‘Gold’ (UAE cinemas): It’s man vs nature as Zac Efron battles the environs of a merciless desert when he stumbles across the biggest gold nugget ever found. Employing the help of a relative stranger to excavate the gold, Efron’s greed propels him to stay behind and battle the elements of the desert heat to protect his find. But as the hours tick by, the brutality of Mother Nature plants the seed of suspicion that he’s been abandoned to his own fate. Directed by Anthony Hayes, who also stars in the film, Efron appears to have come a long way since his days singing away in high school.
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‘The Ledge’ (UAE cinemas): Giving you the feels of ‘Cliffhanger’ (1993), ‘The Ledge’ follows a climber who finds herself trapped on the face of a mountain while being chased by four killers who will scale any height to silence the sole witness to their crime. Directed by Howard J Ford and starring Brittany Ashworth and Nathan Welsh, this isn’t a film for those afraid to look down.
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‘Archana 31 Not Out’ (UAE cinemas): Malayalam actress Aishwarya Lekshmi is taking one for the women’s team as she rolls out a satire about arranged marriages and how it isn’t always an ideal solution. She plays the title role, a school teacher in a small town whose advancing age after 30 is causing her loved ones to panic. She’s single and her marriage proposals from brokers aren’t working out, making her a subject of attention and ridicule. If you are in the mood for a female-fronted satire, then make sure you head to the UAE cinemas for this one.
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‘Bestseller’ (Amazon Prime Video): Arjan Bajwa, Gauahar Khan, and Shruti Haasan play crucial roles in this thriller web series about a novelist who gets embroiled in criminal charges. Bajwa plays Tahir Wazir, a novelist who meets a waitress (Haasan) and decides to write about her life for his next book. But strange things begin to happen and his life gets upended.
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‘Love Hostel’ (Zee5): Sanya Malhotra and Vikrant Massey play two star-crossed lovers on the run. They are consenting adults but they belong to different classes making them vulnerable to those who want to penalize them for falling in love with the wrong person. A vicious mercenary is after them to make them pay for their transgressions. It’s about consent and class, said Massey in a previous interview. You will also get to see actor Bobby Deol as an evil force in this one.
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‘Reacher’ (Amazon Prime Video): From book to movie to TV show, the story of Jack Reacher lives on. The new eight-episode crime thriller is based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child and follows the titular former US Army military policeman who is falsely accused of murder.
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‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ (Netflix): Kanye West has been in the news for all the worst reasons. However, under all the drama lies a music genius, and this new landmark documentary, presented in three acts, hopes to show that. The movie by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah is an intimate portrait of West’s life and formative days.
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‘Big Cat Week’ (National Geographic WILD): Get wild with this special TV event showcasing some of its biggest and rarest cats in the world. There are 12 in-depth programs that each explore a big cat species and their struggles as they face extinction. Some of the animals that will be featured are big cats from India, wild cats from Thailand and even shadow cats.
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‘Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller’ (National Geographic): Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller explores that dark work of the global black and informal markets — from drugs to guns to illegal logging. She looks at the people behind these operations and risks her life to go right where the action is.
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‘Uncharted’ (UAE cinemas): Street-smart Nathan Drake and his partner, treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan, embark on a quest to find a massive fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago. Based on the video game of the same name, it’s bound to be an exciting adventure.
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