Cinema This Week, July 8-14, 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!

Fly Me to the Moon

Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, FLY ME TO THE MOON is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up and the countdown truly begins.

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Christian Clemenson

Language: English

Cinderella's Curse

The film follows a desperate Cinderella who summons her fairy godmother from an ancient flesh-bound book, seeking revenge on her evil stepmother and stepsisters who abuse and torment her daily.

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Kelly Rian Sanson, Chrissie Wunna, Lauren Budd

Language: English

Arcadian

In the near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden Martell) and Joseph (Maxwell Jenkins), have been living a half-life – tranquility by day and torment by night. When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken and consume all living souls in their path. One day, when Thomas doesn't return home before sundown, Paul chooses to leave the safety of their fortified farm to find him before the creatures arrive. Just as he finds his boy, a nightmarish battle ensues and Paul is gravely wounded. Now the twins must devise a desperate plan for surviving the coming night and use everything their father has taught them to keep him alive.

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Sadie Soverall

Language: English

Sarfira

Inspired by Captain Gopinath’s book ‘Simplifly’ and multiple other true stories from the world of entrepreneurship and aviation, Sarfira tells the story of Vir Jagannath Mhatre, the son of a teacher in rural Maharashtra who sets out to achieve the impossible - making the common man fly. By defying all odds and persistently pursuing his vision, Vir takes on the most capital-intensive industry in the world and revolutionizes air travel in India with the help of his family, friends and sheer will power. This is a uniquely Indian story of grit, determination and Jugaad, of an underdog challenging the socio-economic fabric of a system entrenched in class, caste and power dynamics.

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Radhika Madan

Language: Hindi

The Last Breath

A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Julian Sands, Kim Spearman, Jack Parr

Language: English

Al Eid Eiden

A family comes together when nothing goes to plan on their rollercoaster ride Eid holiday (in Abu Dhabi).

Release Date: 11 July 2024

Starring: Shadi Alfons, Fahad Albutairi, Meera Almidfa

Language: Arabic

Indian 2

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption. Senapathy returns to the country to aid a young man who has been exposing corrupt politicians in the country through videos on the internet.

Release Date: 12 July 2024

Starring: Kamal Haasan, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Rakul Preet Singh

Language: Tamil

Gharjwai

The story of the movie revolves around Soro (Dayahang Rai), who upon returning to his village in Taksera (Rukum) as a school teacher after the end of the civil war falls in love with a village girl Binjuri (Miruna Magar). Soro wants to marry Binjuri but her father wants his son-in-law to live with them in his house as a gharjwain after the marriage.

Release Date: 12 July 2024

Starring: Dayahang Rai, Miruna Magar, Buddhi Tamang

Language: Nepali