5 films in UAE cinemas this week

The Lego Batman Movie (15)
The Lego Movie was in many ways the surprise success story of 2014. It offered a blistering block-based animation that took everyone’s favourite construction toy and, with a good deal of self-referential and self-deprecating humour, turned it into a riotous, multi-layered action adventure. The universal acclaim it received on release ensured a second run out was inevitable but at least the people behind it – and it’s the same American-Australian-Danish co-production – have resisted the urge for a sequel and have opted for an entirely new setting: Gotham City.
As proved in the successful PlayStation games, Batman in Legoland is a popular collision of two very different pop-culture universes and, on the big screen, it allows for the same charm and relentless action of the first film without threatening to rehash themes and scenes in the way, say, Finding Dory did.
In The Lego Batman Movie, you’re also getting a tried-and-trusted comic book caper. Batman’s arch enemy, The Joker, is threatening a takeover of Gotham City and the caped crusader must grab old buddies Robin and Alfred, drop the permanent scowl and save the city from an evil takeover. Will Arnett, Zach
Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes are the voices behind the plastic. Great stuff.
In cinemas from February 9