6 films in UAE cinemas this week

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Eye In The Sky (15)
Helen Mirren, Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and the late, great Alan Rickman star in the latest film to focus on the morality of modern-day warfare. In Eye in the Sky, Mirren and Rickman assume the roles of remote military commanders, tracking a suspected terrorist. The mission changes when a drone relays footage of a terror cell. The problem? A single civilian girl playing in the area, who would also be wiped out by any attack. Thus hangs the balance: one innocent life over thousands?
In cinemas from March 17

The DressMaker (15)
Rosalie Ham’s 1950s Australian novel gets a cinematic overhaul with Kate Winslet cast as haute-style misfit Tilly Dunage, returning to her dusty-town origins in Oz after a stint in Europe’s most exclusive fashion houses. Not gripped yet? No, we didn’t think so. Throw in some old wives tales, including a little boy’s death for which Tilly is somehow blamed, and The Dressmaker is actually more than the sum of its sewn up parts.
In cinemas March 17

All Roads lead to Rome (PG)
Sarah Jessica Parker is the uptight mom who, lo and behold, turns out to be alright in this teenage-daughter-mother bond-building tale with an Italian backdrop. The plot centres on angsty daughter Summer, who attempts to abscond from the Tuscan villa to which her mother has so cruelly taken her on holiday to return to her no-good love interest in New York. SJP is left to enlist the help of a handsome stranger from her past to trek across Italy to find her rebellious child. Well, at least the scenery is very nice.
In cinemas from March 17

Kung Fu Panda 3
One of the most successful animated franchises returns with paunchy protagonist Po reunited with his long-lost father. Together, the pair travel across China to a secret Panda paradise, where Po must transform a clumsy troupe of his black-and-white brethren into kung-fu masters before supervillain Kai (JK Simmons) destroys them all. Voiced by Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman, the third instalment does the series justice.
In cinemas from March 17

Allegiant
The latest episode of the Divergent series sees our love-struck heroes escape their encircled city to see what lies beyond its walls.

Triple 9
Casey Afleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Woody Harrelson star in a solid heist flick.

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